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Tudor Choristers | 2026 New Year Workshop Day 2

Do you love to sing? Have you always wanted to join an a cappella choir? Are you moved by the choral works of William Byrd and Tomás Luis de Victoria? The Tudor Choristers invite you to join us for a two half-day weekend workshop exploring Renaissance polyphony in a supportive, focused, and musically rich environment. Spend the weekend with like-minded

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Tudor Choristers | 2026 New Year Workshop Day 1

Do you love to sing? Have you always wanted to join an a cappella choir? Are you moved by the choral works of William Byrd and Tomás Luis de Victoria? The Tudor Choristers invite you to join us for a two half-day weekend workshop exploring Renaissance polyphony in a supportive, focused, and musically rich environment. Spend the weekend with like-minded

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Pepe Newton

New light on the Requiem – Gordon Kerry premieres with ACC

Australian Chamber Choir | Renaissance Requiem 17 August 2025, streamed from Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park, VIC In Missa pro defunctis, composer Gordon Kerry gently rewrites the Requiem tradition, not by burning it down, but by opening windows to let more light in. That sense of illumination framed this thoughtful Australian Chamber Choir program, where Kerry’s newly commissioned

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Daniel Brace

Tudor Choristers’ celebration of Palestrina a fitting tribute

Tudor Choristers | 500 years of Palestrina 5 April, 2025, St John’s, Camberwell, VIC There’s a reason why Palestrina has been a celebrated composer for the past almost 500 years. His music is technically brilliant, as well as pleasing to the ear. Meaning, the music is a triple threat: challenging for the performers, choir and conductor.  So it was ambitious,

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Peter Hagen

The divine peace and beauty of Gesualdo Six (hope they visit soon)

Secret Byrd | Gesualdo Six and Fretwork 12 July 2024, Mediaeval Hall, Salisbury UK This stunning concert was the highlight of a recent trip I made to England. Set in the Mediaeval Hall in Salisbury, we were permitted to enter in small groups of no more than eight to ten. We had some of the dynamics of the concert explained

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Daniel Brace

Young organ performers delighted and wowed us – the pews were shaking!

The Scots’ Church International Organ Series | Concert 4: Student Recital  September 14, 2024, The Scots’ Church, Melbourne, VIC Organ and harpsichord students from Thomas Heywood, Jennifer Chou, Elizabeth Anderson and Douglas Lawrence Opportunities for performance are an essential part of the development of young musicians, they are also a wonderful opportunity for us as listeners to hear loved or

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Nicholas Parle gave us a most satisfying hour of early keyboard music

Nicholas Parle | A Golden Age of Keyboard Music August 25, 2024, St Brigid’s Marrickville, NSW On an overcast afternoon in inner west Sydney, I had the pleasure of attending a rather unique concert titled A Golden Age of Keyboard Music, given by harpsichordist Nicholas Parle. He attained his undergraduate degree in music at Sydney University but has since spent

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Australian Chamber Choir’s beautifully balanced texture

Australian Chamber Choir | Buckingham Palace November 4, 2023, Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, Geelong A coronation is a religious ceremony of the highest order, and, over several hundred years, the British monarchy have a storehouse of fine music from such royal occasions. Buckingham Palace (the title says it all) is the latest concert from the Australian Chamber

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Heidi Hereth

Bel a cappella’s delightful dissonances sent shivers

Bel a cappella | Lighten Our Darkness Saturday Sept 2, 2023, St Augustine’s Church Balmain This evening concert began in mysterious darkness, as the singers of Bel a cappella distributed themselves around the perimeter of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church. They sang The Apostles’ Creed, a 15th century setting in the form of a thirteen-part canon by Robert Wylkynson. I heard

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Alan Holley

Superb Castalia Vocal Consort create an experience in sound

CASTALIA VOCAL CONSORT | Under Cover of Darkness Saturday 18 June, 2022,  Glebe Town Hall Singers Chloe Lankshear Amy Moore Stephanie Dillon Chris Watson Louis Hurley Phil Murray Tom Flint On leaving the concert I heard an audience member say, ‘I really enjoyed that concert. I liked all the music and they sang so well.’ The Evening Primrose, a very

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Secret chamber music with lusty gusto

Australian Chamber Choir | Secret Chamber May 22, 2022, Art Gallery of NSW On a cool and damp Sunday evening, it was a pleasure to enter the Art Gallery of NSW to hear the Australian Chamber Choir. The theme and title of this concert was “Secret Chamber”, performed in the not so secret entrance court of the Art Gallery of

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