In 2024, the Australian Chamber Choir travels the world – musically and literally.

Reviving its biennial tradition for the first time post-COVID, ACC will sweep through Europe on a 16-day international tour in July. Audiences are invited to join the trip across Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy for tours, talks, visits and meals as the choir performs at venues including the Bonn Minster, Berlin Cathedral, and St Mark’s Basilica, Venice.

Australian Chamber Choir. Photo © Dianna Wells.

Spotlighting Australian works alongside international masterpieces, the program will also be performed in Australia – on 8 June in Dunkeld, 16 June at Middle Park and 17 August at Macedon – when the choir returns. Performances in Geelong, Melbourne and Terang are also scheduled.

Transports of Delight, ACC’s first program of the year, collates works written in the cities the choir has performed in. London is represented by Byrd and Purcell, for example; Paris by Franck.

In its 2022 season, the choir premiered a reconstructed cantata