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…
The Australia Ensemble is delighted to be joined by the Sydney Children’s Choir and celebrated musical director Lyn Williams OAM, in A Flock of Stars, a program named for one of her works. In this choral and instrumental collaboration, the music performed is mainly by Australian composers. The evening begins in the dubious surrounds of…