• The Great Ma(y)tinee May 2024

    The Great Ma(y)tinee May 2024

    A Curated Concert May 5th We are opening our 2024 concert season with our Great Ma(y)tinee concert. This relaxed and varied concert celebrates the joy of choral singing and has become a favourite of choir and audience alike. This year’s lively program features the popular Misa Criolla by the Argentine composer Ariel Ramírez that combines…

  • Sydney Sings® – Calling all singers!

    Sydney Sings® – Calling all singers!

    November 12th 2023 – Sydney Sings® “The Creation” Sydney University Graduate Choir will once again present a Sydney Sings® event this year at the Sydney Town Hall on Sunday 12th November, Joseph Haydn’s wonderfully uplifting The Creation. Please hold this date, if you are interested in joining us for this great work. We will sing under the…

  • The Great Ma(y)tinee

    The Great Ma(y)tinee

    A Curated Concert May 7th Continuing the tradition established during Covid-19, Grads May 2023 concert will showcase the choir’s flexibility and talent in a relaxed and varied concert that celebrates the joy of choral singing. This year’s May program continues a further Grads tradition, that of bringing together old and new works to audiences for the first…

  • Praise for Bowen’s The Redfern Oratorio

    Praise for Bowen’s The Redfern Oratorio

    On Sunday 13 November, the Sydney University Graduate Choir—supported by guest choir, orchestra and soloists—presented the Sydney Sings® “Imagine…” concert featuring the world premiere of Christopher Bowen’s The Redfern Oratorio. With libretto by Pamela Traynor, the work was commissioned by Dr Robyn Williams AO and inspired by Paul Keating’s iconic Redfern Speech delivered in Redfern…

  • The Redfern Oratorio, letters of support and SMH article

    We are very excited for our upcoming concert on Sunday 13 November at the Sydney Town Hall. Sydney Sings® “Imagine…” will feature the world premiere of Christopher Bowen’s The Redfern Oratorio and will be accompanied by Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. “Today’s performance of the Redfern Oratorio is a potent statement of our national determination to…

  • Sydney Sings® “Imagine…”

    Sydney Sings® “Imagine…”

    Sydney University Graduate Choir is pleased to announce that its November Town Hall Sydney Sings® concert is back in 2022. This concert will feature the world premiere of The Redfern Oratorio composed and conducted by Christopher Bowen OAM. Inspired by Paul Keating’s historic 1992 Redfern Speech, The Redfern Oratorio imagines a shared future with Indigenous Australians and a longing…

  • Sydney Sings® – Calling all singers!

    Sydney Sings® – Calling all singers!

    November 13th 2022 – Sydney Sings® “Imagine…” Sydney University Graduate Choir will once again present a Sydney Sings® event this year at the Sydney Town Hall on Sunday 13th November. We are inviting singers far and wide to join us in performing the world premier of The Redfern Oratorio composed by Christopher Bowen with the libretto by…

  • In Paradisum, 14 August 2022

    In Paradisum, 14 August 2022

    In Paradisum3pm to 5pm, Sunday 14 August 2022The Great Hall, University of Sydney In this concert the choir presents two great works: Fauré’s peaceful Requiem and Schubert’s beautiful Stabat Mater. In his Requiem opus 48, the French composer Gabriel Fauré distilled some of the most beautiful melodies he ever composed. This well-loved work with its…

  • Singing On! May Concert Postponed

    Singing On! May Concert Postponed

    Due to a number of our choristers contracting COVID-19, SUGC will be postponing our first concert for the year, which was to be held this Sunday, to Sunday 5 June. We do hope you can join us on the new date! The performance will feature a curated collection of choral and instrumental pieces in a style…

  • Singing On! 2022

    Singing On! 2022

    Another challenging year has passed and the Grads are “Singing On” once again. Our first concert for 2022 will be a curated collection of choral and instrumental pieces, in a style similar to that of the very popular and enjoyable concert we presented at Fort Street High School in May 2021. Our varied program includes…