Soulfood a capella ensemble is running a masterclass on arranging, offering a hands-on, behind-the-scenes look at creating that signature Soulfood sound.
Soulfood’s Artistic Director, Melissa Kenny will conduct this three-hour during which four original arrangements ranging from up tempo to ballads will be deconstructed and put together again. Participants will then create a new piece in five-part harmony and hear it come to life with some of Soulfood’s singers live on stage.
Soulfood invites people with all levels of experience whether they are new to arranging, looking to build on existing skills, or just wanting to see some of the work that goes on behind this award-winning a cappella group.
With Christmas fast approaching, the Sydney University Musical Society (SUMS) presents its Carolfest, an annual, time-honoured tradition, now in its 54th year. Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales, will return to her Alma Mater to deliver the readings alongside other special guests. With music from Berlioz to Britten and Bach to Rachmanninov, SUMS promises old favourites…
Soprano Cheryl Barker and baritone Peter Coleman-Wright appear in recital together with pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley. Presented by Hunters Hill Music Society, the duo will perform a selection of music from the Art Song and opera repertoire moving from Purcell through to Barber; Puccini and Wagner. Hunters Hill Music Society celebrates 67 years of presenting fine…
Taking its name from Johann Strauss II’s immortal waltz Frühlingsstimmen(“Voices of Spring”), ArtSong NSW presents its own eponymously titled soiree later this month. Celebrating the change of season, this concert is part of the Willoughby Spring Festival, and is being held in The Studio which is part of the exciting new Performing Arts Precinct at the…
Take your mind back to the opening scenes of the movie ‘Amadeus” and its electrifying music – Mozart’s Symphony No 25 in G minor, K 183. The Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra under the baton of its Chief Conductor Sarah – Grace Williams performs this symphony, along with the effervescent Holberg Suite by Grieg and Bizet’s Symphony…
It might seem like the obvious pun, but Russian Baroque violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky has more than one string to his bow. As well as directing and performing as solo violinist with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in concerts in Sydney in July/August, Sinkovsky will also sing with the orchestra as counter-tenor soloist, performing the music…
For its December 2014 production, Pinchgut Opera will perform Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride. Considered to be Gluck’s best work, it is the sixth of seven operas he wrote in Paris. It is a rarely performed masterwork and with it, Pinchgut Opera also marks the 300 anniversary of Gluck’s birth. Iphigénie en Tauride is an intensely dramatic…