Category: Publicity

  • Pandemic Arrangements

    In the light of current circumstances we are – regrettably – unable to continue with the first two scheduled concerts of 2020, Handel’s Esther in May and Faure’s Requiem in August. Our current plan – to be confirmed in due course – is that these two concerts will be moved to May and August 2021.…

  • 2020 Concert Season

    Our 2020 Concert Season features some of the best choral music ever written. We will take you on a musical journey through the ages and carry you away to ancient and exotic places. Expect a season of dramatic, lyrical and moving experiences, featuring landmark works such as Handel’s Esther and much loved masterpieces like Fauré’s…

  • Rheinberger – A Christmas Concert

    At 5pm on Sunday, 8 December, the Sydney University Graduate Choir, conducted by its Music Director, Christopher Bowen OAM, will present a concert of German Christmas works in the Great Hall of the University.  The soloists will be Elke Hook (soprano) and David Hidden (bass). The Christmas festival plays a very important role in German…

  • Sydney Sings…™ Brahms A German Requiem

    On Sunday, 10 November, at 3.00 pm, in the Sydney Town Hall, the Sydney University Graduate Choir, conducted by its Music Director, Christopher Bowen OAM, will present, as its  Sydney Sings…™ concert for 2019,  music of Johannes Brahms, featuring his wonderful Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), and also including an orchestral work of the…

  • Time to Meet the Soloists (part 2)!

    Last week we introduced two of our four very talented soloists, Agnes Sarkis (mezzo soprano) and Anita Kyle (soprano). This week we invite you to meet our tenor Nicholas Jones, and baritone Simon Lobelson, who will perform under the baton of music director Christopher Bowen OAM, in our upcoming all Beethoven Concert on Sunday 12th…

  • Time to Meet the Soloists!

    We are delighted to introduce you to our four very talented soloists, who will take to the stage under the baton of music director Christopher Bowen OAM, in our upcoming all Beethoven Concert on Sunday 12th August 2018, at the Great Hall Sydney University. In this first of a two part series, we present our…

  • The soaring heights of Romantic music

    Next Sunday, May 6th, the Sydney University Graduate Choir launches its 2018 concert season with performances of Nicholai’s Te Deum and Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42 & Psalm 114. Composed by Otto Nicolai in 1832, the Te Deum is a large-scale work for six soloists, chorus and orchestra. Today Nicolai is a largely forgotten composer, known mostly…

  • Meet the Soloists for Mendelssohn’s Paulus

    In preparation for the upcoming performance of Paulus, Mendelssohn’s rarely presented oratorio, at the Great Hall Sydney University on Sunday 10th December at 5pm, let’s meet the talented soloists who will be joining the Choir and Orchestra, under the baton of music director, Christopher Bowen OAM. Concert tickets are available now here. Anita Kyle, Soprano…

  • Final 2017 Concert, Mendelssohn’s Oratorio Paulus, Sunday 10th December, 5pm

    The Sydney University Graduate Choir is delighted to be performing Mendelssohn’s first oratorio, the rarely performed St. Paul – or Paulus, in the original German, in which it will be sung. A musical masterpiece, this work was one of the composer’s most often performed during his lifetime, but in recent times is not heard as…

  • Sing Verdi’s Requiem with us!

    A few places are left to sing Verdi’s Requiem with the Grad Choir in the Sydney Town Hall on April 28th. Sopranos, Tenors and Basses, who, preferably, have sung the work before, but at least are experienced choristers please contact us on info@sydneysingsverdi.com for details.