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Celebrating 100 years in 2020
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David Francis
General Manager
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Doctor, member of Symphony Chorus
“ Singing with Sydney
Philharmonia Choirs is
inspiring and challenging,
demanding yet rewarding
and a great way to meet
like-minded people”
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Brett Weymark
Music Director
Join in the joy of choral singing as an audience member or a
singer – or perhaps both! Further information on how you can sing
with us is contained within this brochure. We look forward to
welcoming you to an SPC event in 2015.
Come and hear our exceptional choirs perform Bach’s St John
Passion at Easter and Jenkins’ The Armed Man in May. A new
commission will be programmed with Fauré’s Requiem to
acknowledge Australia’s role in France during World War 1.
Gershwin will come to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in
September and we have our first Chamber Singers performance
in the Utzon Room at the Opera House, followed by three
performances of Handel’s Messiah which together signal the
lead up to the festive season.
The 2015 Sydney Philharmonia Choirs season is focused
on sharing the joy of choral singing with as many people as
possible, either as audience members or as singers taking
part in our wonderful range of performances and events.
Brett Weymark
Music Director
Share in
the joy
of choral
singing
2015: Our Singing Year
Centenary Circle
SPC celebrates our 100th birthday in 2020. Come
with us on the journey by joining our Centenary
Circle. Donate $2,500 and receive invitations to
exclusive events throughout the year, including
opportunities to meet our artists. Join now at
sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/support-us.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Donations
Support Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’
commitment to sharing the joy of choral singing
and the creation of extraordinary singing experiences
for audiences and singers alike. Your donation of any
size will be gratefully received. You can donate now
by visiting sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/support-us
Men of Sydney
Philharmonia
Choirs
Qantas Credit
Union Arena
Sydney
Symphony
Chorus &
Chamber Singers
Melbourne
Symphony
Orchestra &
Chorus
Sydney
Philharmonia
Choirs
Bach: St John
Passion
Damnation
of Faust*
Doctor Who
Symphonic
Spectacular*
Fri 20/ Sat 21
Sat 7
Wed 21/ Thu 22/
Fri 23/ Sat 24/
Sun 25
February
January
Puncture*:
exploring the
risk and ritual
of intimacy.
A collaboration
with Legs on
the Wall and
Form Dance
Part of the
Sydney Festival
All our generous supporters will be acknowledged
on our website.
Sponsorship
VOX
Riverside
Theatre
Parramatta
SPC offers sponsorship opportunities for you to profile your company, meet your customers and to treat clients
to great music and hospitality in exceptional surroundings.
Please call David Francis, General Manager on 02 9251 2024 to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
Fri 27/ Sat 28/
Sun 1 Mar
Beethoven
Nine*
Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra
March
April
Sat 4
Sydney
Opera House
May
Sat 16/
Sun 17
Jenkins:
The Armed Man
– A Mass
for Peace
June
Sun 7
ChorusOz
July
Sat 20/ Mon 22
VOX &
Festival Chorus
Hamer Hall
Melbourne
The Planets
September
Fri 10/Sat 11
ChorusOz Choir
Sydney
Opera House
Wagner: Tristan
und Isolde*
Sydney
Opera House
Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra
Fri 27/ Sat 28
Danny Elfman’s
Music from the
Films of Tim
Burton*
Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra
VOX
Sydney
Opera House
Fri 10/ Sat 11
Men of Sydney
Philharmonia
Choirs
Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra
Sydney
Philharmonia
Choirs
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs acknowledges the following partners and supporters who are sharing the joy of
choral singing in 2015:
Sydney
Opera House
Sydney
Opera House
Fauré: Requiem
Symphony
Chorus
Thu 3/ Fri 4
French
Impressions*
Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra
With the
Tasmanian
Symphony
Orchestra Chorus
Sydney
Philharmonia
Choirs
October
Wed 14/ Fri 16/
Sat 17
Beethoven’s
Missa Solemnis*
Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra
November
Sat 21
To Be Sung
On Water
Chamber Singers
Utzon Room
(Sydney Opera
House)
Sydney
Philharmonia
Choirs
December
Thu 3/ Sat 5/
Sun 6
Handel:
Messiah
All performances
signed in
collaboration
with Accessible
Arts
Symphony
Chorus &
Christmas Choir
Sydney
Opera House
Sydney
Opera House
Sydney
Opera House
A Christmas
Story
Sat 26/ Sun 27
St Mary’s
Cathedral
Sydney
Ladies of VOX
VOX
Join Us for
Gershwin
Various venues
Festival Chorus
Sydney Opera
House
Thu 24
Sydney
Opera House
VOX Carols*
Tue 31
VOX
Bach: St John
Passion
St Philips
Anglican Church
York St
Symphony
Chorus &
Chamber Singers
Programs marked in orange
are presented by SPC
Sydney
Opera House
* For box office details go to
sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/2015concerts
Photo credit: Keith Saunders
MARCH & APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
Music of Transcendence
A Prayer for Peace
Great Choral Moments
The Fields of France
Intimate chamber performance
Hallelujah
Family Christmas Performances
J.S. Bach:
St John
Passion
Jenkins:
The Armed
Man – A Mass
for Peace
Celebrating the genius
of the Gershwins
To Be Sung
On Water
Handel:
Messiah
A Christmas
Story
The Utzon Room is the perfect backdrop for a
concert that celebrates vocal music inspired
by water. As well as two world premieres by
Australian composers Rosalind Page and Luke
Byrne, hear the sublime vocal music of Whitacre,
Delius and Vaughan Williams. Be surprised by
the possibilities of choral music with Stars by the
lauded Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds that
employs water-tuned glasses for celestial effects.
Hallelujah: Celebrate the start of the
festive season in the traditional way.
We are commissioning Australian composer
Sally Whitwell to create a new festive,
family-friendly event, with new and old
Christmas songs and a fun story for Christmas.
Mark Easter with Bach’s moving
setting of the story of Christ’s final days.
Sung in German.
Festival Chorus performs The Armed Man –
A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins,
one of the most performed works
by a living composer in the world today.
Our young adult choir VOX also present
works celebrating and evoking peace.
Tuesday 31 March, 8pm
Saturday 4th April, 1pm
Saturday 16th May, 1pm
Sunday 17th May, 5pm
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
Conductor: Brett Weymark
Symphony Chorus
Chamber Singers
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Elizabeth Scott
Festival Chorus
VOX
Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic
Tickets $50 - $100
Tickets $50 - $100
ChorusOz
Celebrating
Ten Years
Featuring excerpts from the past ten years
of ChorusOz, including the Mozart and Verdi
Requiems and Carmina Burana, and introducing
new works into the ChorusOz repertoire, such
as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Requiem:
Communion by Peter Sculthorpe.
Join the ChorusOz Choir and experience
the power of hundreds of voices singing
with you, as you perform some of the greatest
and most famous choral music.
For further information on how to buy
tickets for all programs listed in this
brochure, please visit our website.
Tickets for SPC-presented programs
will go on sale on 12 January 2015.
sydneyphilharmonia.com au/
2015concerts
02 9251 3115
between 2pm and 5pm weekdays
sydneyoperahouse.com
9250 7777
Fauré:
Requiem
An evening of exquisite French repertoire in
the acoustic for which it was originally intended,
alongside the Australian premiere of a new work
by Calvin Bowman to mark Australia’s role in
France during the First World War.
Featuring Messe du Jubilé
by Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, the perfect
companion to Fauré’s Requiem.
Register online.
Rare concert performance of
George and Ira Gershwin’s musical
‘Of Thee I Sing’
The complete 1931 Pulitzer Prize winning
musical will be recreated live on stage in a
special concert performance featuring four
talented singer-actors, a choir of 400 and an
orchestra playing the original orchestrations
from 1931. Produced in collaboration with
Sydney’s most prolific music theatre company,
Squabbalogic (The Drowsy Chaperone), this is a
first for Sydney and not to be missed as words
and music come together in the political satire
‘Of Thee I Sing’.
Friday 10th July, 7.50pm
Saturday 11th July, 7.50pm
Rehearsals: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June
Performance: Sunday 7 June, 5pm
Sydney Opera House
Conductor: Brett Weymark
ChorusOz Choir
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Tickets $60 & $55
Buy Tickets
Join Us for
Gershwin
Saturday 26th September, 1.30pm
Sunday 27th September, 1.30pm
Thursday 3rd December, 8pm
Saturday 5th December, 8pm
Sunday 6th December, 1pm
Sydney Opera House
Saturday 21st November, 11am
Meet Brett Weymark over a cup of coffee
after the performance
Saturday 21st November, 5pm
Meet Brett Weymark over a glass of wine
after the performance
Conductor: Brett Weymark
Christmas Choir
Symphony Chorus
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Tickets $50 - $100
St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney
Performance begins outside St Mary’s at 7.50pm
Sydney Opera House
Conductor: Brett Weymark
Symphony Chorus
Organist: Calvin Bowman
Conductor: Brett Weymark
Director: Jay James-Moody
Festival Chorus
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Utzon Room (Sydney Opera House)
Tickets $40 - $80
Tickets $50 - $100
Tickets $60 & $55
Conductor: Brett Weymark
Chamber Singers
All performances
will be signed
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to find out how
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sing-with-us
to find out how
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sing-with-us
to find out how
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sing-with-us
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Join one
of our
Choirs
Season Pass
If you love choral music, you can book
all our Sydney Opera House concerts
and we will not only give you a 10%
discount but also ensure that you
have the best seats in the house.
There is a choir
here for you.
December 2015
VOX will be performing in various venues around
Sydney which will be selected with families in mind.
Conductor: Elizabeth Scott
VOX
Tickets
Sign up to find out more at
sydneyphilharmonia.com.au
and we will keep you posted!
Sign up for a Choir
or to audition at
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sing-with-us
Festival Chorus
For choral singers who love to sing but cannot
commit to the Symphony Chorus. The Festival Chorus
participates in two projects each year in the Sydney
Opera House. To join you need to take part in an
open-day or open-evening. There is no formal audition
so this choir is accessible for people with less choral
experience. Main rehearsal periods autumn and spring.
Symphony Chorus
“What I find most
rewarding about
performing with
the Choir is the
shared feeling of
joy between the
choristers and
audiences!”
Arts Manager, member of Chamber Singers
For the more experienced choral singer who is
prepared to commit a substantial amount of their free
time. This 150-strong auditioned choir works throughout
the year with major international artists and the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra at venues including the Sydney
Opera House. Auditions throughout the year.
Christmas Choir
A chorus that assembles specifically to perform
Messiah in the Sydney Opera House, alongside
the Symphony Chorus and professional orchestra.
Rehearsals throughout spring. No audition needed.
ChorusOz
VOX
“Performing is electric,
it is atmospheric and
emotional, and I wouldn’t
give that up for the world”
Events Officer, member of Chamber Singers
For experienced singers between the ages of
18 – 30 years old. VOX has gained a reputation for
excellence and performs in varied contexts throughout
the year, from festivals to commissioned performances,
as well as working with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. VOX is an
auditioned choir.
Chamber Singers
A small ensemble of 32 highly-skilled choristers, who
enhance performances of the Symphony Chorus as well
as giving their own concerts of specialised repertoire.
Auditions just once per year (next auditions Spring 2015).
A chorus made up of singers from all over the world
who assemble for the June holiday weekend to perform
at the Sydney Opera House with a professional
orchestra and soloists. For the 2015 programme see
the ‘ChorusOz - Celebrating 10 Years’ section.
No audition needed.
Singing at the House
One Sunday morning each month come and join us
for informal singing at the Opera House. No audition,
no preparation, and free – what’s stopping you?!
Singing at the House is a partnership between Sydney
Philharmonia Choirs and Sydney Opera House.
Details at sydneyoperahouse.com
“After many years of choirs
and choral singing, my
nine years with the Sydney
Philharmonia Festival Chorus
hAVE been the highlight ”
Retired, member of Festival Chorus