Graduate Singers: Songs of Beauty

St Peter's Cathedral 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Rutter's Three Shakespeare Songs bring the Bard's timeless verses to life with cheerful warmth. His predecessor Ralph Vaughan Williams' own Shakespeare Songs provide contrast with their darker, velvety sonorities. Libby Croad's Brontë Suite and other poetry settings come together in this marriage of lyricism and harmony.

The Graduate Singers: Songs of Beauty

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Rutter’s Three Shakespeare Songs bring the Bard’s timeless verses to life with cheerful warmth. His predecessor Ralph Vaughan Williams’ own Shakespeare Songs provide contrast with their darker, velvety sonorities. Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs and other poetry settings come together in this marriage of lyricism and harmony.

Chime Choir: Creation

Robert Blackwood Hall 49 Scenic Blvd, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Three of Victoria’s leading musical ensembles, Excelsis, Chime Choir, and the Yarra Philharmonic Orchestra are proud to present the Australian première of acclaimed American composer Dan Forrest’s Creation. This major choral-orchestral oratorio will be performed on Saturday 30 August, as the centrepiece of a concert at one of Melbourne’s renowned…
Rachmaninov Vespers

One Equal Music: Rachmaninov Vespers

St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba 123 Neil St,, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
After its successful first outing in 2023, we return to St Brigid’s to perform Rachmaninov’s monumental All-Night Vigil. Premiered in 1915, this masterpiece was born in the shadow of World War I and hailed as one of the greatest choral works ever written. Composed in just two weeks during some…

Heidelberg Choral Society: JS Bach Mass in B Minor

Performing Arts Center, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School Cnr Noel St and Upper Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe, VIC, Australia
Bach’s Mass in B minor is an awe-inspiring, massive work and one that is seldom performed. But on 31 August, Heidelberg Choral Society will present a Melbourne performance of this compelling and uplifting Mass. Commenced in 1733, composed over a 25-year period and finished in the very last years of…

Rosati & Likhuta: Tides of Silence

FourthWall Arts Suite 4, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
Catherine Likhuta's Tides of Silence: Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano explores themes of despair, hope, and human fragility, drawing inspiration from fictional and real-life stories of profound emotional struggle and acts of self-destruction. It is written for Morgan Rosati, a mezzo-soprano from Brisbane, who will leave for Manchester the day after the…

Australian Girls Choir: Australian Girls Choir in Concert

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
A spectacular showcase of song and dance. You will be stunned by their exquisite singing, impressed by their dazzling dance steps and moved by the passionate performance of the Australian Girls Choir (AGC). Like no other choir you've seen before, these girls perform with vibrancy and energy which is how…

Free Community Choir Workshops

Cheep Trill: Free Community Choir Workshops

Zillmere Community Centre 54 Handford Rd,, Zillmere, QLD, Australia
Cheep Trill is a music community creating a safe environment for anyone of any experience and ability to come and explore their creativity and musical expression without feeling judged. You are invited to take part in an inclusive and fun choir, led by the brilliant Cheep Trill team with the…
Free Community Choir Workshops

Cheep Trill: Free Community Choir Workshops

Sherwood Uniting Church 706 Sherwood Rd, Sherwood, QLD, Australia
Cheep Trill is a music community creating a safe environment for anyone of any experience and ability to come and explore their creativity and musical expression without feeling judged. You are invited to take part in an inclusive and fun choir, led by the brilliant Cheep Trill team with the…

Bel a cappella: O Mistress Mine

Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSW, Australia
A lively program of Shakespeare settings by Vaughan Williams and Rebecca Clarke, among others, that take us over hill and over dale, from fairies and fantasy to the very real challenges of wooing fair maidens. It includes an outing into the more jazzy side of choral music with songs by…
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River City Voices: Human Waves

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Originally commissioned by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for its 2020 centenary and premiered in 2023 at the Sydney Opera House, Human Waves was written by Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska. Exploring the migrant experience (and the shock of coming across a bikini or Vegemite for the first time), it has been…

The Queensland Choir: Sunday Serenade Concert

Sandgate Town Hall Cliff and Seymour St, Sandgate, QLD, Australia
Join us for a breathtaking afternoon as Dr. Robert Stewart makes his debut as Musical Director of The Queensland Choir! Let your spirit be lifted by a sublimely soothing program of serenading melodies by Brahms, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and more — performed by one of Queensland’s premier choirs. Whether you’re a…

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