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24.01.2022 Voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - Meet Sharon, singing with Festival Chorus since 2018 (and the mum of our VOX twins featured earlier this week) I’m immensely proud of how far I’ve come on this challenging, rewarding journey." In 2018 my daughters, Annabel and Miriam, decided to book me an audition for Festival Chorus. It was a Mothers’ Day present, but I admit it took a bit of badgering from them to get me over the shock and practise for it! ... The effort turned out to be so worthwhile, I never knew I’d have the opportunity to perform in concerts of such scale, with an orchestra, at the Opera House and even with props and acting in Hawaiian shirts (thinking of that very memorable performance of Bernstein’s Candide). I started singing without any musical background and had to swiftly up-skill (with a little training from my daughters). Thinking of this, I’m immensely proud of how far I’ve come on this challenging, rewarding journey. I’m looking forward to many more live performances to come! See more
24.01.2022 Want to read more about the stories behind the songs? From the Eid family to various descriptions of our beloved Vegemite to the translation of the welcoming Gadigal language. Why not take a glance at the Time and Place progamme before the live stream starts? Streaming starts at 7.30pm, don't miss it!
20.01.2022 We are still feeling the birthday love from our good friends at The Song Company Remember today is your last chance to catch Time and Place - our film celebration of 100 years of singing. Don’t miss it!
20.01.2022 "All the streets are bare, Lights out in the pubs, restaurant doors are shut. What has happened here?"... Can you imagine moving from Italy to Australia in the 1950's? With no nightlife and no promenades to parade down - what a culture shock! Elena Kats Chernin explores this in her new work Human Waves, brought to life by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in our cinematic birthday concert, Time and Place | Celebrating 100 years. Premiering on Wednesday 9 September, 7:30pm. Register your attendance on this link now https://bit.ly/2EfsPqh.
18.01.2022 Singers from VOX joined acclaimed US based choir Conspirare and hundreds of singers globally to create this virtual recording of "All of Us" - the final movement of Craig Hella Johnson's Considering Matthew Shepard. Check out the clip below and you may even spot some footage from our own performance earlier this year at the City Recital Hall.
17.01.2022 If you enjoyed our premiere of Human Waves by the incomparable Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin, why not tune in to the live Melbourne Digital Concert Hall on Thursday evening as she performs an hour of mischievous medleys from her wealth of works aptly titled "Don't Medley with Me!" Not to be missed! https://www.facebook.com/events/607106659954438/
16.01.2022 "I thought Australia would be good for the future, good for my family." Youssef Eid. Brothers Youssef, Romanos and Tansa Eid mirgrated to Australia from Lebanon in 1965. Find out how they became the taxi kings of Melbourne airport. Elena Kats Chernin explores their story and more in her new work premiered by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Premiering tomorrow, Wednesday 9 September, 7:30pm. Register your attendance on this link now https://bit.ly/2EfsPqh.
09.01.2022 As we all celebrate 20 years since the Sydney Olympic Games, we've got our own Olympic memory to treasure from two years earlier. Against the backdrop of the Sydney Opera House, SPC choristers sang Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as part of a global live stream to open the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. 80 million people tuned in as we gave the world a glimpse of Sydney to lead into our own Games.
08.01.2022 Many of our choristers have thrived since their time studying at the Sydney Con and it's not too late to audition for 2021! Classical performers, Arkie Moore and Ella Simons are among the first group of talented musicians accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, under their new Creative Arts Special Admissions Scheme (CASAS), for entry in 2021. Audition now for 2021 applications due 18 September!
08.01.2022 "The Gadigal have sung, danced and painted their knowledge on the place we know as Bennelong Point and every time I stand upon this land, it is their strength I feel" - Deborah Cheetham AO Experience the moving and powerful choral Acknowledgment of Country "Tarimi nulay- Long time living here", composed by Deborah Cheetham, words by Matthew Doyle and presented by the voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in our cinematic birthday concert, Time and Place | Celebrating 100 years. Premiering tonight, 7:30pm. Register your attendance on this link now https://bit.ly/2EfsPqh.
06.01.2022 A Russian immigrant visits Bondi Beach in the 80's and is shocked to see women in bikinis. "Who are these half-naked goddesses?!" Elena Kats Chernin explores the contrast in cultures in her new work brought to life by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in our cinematic birthday concert, Time and Place | Celebrating 100 years. Premiering on Wednesday 9 September, 7:30pm. Register your attendance on this link now https://bit.ly/2EfsPqh.
05.01.2022 Voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - Meet Annabel and Miriam, singing with VOX since 2015 VOX was the place for life-long friendships and a true love for singing." We auditioned for VOX in late December, 2015. After the austere diligence of Year 12, we were keen to ring in a new era of freedom, meet new faces, and experience new musical adventures. ... Our very first gig was with Sally Whitwell at the Independent Theatre. Oof! The glorious wall of sound that a full SATB complement produces... where had it been all our lives?? (Ah yes, we went to an all-girls’ school.) A small confession, though we skipped out on the second performance, absconding to New York to sing with another choir at Carnegie Hall! (Don’t worry, we’ve been faithful ever since!) From there, new vistas of choral tonality opened up as we barrelled through Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Bach’s St Matthew Passion, and House music for VIVID in the space of 18 months. Fast forward to February this year with VOX’s biggest emotional challenge, Considering Matthew Shepard. Who could’ve guessed it would be our last live performance before COVID hit? It was the perfect note to end on, though, affirming the fact that VOX was the place for life-long friendships and a true love for singing. And that’s still very much alive, even as we face this strange new reality. See more
03.01.2022 "The restrained but heartfelt emotion of Fauré’s Requiem cut through the downpour with reassuring harmony and warmth." - a wonderful review of Saturday's performances from Limelight Magazine.
01.01.2022 "Food enough for three days, but not for six. Drenched to the skin, but Mum still has the diamonds sewn into her seams".... Heart wrenching stories of survival are brought to life in Elena Kats Chernin's new work Human Waves, sung by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in our cinematic birthday concert, Time and Place | Celebrating 100 years. Premiering on Wednesday 9 September, 7:30pm. Register your attendance on this link now https://bit.ly/2EfsPqh.
01.01.2022 Such a joy to sing again for two sold out performances of Faure’s Requiem! Thank you to everyone who braved the rain to join us at St Andrew’s Cathedral today.
