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Australian War Requiem on ABC Classic FM
We are delighted to announce that ABC Classic FM will broadcast the Sydney University Graduate Choir’s 2018 performance of the Australian War Requiem as the Lunchtime Concert (1.00 – 3.00pm) on Anzac Day this year. The Australian War Requiem was … Continue reading
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Singing On
2020 has passed and in 2021 the Grads are “Singing On”. In our first concert for this year the choir will perform for the first time at the historic Fort Street High School in Petersham. A varied program will see … Continue reading
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2021 Season
It is with enormous pleasure that Sydney University Graduate Choir advises its 2021 Choral Season. This announcement is slightly later than usual due to uncertainties raised by Covid19 that initially raised doubts as to whether we would be able to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beethoven, Brahms, Choir concerts, Fauré, Forthcoming Concert, Joseph Haydn, Requiem, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Stabat Mater, The Creation
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Summer Music with the Sydney University Graduate Choir
Have you subscribed to our YouTube channel? The Sydney University Graduate Choir recently released a second ‘Best of’ compilation of past performances hand-picked by Christopher. Listen here We also have a not-to-be-missed sale of performace CDs produced prior to 2017. … Continue reading
An August afternoon with the Sydney University Graduate Choir
For many, many years the second weekend in August has featured the Sydney University Graduate Choir’s winter concert in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney. This year we were due to perform Fauré’s Requiem along with Schubert’s Stabat … Continue reading
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Farewell to John Cran
One of the important elements that has made singing with the Grads and attending our concerts a special experience is the outstanding quality of the professional musicians, who regularly perform with us. This quality was personified in spades in John … Continue reading
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Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle
‘The last of my péchés de vieillesse’ (sins of old age) is how Rossini described the Petite Messe Solennelle, which the Sydney University Graduate Chamber Choir is delighted to present as the Graduate Choir’s last concert of 2018. The performance coincides with … Continue reading
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Apology
An apology to those followers of this blog who just received a post entitled ‘Sydney Sings Messiah 2016’. Due to an error in the publication process this post had appended to it several unreviewed and unedited paragraphs that appear to … Continue reading
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Joan Carden Award Semi-Finals 2015
The hills were alive with the sound of music at St. Patrick’s Church Hall Summer Hill on Sunday 14th of June when six talented singers competed in the 2015 Joan Carden Award semi finals. The adjudicators for the event were … Continue reading
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SSO to perform Czech music
Grads choristers and audience members still transported by Dvořák’s Stabat Mater can extend their emotional stay in Bohemia until early in June, when the SSO, under Chief Conductor and Artistic Director David Robertson, will give a concert of Czech music. … Continue reading
