AUSTRALIAN conductor, orchestrator and award-winning composer, George Ellis, has travelled the scope of the globe as one of the topmost musical directors in the world; and now he'll add the Cabonne Shire's 2022 Australia Day Ambassador to his list.
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"Serving as an Australia Day Ambassador in beautiful rural NSW these last three-years [have been] my favourite Australia Day experiences," Mr Ellis said.
"I have met some incredibly inspirational and selfless people who love to help others."
Hundreds of ambassadors - from sportspeople, artists, scientists and more - volunteer their time each year to inspire communities across the country's cities, regional and rural areas.
Australia is made of many cultures, and First Nations people are a fundamental and indivisible part of that.
- George Ellis
The National Australia Day Council introduced ambassadors to communities to strengthen "the diversity of achievers" across the nation; which also aims to address diversity as a whole.
Part of the Australia Day program is the The Australia Day Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Acknowledgement Project, designed to strengthen connections between local councils and Aboriginal Communities; a connection that Cabonne's upcoming ambassador views as unbreakable.
"Australia is made of many cultures, and First Nations Peoples are a fundamental and indivisible part of that," he said.
"We want to be culturally respectful and understanding of the past, and we want to remember and recognise this; as well as the amazing journey we are currently on.
"Together we are stronger; the closer we are, the better we are for it."
Having toured with the Sydney Orchestra to many regional areas across the state, Mr Ellis found that working closely with rural communities was an important factor for him in spreading creativity as ambassador for 2022.
"For many years, I toured with the Sydney Opera House Orchestra around NSW [and] we performed concerts for children [in] beautiful places, from Broken Hill to Murwillumbah to Albury," Mr Ellis explained.
"We found people - of all ages - [were] receptive to cultural experiences of various kinds, [whether they were] familiar or unknown.
"Ambassadors can keep this going by working with the communities throughout our amazing state."
The rewards [of hard work] are great and many; and they make our world better.
- George Ellis
Part of Mr Ellis' work has involved a plethora of achievements that have stretched worldwide, to cities such as Paris, London, Amsterdam, Rome and New York, to name a few.
Though to produce successful outcomes as an aspiring creative, Mr Ellis said are achievable with time, and tackling goals with a dedicated mind frame.
"The formula for success for anything in life is ... hard work; it's as simple and complex as that," he said.
"If something is important to us, we give it time. Time and hard work are what's needed to achieve anything worthwhile - especially in the creative arts - [and] the creative arts [is a field] worth working hard for.
"The rewards are great and many; and they make our world better."
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