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John Gould
and the Maruki Community Orchestra
PC Hubbard

From Blitz London to the London Symphony Orchestra, and then to found the Maruki Community Orchestra in Canberra, John Gould and the Maruki Community Orchestra follows a world-class violist who traded prestige for participation. It’s a story about music’s purpose — not in the glare of the concert platform, but in the shared work of an amateur orchestra.

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John Gould playing the viola.
ABC publicity photo of John Gould, Principal Viola of the London Symphony, 1965. Source: NAA: SP1011/1, 2157A.
Music, to me, is something very special. And certainly very much more important than any idea of fame and fortune, popularity and records.

— John Gould, String Quartet (Australian Commonwealth Film Unit documentary; filmed 1972, released 1974)