Halcyon celebrates 15 years with ‘Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon’

Halcyon celebrates 15 years with ‘Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon’

Vocal chamber music ensemble Halcyon celebrates 15 years at the vanguard of wonderful music making with two landmark events. They invite you to an evening of music at the new Sculpture Terrace of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Here, they will perform a selection of music from their project Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon, which commemorates this anniversary and for…

Halcyon launches ‘Kingfisher’

Halcyon launches ‘Kingfisher’

Chamber vocal ensemble Halcyon has a new project underway.  Kingfisher, Songs for Halcyon is a seminal commissioning project to celebrate and indeed commemorate 15 years of music making by Australia’s leading ensemble for contemporary vocal chamber music. In the decade and a half since its inception, Halcyon has undertaken performing, commissioning, recording and maintained a strong presence in the Australian new…

‘Eternity and Grace’ from the Leichhardt Expresso Chorus

‘Eternity and Grace’ from the Leichhardt Expresso Chorus

  The Leichhardt Espresso Chorus conducted by Michelle Leonard presents their concert Eternity and Grace this weekend, performing two world premieres of music by polymath Sally Whitwell and composer, arranger and singer Dan Walker. Sally Whitwell’s Breath of Kindness is a suite of three songs, commissioned by the friends of the LEC to celebrate the pleasures of life-long friendships. The three songs are Twisting…