Album Review: Hooray For Song! / The Sydney Children’s Choir/ Lyn Williams And Friends

Album Review: Hooray For Song! / The Sydney Children’s Choir/ Lyn Williams And Friends

Described as a ‘singing adventure’, the Sydney Children’s Choir’s new album release Hooray for Song! is a lively collection of songs written especially with young singers in mind. Since being established in 1989 by Lyn Williams OAM, who continues to serve as Artistic Director, the choir has commissioned numerous Australian composers to write and arrange…

Young Singers Shine In The Festival of Summer Voices

Young Singers Shine In The Festival of Summer Voices

Gondwana Choirs, the nation’s highly respected choral training ground is in the thick of its National Choral School. With more than 300 young singers, composers and conductors hot-housing vocal repertoire over a fortnight, you could be forgiven for expecting unbridled cacophony. On the contrary, these emerging musicians will be formed into six choirs under the…

Australia Ensemble And Sydney Children’s Choir: A Flock Of Stars

Australia Ensemble And Sydney Children’s Choir: A Flock Of Stars

The Australia Ensemble is delighted to be joined by the Sydney Children’s Choir and celebrated musical director Lyn Williams OAM, in A Flock of Stars, a program named for one of her works. In this choral and instrumental collaboration, the  music performed is mainly by Australian composers. The evening begins in the dubious surrounds of…