Concert Review: Faure’s Requiem From The Sydney Chamber Choir:Shining Light Into Worlds Beyond

Concert Review: Faure’s Requiem From The Sydney Chamber Choir:Shining Light Into Worlds Beyond

 Faure’s Requiem The Sydney Chamber Choir and The Metropolitan Orchestra, April 12 2014. the City Recital Hall, Sydney.   In a world where concert producers seem to draw on a dizzying array of devices to tantalise audiences, the Sydney Chamber Choir delivered a potent reminder of the power of music, dispensing with distractions and focusing…

2013 Paul Lowin Prizes for Composition – Shortlist announced

2013 Paul Lowin Prizes for Composition – Shortlist announced

  The coveted Paul Lowin Prizes are being awarded again in 2013, and the winners will be announced in Sydney, on Monday October 28th, 2013. Presented by the Paul Lowin Trust and the Australian Music Centre (AMC), the awards are among Australia’s richest prizes for composition, with an Orchestral Prize of $25,000 and a Song Cycle Prize of…