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Gondwana National Choirs

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Address: Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Road 2000 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.gondwana.org.au/

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25.01.2022 We are so proud to launch the next series of our very popular #GondwanaOnline Australian Singing Adventure course - this time for those living in the USA! Designed and presented especially for children based in the United States of America and Canada, this is a great way to better understand Down Under - its people, its music, its stories and song? ... Join our very own Elizabeth Vierboom for an online singing adventure around Australia! Beginning May 1, we'll take a journey through different parts of the country, singing Australian songs, recognising and celebrating Indigenous culture and making new friends! An Australian Singing Adventure with Elizabeth Vierboom From Saturday, May 1 Saturdays at 5pm (EST) / Saturdays at 2pm (PST) 6 sessions total, each session 1 hour. For children aged 6-12 years. Places are strictly limited - sign up now! https://www.gondwana.org.au/gondwana-online/

23.01.2022 A reminder to tune in to ABC Classic tomorrow at 1pm AEDT to relive the highlights from 2017's National Choral School season. Featuring performances by Junior Gondwana, Cantorum, Chorus Iuventus, Chorus Novus and Gondwana Chorale. ABC Classic Lunchtime Concert with Genevieve Lang 1-3pm AEDT Saturday 16th January Tune in here: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/lunchtime-concert/

22.01.2022 Subscribe to our YouTube to be the first to find out what we've been working on! https://bit.ly/3pOwIpp

22.01.2022 If you missed ABC Classic's replay of the Gondwana World Choral Festival last Sunday, you can listen to it at the link below. Vanessa Hughes, presenter of ABC Classic Drive, reflects on the Festival: 'Seven days of choral concerts, numbering 17 in all seems even more of a pipe dream today than it did in July 2019. For a whole week Australian audiences poured into the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney and the Sydney Opera House to hear children sing their songs from home and... pieces they’d taught each other. While international choir competitions are wildly popular and happen all over the world, the Gondwana World Choral Festival set itself apart by hosting a chock-full program with no prizes to be won at all.' It's a joy to relive the memories from this spectacular week of music! Featuring Boston Children's Chorus, Rgas Doma meiteu koris TIARA / Riga Cathedral Girls' Choir TIARA, La Cigale de Lyon, Guangdong Experimental Middle School Choir, Inner Mongolia Youth Choir, ETV Tütarlastekoor / Estonian TV Girls Choir, Toronto Children's Chorus, Nagoya Children's Choir and the combined Sydney Children's Choir. https://www.abc.net.au///gondwana-world-choral-10/12713882

21.01.2022 Throwback to one year ago today - Overture Concert at the Festival of Summer Voices Sir John Clancy Auditorium - UNSW

20.01.2022 Tune in to this Take 5 podcast with Zan Rowe to hear Felix Riebl unpack the powerful collaboration that is Spinifex Gum and Marliya of Gondwana Choirs. Marliya is one of our performance choirs, and we are so thrilled with everything they’re achieving. In this episode, Felix speaks about how the collaboration with Lyn Williams and Marliya began: ‘I met Lyn - who is an absolute choir guru, and started the Gondwana Indigenous Children's Choir - about 7 years agoShe asked me... to go on a trip with them to the PilbaraThat led to a long and fascinating journey’. Have a listen! Jump in at 26:50 to listen to this specific segment. https://www.abc.net.au//programs/take-5/felix-rie/12657194

16.01.2022 More than just fun in the sun - ALL parts of Gondwana Choirs have been working hard! Subscribe to our YouTube to be the first to find out what we've been working on! https://bit.ly/3pOwIpp

15.01.2022 We recently reached 10,000 likes for this page! Thanks for helping to keep Gondwana Choirs singing. We believe that everyone deserves to experience the benefits of choral singing - whether academic, emotional or therapeutic. We work hard to nurture a passion for music and build choristers’ self esteem and creative expression. ... We set a standard of excellence for others to follow We celebrate underrepresented voices and bring them to the fore We share our skills and expertise with choirs around Australia We change the perception of what a choir can be and what choirs are capable of Whilst 2020 has been a bumpy year, we are proud that we’ve been able to adapt, and offer new and exciting opportunities to our online community. Thanks for coming on the journey with us. Love, Everyone at Gondwana Choirs

15.01.2022 Join us from 1pm today on ABC Classic as we relive the Closing Gala ('Songs of the World') Concert from last year's Gondwana World Choral Festival! Featuring performances from Estonian TV Girls' Choir, Boston Children's Chorus, Toronto Children's Chorus, La Cigale de Lyon, Rgas Doma meiteu koris TIARA / Riga Cathedral Girls' Choir TIARA, Nagoya Children's Chorus, Guangdong Experimental Middle School Choir, Inner Mongolia Youth Choir and more, from the beautiful Sydney Oper...a House. We're so excited to hear these beautiful voices in unison again https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/lunchtime-concert/ Image by Robert Catto

14.01.2022 Save the date! This Sunday's Lunchtime Concert program on ABC Classic will be the Closing Gala ('Sounds of the World') from last year's Gondwana World Choral Festival! Catch it on your airwaves from 1-3pm AEST, Sunday October 4. We're so excited to re-live the memories from that spectacular night at the Opera House!... https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/lunchtime-concert/

14.01.2022 20 years ago today our parallel choral program the Sydney Children's Choir performed Elena Kats Chernin's 'Deep Sea Dreaming' with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and ‘The Flame’ alongside Tina Arena in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. With a cast of more than 12,600 people, the ceremony was described by then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch as ‘the most beautiful ceremony the world has ever seen’. 3.7 billion people around the world watched this incredi...ble spectacle - were you one of them? Share your favourite moments from the 2000 Sydney Olympics!

12.01.2022 Sound on! How beautiful is this? A collaboration between Björk and Iceland’s Hamrahlíð youth choir. The choral harmonies in this song were composed to mimic the growth of life from the earth’s beginnings to the natural wonders that we know today! ... 'Heaven's bodies/ Whirl around me/Make me wonder' https://open.spotify.com/track/4i1AYbwAA7SrITaoFRUA6D

12.01.2022 Right now we would have been in the midst of the 25th season of Gondwana National Choral School. Our 25th season WILL happen but sadly not in January 2021. A personal thank you to all those who have been part of Gondwana National Choral School across the years and especially Mark O'Leary. May all our hearts continue to sing even when our voices can't, with passion, love, beauty, friendship and all the good things that singing brings. Miss you all terribly and would love to hear your thoughts at this time. Reach out to a Gondie today xxx. Lyn Williams

11.01.2022 This is perfect for any families with little ones. Our friends at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre have teamed up with The Beanies to bring little ones with BIG imaginations a brand new musical adventure this Friday 9 October at 11am AEST. Featuring confetti cannons, sneaky robbers and silly jokes, this livestreamed performance is ideal for young ones and their big people. Book your tickets now! https://bit.ly/cprsbeanieslive2020

11.01.2022 Gondwana Choirs, an internationally renowned choral organisation, is launching an exciting new choir for FNQ's finest young singers. Directed by Lauren Hannay and Lyn Williams AM, this ensemble looks forward to welcoming talented singers aged 15 25. The choir will rehearse weekly and plans to perform regularly in the Cairns region and to tour when possible. To express your interest in auditioning for this new choir, please contact us today. Contact [email protected] for more info. #choir #queensland #audition #youth #gondwana

10.01.2022 COME AND JOIN THE FUN. We are holding an open rehearsal at 4.00 PM on MOnday March 15 for children 10 - 16 in Cairns who would like to be part of our Gondwana Indigenous Children's Choir Community. Bookings are necessary . Call Alice on 0425 090 778 We look forward to meeting new friends!

07.01.2022 ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO JOIN! Are you a family based in Europe, with links to Australia? Would you like your child to better understand Down Under - its people, its music, its stories and song? Sign up to our #GondwanaOnline Australian Singing Adventure course! ... Beginning THIS SATURDAY March 6, we'll take a journey through different parts of the country, singing Australian songs, recognising and celebrating Indigenous culture and making new friends! An Australian Singing Adventure with Lyn Williams From Saturday, March 6 Saturday mornings at 9am London (GMT/BST) and 10am Europe (CET/CEST) 6 sessions total, each session 1 hour. For children aged 6-12 years. Places are strictly limited - sign up now! https://bit.ly/3a91S4L

07.01.2022 Huge congratulations to Paul Stanhope, composer and Steve Hawke for winning Choral Work of the Year at last night’s 2020 Art Music Awards ceremony. We performed the world premiere of this commissioned piece at the Gondwana World Choral Festival, along with Valla Voices, Voices of Birralee (Resonance), Luminescence Chamber Singers , Hunter Singers and Young Adelaide Voices. Conducted by Lyn Williams and accompanied by Sally Whitwell on piano, with Jess Ciampa, Phil South and Aedan MacNamara on percussion. A special thanks to Prue Ashurst who was the donor supporting the commission.

06.01.2022 Please enjoy our heartfelt performance of Lie light, dear heart by Kenneth and Kirsten Lampl it’s wonderful to be singing together again! This moving work was commissioned by Gondwana Choirs in 2018, and this is the first time we have performed the SATB version. This video of the Sydney Children’s Choir and conductor Lyn Williams was filmed by George Popov in our new rehearsal studio and in the Sydney Dance Company’s Neilson Studio at Walsh Bay. The sound was recorded by William Yates and Bob Scott.

05.01.2022 Have you watched Spinifex Gum's performance at the Sydney Opera House yet? Part celebration, part protest, Spinifex Gum is a deeply affecting musical experience. A collaboration between The Cat Empire’s Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill & our very own Marliya Choir, this is the voice of Australia's future.... Blues/ Rock heavyweight Tom Waits also described the rendition of his song 'Make it Rain' as 'gorgeous'. This is a showyou won't want to miss. Streaming now on the #sydneyoperahouse's YouTube channel

05.01.2022 M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis Our friends at Urban Theatre Projects in Bankstown Western Sydney are excited to announce the launch of M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis. Presented online from 21 - 25 September, this major new online work is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors a journey through fire, pain, ash and becoming. M’ap Boulé Home is where I lay is a play with songs telling the story of a child of immigrant parents growing up in Australia finding her identity. It explo...res the story of the first black-led republic of Haiti and the personal narrative of a Haitian-Australian woman living on Gadigal land in Waterloo. ‘M’ap Boulé’ translated to English means ‘I’m on fire’ in Haitian Krèole a language that was developed during the Haitian Revolution in 1804. Written by Nancy Denis and directed by Hilton Denis, M’ap Boulé features original music composed by Carl St Jacques with lyrics by Nancy Denis. Book your tickets online today via the link below: http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/map-boule/ Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/313173389790426/ #NancyDenis #MapBoule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects

04.01.2022 A huge congratulations to the Cousin Quartet for winning First Prize at Musica Viva Australia's Strike A Chord competition, the first National Chamber Music Championship for secondary school ensembles. All four players have trained as choristers in the Sydney Children's Choir, our parallel choral training program. Performing live from the City Recital Hall in Sydney, this talented group won the Robert Salzer Prize, worth $5000. The Artistic Director of the Awards, and C...hairwoman of the Jury Wilma Smith, announced the "Cousin Quartet... exemplified all the qualities we find in the best chamber music and we are thrilled to offer them our special congratulations." Smith also acknowledged "their teachers, parents, families and friends for providing knowledge, support and encouragement to these young musicians so they can continue to find fulfillment in this very special art form and bring joy to others through their playing. We are thrilled that these young musicians' excellence is being recognised in the wider community. Congratulations again Cousin Quartet! by Keith Saunders, courtesy of Musica Viva See more

02.01.2022 This one is for the dancers out there. Our friends at Sydney Dance Company are hosting a two-day virtual dance event, and you're invited! Dancers around the world are coming together to learn repertoire from SDC Rehearsal Associate Charmene Yap and Company dancers on 26-27 September. Tag your friends who might be interested, and book your spot now! https://tinyurl.com/y3fevvdt... #SDCKeepDancing

02.01.2022 "Music stretches children’s attention spans, teaches them to persevere in the face of frustration, feeds self-confidence and nurtures social skills. These skills help support learning in all areas." Thanks to Dr Anita Collins for sharing this.

02.01.2022 Throwback to one year ago today - Explorations Concert at the Festival of Summer Voices Leighton Hall & Sir John Clancy Auditorium - UNSW

02.01.2022 Sound on! Take a moment to listen to Oscar's arrangement of the song 'Tha, ki ta tha ka thin'. Oscar participated in the Gondwana Online course 'The Art of Konnakkol' with Lisa Young. Konnakkol is the art of performing percussion syllables vocally, and is common in South Indian Carnatic music. ... How incredible is this! Thank you Oscar for sharing your project with us.

01.01.2022 Who remembers National Choral School 2017? Re-live the music and the memories this coming Saturday 16th at 1pm AEDT, as ABC Classic features highlights from each of the choirs. Enjoy the rich and diverse musical palette of these selected choral pieces, including classical works by Bach and Schumann, through to traditional folk arrangements and contemporary pieces from South American, Scandinavian and Australian composers (Luke Byrne, Kate Miller-Heidke and Paul St...anhope, composer) as well as our very own Lyn Williams AM. It’s an epic line up of music that you do not want to miss. Tag your friends below! ABC Classic Lunchtime Concert with Genevieve Lang 1-3pm AEDT Saturday 16th January Tune in here: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/lunchtime-concert/

01.01.2022 FINAL WEEK to sign up to the #GondwanaOnline Australian Singing Adventure course! Are you a family based in Europe, with links to Australia? Would you like your child to better understand Down Under - its people, its music, its stories and song? Look no further! Join Lyn Williams for online singing adventure around Australia!... Beginning March 6, we'll take a journey through different parts of the country, singing Australian songs, recognising and celebrating Indigenous culture and making new friends! An Australian Singing Adventure with Lyn Williams From Saturday, March 6 Saturday mornings at 9am London (GMT/BST) and 10am Europe (CET/CEST) 6 sessions total, each session 1 hour. For children aged 6-12 years. Places are strictly limited - sign up now! https://bit.ly/3a91S4L