River City Voices | Songs of Destiny May 22, 2022, Riverside Theatres, Parramatta On May 15th 2022 Willoughby Symphony Orchestra unveiled the winner of the Young Composer Award in an […]
Australian Chamber Choir Vivaldi’s Gloria, Agata’s Cantata Live streamed from the Scots’ Church, Melbourne on 7 May, 2022 and available on demand at access.auschoir.org Vivaldi’s well-known Gloria is one of my […]
Dusk to Dawn Mosman Art Gallery, March 20, 2021 After battling the flooding streets of Sydney’s lower North Shore to get to the Mosman Art Gallery it was a delight […]
Let’s just start with the depressing bit and get it over with. This pandemic has hit the Arts sector hard. Actors, musicians, singers and the people that support them behind […]
I wasn’t planning on writing about Sydney Chamber Choir’s Messiah last Saturday night, but now, almost a week later, a week after the government announced their advice that all events […]
It is truly extraordinary what happens when Sydney’s classical music community bands together. Within just a few weeks a committee of dedicated musicians and organisations created and presented a heartfelt […]
December 1, 2019, “A Boy Was Born”. What better way to ring in the festive season than with a bit of Britten? Last Sunday I was fortunate enough to sing […]
Warning: This report contains unashamedly gushing commentary. If you like your reviews critical and scathing I would advise you to read no further. Sydney Chamber Choir is a truly excellent […]
Sydney Town Hall was absolutely packed to the rafters on Friday night and the excitement was palpable, as the crowd eventually found their seats and settled in for what promised […]
It was with a mixture of joy and sadness that I entered the Independent Theatre in North Sydney on Saturday afternoon to hear Susannah Lawergren and Bradley Gilchrist perform the […]
“Once upon a time, on the edge of a great forest, there lived a very poor woodcutter with his wife and his two children, Hansel and Gretel…” What better way to begin a […]
It was with a light heart and high expectations that I boarded the Saturday morning ferry towards Cockatoo Island for the 2019 Bel a cappella Come and Sing Project. My […]
On Saturday afternoon if you happened to be wandering through Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building you may have been somewhat astounded when instead of the usual bland piped elevator music, the […]
On entering the Art Gallery of NSW entrance hall on Tuesday evening the audience was seated around a small stage containing a table set with goblets, wine and candles. We […]
Fresh from supporting the Sydney Flash Mob Choir on Wednesday evening (15th November) at the City Recital Hall, the Sydney Chamber Choir, arguably one of this country’s finest choral ensembles, […]
NIGHT ONE: to the earth Spring Hill Reservoir 8 July 2017 music for string quartet + cavernous spaces John Luther Adams Canticles to the Sky^ Chris Perren a luminous moment, […]
Thomas Heywood’s choice of repertoire on Saturday 18 February at Kelvin Grove College Theatre, presented by TOSA QLD (Theatre Organ Society of Australia QLD), was varied and impressive. The first […]
