The Sydney University Graduate Choir is delighted to announce the three finalists in the Joan Carden Award for 2017. They are: mezzo-soprano Barbara Jin, tenor Joshua Oxley and baritone Haotian Qi. The three finalists will perform with full orchestra at the choir’s upcoming performance of Mozart’s Requiem with the winner announced at the end of…
The Sydney University Graduate Choir is delighted to present a performance of choral music of the – the golden era of French creativity. The choir will be accompanied by a full orchestra and the organ of the Great Hall, Sydney University. Works on this program will be the Requiem by Saint-Saëns, Franck’s Psalm 150, and the…
The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell CON OPERA Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium Saturday 14 May 2016 Purcell’s stage works can present substantial difficulties for modern directors since, with the exception of Dido and Aeneas, they are all semi-operas. That is, they are plays into which music is inserted as stand-alone masques which are only loosely connected to…