Clip description
The Australian Chamber Orchestra under its leader, renowned violinist Richard Tognetti, has set up an outreach program for mentoring young teenagers. The musicians bring their music practice and music appreciation to a high school at Cabramatta in the western suburbs of Sydney where there is a huge multi-cultural population mix. The reporter interviews Tognetti as well as students and staff from the high school. There is also a comment from the NSW Premier, Bob Carr.
Curator’s notes
This exerpt from one of the stories in the 31 March 2005 edition of The 7.30 Report cleverly combines a number of issues. It looks at the issues of one of Sydney’s troubled suburbs with a fresh eye, involves the then State Premier Bob Carr, and gives us a glimpse of one of Australia’s leading performers, Richard Tognetti, in a heart-warming human-interest story, strong enough to hold our attention despite the fairly basic production values found on a daily current affairs show.