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Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Innocence & Experience (Sydney Chamber Choir)

Allchurch leads his fine ensemble in meticulous style offering songs for comfort, for entertainment and for change, sung from the heart.

June 26, 2022
Vocal & Choral
features

Sydney Chamber Choir: looking back, moving forward

Sydney Chamber Choir’s Artistic Director Sam Allchurch explores how their next concert, Innocence & Experience, draws on the Choir’s two major visions since it was founded nearly five decades ago.

June 15, 2022
Classical Music, Festivals, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: The Creation (Sydney Chamber Choir/Australian Haydn Ensemble)

Australia's first-ever period-instrument presentation of The Creation reveals the fresh vitality and range of colours in Haydn’s score.

April 30, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Singing and the importance of light bulbs

Sam Allchurch will never forget the first time he sang with Gondwana Voices. Applications for Gondwana National Choirs are now open. He encourages young people to apply; it could be their light-bulb moment.

January 27, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Garden of the Soul (Sydney Chamber Choir)

The Sydney Chamber Choir demonstrates its versatility with a concert ranging from Renaissance music to Britten to an impressive new song cycle by Australian composer Joseph Twist.

November 22, 2021
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

World Premiere: Kate Reid’s Solander

The composer tells us about her new work for Sydney Chamber Choir, which celebrates the life and legacy of Swedish botanist Daniel Solander.

May 4, 2021
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Gondwana Online goes live

Sam Allchurch explains the new digital learning program introduced by Gondwana Choirs during the COVID-19 lockdown, which ranges from beatboxing to writing for choirs.

May 12, 2020
Chamber, Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Stripping back Handel’s Messiah

Sam Allchurch, AD of Sydney Chamber Choir, discusses staging the Messiah with chamber forces similar to those that Handel had at his disposal.

March 3, 2020
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Voices of Angels for 2019

Sam Allchurch, who directs the concert, tells us about his choice of the Twelve Days of Christmas as this year's theme.

December 6, 2019
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Time & Place (Sydney Chamber Choir)

Sam Allchurch delivers clever programming and choral finesse in Sydney Chamber Choir’s final concert for 2019.

November 14, 2019
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
news

Sydney Chamber Choir announces its 2020 season

Sam Allchurch will present a series of masterworks in 2020, including two world premieres.

November 12, 2019
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

Gen Next: 30 Brilliant Young Musicians Making Their Mark

Meet the new classical superstars.

October 25, 2019
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Sam Allchurch: Steering a choral Rolls-Royce

As Sydney Chamber Choir prepares for its November concert Time & Place, its Music Director Sam Allchurch reflects on his first full year in the job.

October 25, 2019

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