The 2015 APRA/AMCOS Art Music Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music has been given to composer, pianist and scholar Larry Sitsky AM for his “significant and enduring contribution to Australian music.” The award will be made at the 2015 Art Music Awards ceremony on Tuesday 11 August. The recipient of the Distinguished Services to Australian Music award is…
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of its inception, the Sydney Chamber Choir and its alumni gathered under the direction of founding Music Director Dr Nicholas Routley in a performance they called Creativity + Loss. From the decades of repertory the choir has accumulated, the choir performed a carefully selected programme of the music it performs best,…
On the eve of returning to conduct the 40th anniversary concert by the Sydney Chamber Choir, its founding director Nicholas Routley reflects on its growth and distinctive sound: “In July 1975 four students from the Music Department at the University of Sydney asked me if I would like to form a specialist small choir. I…