Adelaide Hills Chamber Players | Arts and entertainment

Adelaide Hills Chamber Players

Phone: +61 409 695 952

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Other
• Community
• Arts and entertainment
• Musician/band

25.01.2022 The Adelaide Hills Chamber Players is most excited to give a preview of our activities for 2021, with thanks to a grant of $50K from the SA Government. January: In a program of Romantic music, Sharon Grigoryan will direct from the cello desk and play solos with strings by Fauré and Tchaikovsky. Elizabeth Campbell will sing Schoenbergs curious arrangement of Mahlers Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. June: From the leaders desk, William Hennessy AM will direct Bartoks Dive...rtimento and Tchaikovksys Serenade for strings. January and June: Jonathan Bligh of Festival Statesmen fame, will conduct concerts with our chamber singers in works by Schutz, Monteverdi, Bach, Schubert, Saint Saens, Faure, Lauridsen and other American moderns, some acapella and some with instruments. We are also most delighted that the Arts SA COVID grant has enabled us to commission Jakub Jankowski to write a major work for voices and strings which will premiere in June in Jonathans concert. Full details of the twin regional boutique fine music festivals embracing these and other concerts will be released in September. We'll keep everyone posted with more details! Brian Chatterton OAM, Artistic Director, Adelaide Hills Chamber Players

24.01.2022 Thank you all for joining us in this wonderful series of Christmas concerts ! 13th - 15th December 2019

22.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring Thomas Saunders Thomas Saunders holds an honours performance degree in classical piano and a graduate certificate in music teaching from the Elder Conservatorium. He has attended summer schools in France with Jean Paul Sevilla (classical) and Melbourne with Joe Chindamo (jazz). At the 2018 Adelaide Fringe he performed The Rite of Spring for 2 pianos and in 2015 he was accompanist for 12 sell-out performances of Call Mr Robeson featuring the... music of Paul Robeson. He has also premiered his original pieces featuring two pianos and clarinets at the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringes. He has performed in the presence of HRH Duke of Kent for the Adelaide RIAUS centre gala opening and been guest artist for a science/music presentation with the popular science commentator Dr Karl Kruzelnicki. He is a busy instrumental teacher, accompanist for university recitals and the Metropolitan Male Choir SA, as well as an AMEB examiner. ___________________________________ Join Thomas , the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

22.01.2022 -UKARIA CONCERT POSTPONED- The Board of Management of the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players regretfully announces the postponement of the Heritage and Renewal concert planned for 22nd April in UKARIA, Mount Barker Summit, due to concerns of community transmission of coronavirus COVID-19. Alternative dates for rehearsals and a performance will be canvassed when confidence in large community gatherings is restored.... After re-negotiations with artists and UKARIA are completed, a new concert date will be registered on our Website and our Facebook page as well as in the print media. Ticket holders to the April 22 concert can request a refund by emailing to the address below or have them transferred to the replacement event. Please direct requests for further information to: Brian Chatterton OAM Artistic Director Adelaide Hills Chamber Players PO Box 179 ECHUNGA South Australia 5153 +61 409 695952 ABN: 18 619 521 046 www.adelaidehillschamberplayers.com [email protected]

22.01.2022 Welcome to the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players official page ! We are a professional ensemble of 17 musicians and singers that rehearse and perform in the Adelaide Hills. We aim to make quality music accessible to all in the Adelaide Hills Region and beyond. We welcome you to join us in our upcoming performances and activities ! Like the page to stay updated on future events, performances and much more ! And feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

20.01.2022 Performance at Lobethal tonight ! 7.30pm at Fabrik Arts and Heritage, 1 Lobethal Road SA 5241 Artist Announcement : Featuring Victoria Coxhill - Soprano... Victoria Coxhill graduated from the Elder Conservatorium with First Class Honours in 2013. Last year she was an Emerging Artist with the SOSA and SA Finalist in the National Young Virtuoso Award. Stage roles include Mimi (La Boheme), Vitellia (La Clemenza di Tito) and Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Co-Opera, as well as the title role of La Perichole, Margot (The Desert Song), Lady Psyche (Princess Ida), Mother (Hansel and Gretel) and First Lady (The Magic Flute) for other companies. Victoria has sung as soloist for many of the mainstream oratorio works including Faures Requiem, both Bach Passions, Messiah, Pergolesis Stabat Mater and Brittens Ceremony of Carols. She is a core member of the Adelaide Chamber Singers and sings in the SOSA Chorus alongside freelance work with organisations such as the Adelaide Concert Collective and Elephant in the Room. Victoria is excited to be singing the soprano part for the world premiere of a new Requiem written by Anne Cawrse on Good Friday at Clayton Wesley Uniting Church. During the week Victoria works as a secondary school teacher ___________________________________ Join Victoria, the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

18.01.2022 Artist announcements : Featuring Meran Bow-Fischer Meran has sung as a principal, understudy and a member of the chorus with the State Opera of SA since 1992. Roles have included Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Babet (La Chanson de Fortunio), Pitti-Sing (The Mikado), The Mother (Mavra) . She has covered the roles of Grimgerde (Die Walkure), Marcellina, (The Marriage of Figaro), Dorabella (Cosi Fan Tutte) , Mrs Grose (Turn of the Screw) among others. In 2015 she made her debut... with Co Opera singing Azucena in Il Trovatore and toured regional Victoria and New South Wales in 2017, singing the roles of Madame Larina and Filippevna in Eugene Onegin. For the G & S Society, she has sung Kate (The Pirates of Penzance), Katisha (The Mikado), Fairy Queen (Iolanthe) and Lady Blanche (Princess Ida). She has also sung as Alto soloist in various concerts for the Norwood Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide University Choral Society, Harmony Choir and The Adelaide Hills Music Circle. _______________________ Join Meran , the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

15.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring David Perry David Perry as Count Almaviva, (in photo) in Co Operas production of The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart which would have to be one of the most entertaining opera comedies ever heard. He is seen here dispatching Cherubino but he wont be dispatching anyone in the forth-coming performance of the Christmas Oratorio by Saint-Saëns, which was written in just 12 days in December 1858 and scored for soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor... and baritone soloists, with four-part chorus, organ and harp. After an opening prelude, the Christmas story is told in recitative, followed by a series of arias and ensembles which meditate on the mystery of the Incarnation. ___________________________________ Join David , the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

14.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring David Visentin David Visentin graduated from the Elder Conservatorium in 1994 and immediately performed the roles the The Duke in Patience and Ralf Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore for the G&S Society. Later that year he joined Co-Opera for their inaugural interstate tours of the Magic Flute (Mozart) singing 1st Armed Man. In 2000 he moved to Sydney and joined numerous Musical and Opera Societies and reprised the same two G&S roles and added Alexis Po...intdextre, The Sorcerer to his repertoire plus various minor roles in The Mikado, The Gondoliers, Yeoman of the Guard, Ruddigore and Iolanthe. He has performed principle roles in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Loccasione fa il Ladro and La Scala di Seta (Rossini), Owen Wingrave (Britten) and Il Tabarro (Puccini). Returning to Adelaide he has performed in the 2016 Fringe singing Signor Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza (Guettel) and 2018 toured Barber of Seville (Rossini) with Co-Opera and joined the State Opera Chorus for their production of The Meistersingers of Nuremburg. ___________________________________ Join David, the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

14.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring James Nicholson James Nicholson moved to Adelaide in 2010 from his hometown of Mildura. James has been performing on stage since the age of 9 with highlights including a choral performance in Opera by the Loch, Randolph MacAfee (Bye Bye Birdie), Angel (RENT), and Tony (West Side Story). James also achieved several first places, prizes and honourable mentions in voice at Eisteddfods. ... James has completed a music degree at Elder Conservatorium and performed Hero in (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Albert Lennox in (The Secret Garden), Knife Grinder in (Oliver) and Mr Earlanson in (A Little Night Music) with the G&S musical Society. James played Tony in (Maria Callas Masterclass) and Box in (Cox and Box) for Elder Hall Lunch time concerts, Nanki Poo in Co Operas (Mikado), sang in the Chorus of (Otello) (Meistersinger) (Mikado) and (Carmen) for the State Opera, Jeff in (I Love You Because) with Emma Knights Productions and, most recently, Ralph for (Pinafore) G&S Society. James ultimately wishes to pursue an international career in opera and musical theatre. ___________________________________ Join James, the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

11.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring Carolyn Burgess, Harp Carolyn Burgess is a highly respected Adelaide harpist who has been performing in Adelaide and nationally for over 35 years. Highlights of Carolyns career include: 2nd Harp ... (and sometimes Principal) with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra since 1985, regular appearances with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for many years, Orchestra Victoria, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Sydney) and numerous Adelaide orchestras made up of other freelance players for visiting performers at the Adelaide Festival Theatre and Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Some of these performances have included artists such as Olivia Newton-John, Kanye West, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Sumi Jo, Natalie Cole and the band ELO. Private performance for the late Michael Jackson in 1996. Carolyn has also lived and worked in Norway and appeared with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra ___________________________________ Join Carolyn, the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

09.01.2022 Singers audition announcements : Magic Flute in the Adelaide Hills, April 2020 Expressions of interest are invited from emerging professional opera singers to participate in a pocket production of Mozart's The Magic Flute in Hahndorf in April 2020. This project is meant to continue the immensely successful pilot venture of Musica e Cucina Italiana held in Gepettos Hahndorf Restaurant with a piccolo Traviata last September, but swapping nationalities.... The Magic Flute will be presented at a venue associated with Adelaide Hills German culture. If you are interested in trying for a role, send an email to [email protected] with an attached CV. Selected artists will be invited to audition before Christmas. More details of the project can be circulated by email to interested singers. Brian Chatterton

08.01.2022 This promises to be a memorable event

04.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring Macintyre Howie Reeves Macintyre Howie Reeves is a singer and director who has performed in multiple Adelaide Festival productions, including Brett Deans Hamlet, Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton. He has won multiple Lady Ann Miller awards for highest aggregate score at the Adelaide Eisteddfods and been a soloist in Mozarts Requiem, Bachs Matthäus-Passion, Handels Messiah and guest soloist for Adelaide Carols by Candlelight ...70th anniversary. Macintyre has worked with the G&S Society, Emma Knights Productions, Co-Opera and State Opera of South Australia. Stage credits include: Lieutenant Barri in Sondheims Passion, The Major General in The Pirates of Penzance, The Father in Humperdincks Hansel and Gretel, The Page in Menottis Amahl , Mr. Lindquist in Sondheims A Little Night Music, Pish-Tush in The Mikado and Publio in Mozarts La Clemenza di Tito for Co-Opera, chorus in Bizets Carmen, Wagners Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Wesley-Smiths Boojum! for SOSA ___________________________________ Join Macintyre, the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

03.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring Katrina Mackenzie Soprano, Katrina Mackenzie is a graduate of Classical Performance, Voice at the Elder Conservatorium of Music (Bachelor of Music, First Class Honours). She has been a recipient of many awards and prizes including the Adelaide Choral Society Prize for Classical Voice, finalist in The Friends of the State Opera Dawn Wallace Aria Award and Vocal Prize winner in the 2017 and 2019 5MBS Young Virtuoso SA Final. ... Katrina performs regularly in recital and as a concert and oratorio soloist and sings recurrently with SA companies Adelaide Hills Music Circle and Co-Opera. In 2018, Katrina began working with the State Opera of South Australia as an Emerging Artist and has since performed as a principal artist and in the chorus of many of their productions. Her most recent opera roles include Musetta in Co-Operas La Bohème by Puccini and Alice for the State Opera of South Australias production of BOOJUM! by Martin Wesley-Smith. ___________________________________ Join Katrina, the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549

01.01.2022 Artist Announcement : Featuring Deborah Johnson Deborah trained at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, and graduated with Honours in Music Performance in 1995.... She made her operatic debut in 1994 for Co*Opera, and in 1995 began singing in the State Opera chorus. Later that year she moved to Sydney to study with Rita Hunter C.B.E., and began performing with Opera Australia, appearing in numerous productions over 11 years. Deborah moved back to Adelaide in 2006, and returned to performing with both State Opera and Co-Opera. Roles with various companies include Mirabella (The Gypsy Baron) the Duchess (The Gondoliers), Dame Carruthers (Yeoman of the Guard) Odabella (Atilla), Lady Jane (Patience), Miss Wingrave (Owen Wingrave), Meg Page (Merry Wives of Windsor), Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro), Filipevna and Larina (Eugene Onegin), Ruth (Pirates of Penzance), Annio (La Clemenza di Tito), Dorabella (Cosi Fan Tutte) and the title role in Carmen. Deborah made her principal debut with State Opera of SA as Mrs Alexander in Satyagraha, and has also sung the role of Judith (Bluebeards Castle) for the company. Her concert repertoire includes Handels Messiah, Mozarts Requiem, Haydns Mass in the Time of War, Pergolesis Stabat Mater, and Vivaldis Gloria. ___________________________________ Join Deborah , the Adelaide Hills Community Singers and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players this weekend for the rarely performed and never before heard in South Australia, Oratorio de Noel by Camille Saint-Saëns . This Oratorio forms the centre piece of the Christmas Music program, along with Benjamin Brittens much loved Ceremony of Carols and Mozarts sunny antiphon Regina Coeli K.276. Join us in this trio of concerts to celebrate the festive joys of this season ! Admissions $35 General / $28 Concession Event Page : https://www.facebook.com/events/575474849893059/ Friday 13th December 7.30pm Fabrik Arts and Heritage - 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/554895 Saturday 14th December 7.30pm St.Andrews Uniting Church - 10 Alfred Pl, Strathalbyn SA 5255 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564548 Sunday 15th December 7.30pm Saint Paul's Lutheran Church - 10 Mount Barker Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245 Tickets: www.trybooking.com/564549