• Excelsia University College: International Christian Choral Celebration 2025

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    The 2025 International Christian Choral Celebration is open to choirs of all kinds and sizes from across the world, with a submission deadline of 1 July. The ICCC will culminate in September, to coincide with the LUMEN 2025 conference, with a day of music curated from the submissions in front…
    Marry Me a Little

    The University of Melbourne: Marry Me a Little

    Martyn Myer Arena 26 Grant St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    A contemporary revival of Stephen Sondheim’s song cycle, Marry Me a Little follows two isolated strangers longing for connection, reimagining their story through the lens of today’s digital world and asking whether love is real, or just fantasy. Loneliness. Yearning. Lust. Desire. Marry Me a Little is a narrative song cycle…
    Marry Me a Little

    The University of Melbourne: Marry Me a Little

    Martyn Myer Arena 26 Grant St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    A contemporary revival of Stephen Sondheim’s song cycle, Marry Me a Little follows two isolated strangers longing for connection, reimagining their story through the lens of today’s digital world and asking whether love is real, or just fantasy. Loneliness. Yearning. Lust. Desire. Marry Me a Little is a narrative song cycle…

    Melbourne Bach Choir: Carmina Burana

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    From the rousing first chorus of O Fortuna until the wheel of fortune rolls on to its concluding reprise, Orff immerses us in an unstoppable journey, exploring life and fate through the eyes of a group of worldly mediaeval monks. Although familiar from its innumerable appearances in film and advertising,…
    Springtime Concerts—Sydney Children’s Choir

    Gondwana Choirs: Springtime Concerts—Sydney Children’s Choir

    Verbrugghen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The Sydney Children’s Choir presents its annual Springtime Concerts in 2025. Join us for a delightful celebration of song across two concerts, as we present the full suite of Sydney Children’s Choir ensembles in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s stunning Verbrugghen Hall. Children aged 0-2yrs are free of charge and…
    Pairings & Odd Couples

    The Song Company: Pairings & Odd Couples

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Pairings and Odd Couples is a bold exploration of musical contrasts, curated by Guest Director Huw Belling. This eclectic program brings together works from different countries and eras, placing composers in fascinating dialogue. Estonian chant meets Irish modernism, while the premiere of Belling’s Pru Vir offers a fresh response to Guerrero’s Prudentes Virgines. The program…
    Springtime Concerts—Sydney Children’s Choir

    Gondwana Choirs: Springtime Concerts—Sydney Children’s Choir

    Verbrugghen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The Sydney Children’s Choir presents its annual Springtime Concerts in 2025. Join us for a delightful celebration of song across two concerts, as we present the full suite of Sydney Children’s Choir ensembles in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s stunning Verbrugghen Hall. Children aged 0-2yrs are free of charge and…
    Pairings & Odd Couples

    The Song Company: Pairings & Odd Couples

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Pairings and Odd Couples is a bold exploration of musical contrasts, curated by Guest Director Huw Belling. This eclectic program brings together works from different countries and eras, placing composers in fascinating dialogue. Estonian chant meets Irish modernism, while the premiere of Belling’s Pru Vir offers a fresh response to Guerrero’s Prudentes Virgines. The program…
    Garden of Earthly Delights

    Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

    St Bernard's Church, Batehaven 2 David Ave, Batehaven, NSW, Australia
    A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…
    Pairings & Odd Couples

    The Song Company: Pairings & Odd Couples

    Blackheath Uniting Church 43 Govetts Leap Rd,, Blackheath, NSW, Australia
    Pairings and Odd Couples is a bold exploration of musical contrasts, curated by Guest Director Huw Belling. This eclectic program brings together works from different countries and eras, placing composers in fascinating dialogue. Estonian chant meets Irish modernism, while the premiere of Belling’s Pru Vir offers a fresh response to Guerrero’s Prudentes Virgines. The program…

    Sydney Fringe Festival: The Big Sing

    The Canopy Stage 30-16 Birdwood Ln, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia
    Join us at The Big Sing - a fun & welcoming session where we'll (re) discover the joy of singing together. No experience needed! What are our voices for? What would it feel like to use them differently? In a way that's joyful, natural, and free? You might be surprised!…

    Newcastle University Choir: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Welsh composer Karl Jenkins dedicated his beautiful work, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace to victims of the Kosovo Crisis in 1999 but is relevant to current conflicts raging around the world. It charts the growing menace of a descent into war, interspersed with moments of reflection, shows the…

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