Sydney Chamber Choir opens its 2017 concert series with a voyage through the deeply moving music of German Romanticism selected by young guest conductor, Sam Allchurch, whom conductor, music educator and Music Director of the Sydney Chamber Choir, Richard Gill chose, to conduct and program its first concert for 2017. The rich beauty of German…
Lyn Williams OAM, Founder and Artistic Director of Gondwana Choirs has been awarded the Australia Council for the Arts’ prestigious Don Banks Music Award for outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia. The honour is in recognition of her lifework as founder of Gondwana Choirs, which began 27 years ago with the creation of the Sydney…
Król Roger (King Roger) – Karol Szymanowski Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House 20 January 2017 Opera Australia’s second new production in the 2017 summer season is Król Roger (King Roger) by the early 20th century Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. The work is rarely performed outside Poland and this co-production with…