About Us

Since 1999, Gunning Focus Group (GFG) has been delighting music lovers by bringing affordable, enjoyable and top-quality, mainly classical music to the district. Many of our live concerts are in the Courtroom, Gunning’s recently upgraded superb chamber music venue. Others are in our shire hall, which has been refurbished to become a great performance space that accommodates larger ensembles.

We delight in presenting leading Opera House standard musicians like the Acacia Quartet and Ensemble Offspring. We welcome emerging musicians such as the Olive Trio and Jerikye Williams. And we host gifted amateurs like Mad Kelpie Playdate and excellent community musicians such as the terrific Musica da Camera String Orchestra, the Andante Andante Choir and Loosely Woven.

The appreciative, often joyful, feedback we get from patrons and performers gives us confidence that we meet a community need. We love doing it.
Joining us as a member for as little as $10 pa is an excellent investment. This means you will benefit from our special member prices and help us advance music and the arts in our district. Please see our Membership Page for details on how to sign up.

We return net box office proceeds to performers so we can reimburse musicians adequately and keep prices affordable in our small venues.

GFG is a not-for-profit community association and a registered charity. Our income comes from membership subscriptions plus generous donations, both large and small, we receive from time to time. For example, Gunning’s superb new grand piano was made possible by two unsought contributions totalling $11,000, adding to a NSW Government Creative Capital grant for the Courtroom project. We also benefit from and greatly appreciate donations, both large and small, generously offered to us from time to time.

Donations to GFG are tax deductible. Intending donors should:

  • make cheques payable to Gunning Focus Group; or
  • if donating by EFT, direct it to;

Account Name: Gunning Focus Group
Bank: NAB Goulburn
BSB: 082624
Account 661185874BSB: 082-624

We manage our donations with the assistance of a special sub-committee to ensure we use them to best effect for the betterment of music and the arts in our district. We appreciate the help of our sub-committee members; Pastor Ellen Manwaring, Deputy Mayor Mandy McDonald, Mr John Shaw OAM (former Mayor of the Upper Lachlan and Gunning Shire) and Ms Margaret Dougall (GFG Vice-President who chairs this group).