In recent years the Choir has produced a Sydney sings. . . series of concerts in the Sydney Town Hall, with three very well-received performances of Handel’s Messiah in 2007, 2010 and 2012, and a performance of Verdi’s RequieM in 2013. All concerts in the Sydney sings. . . series have included a large guest Choir, soloists and full orchestra. The premiere of an austRalian WaR RequieM, a newly commissioned work by Christopher Bowen to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and the Gallipoli campaign, was a very memorable and moving event for the Choir and a significant event in Australian choral music.

Join usThe Choir welcomes new members. An audition with the Music Director is required. For membership enquiries, details about choir policies and more information about auditions and fees please see the details on our website at:

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The Sydney University Graduate Choir was established in 1952 as the graduate group of the Sydney University Music Society (founded in 1878) and today has over 100 singers.

The Choir is committed to high quality performances of great choral music and its extensive versatile and innovative repertoire ranges from the grand works of the established masters to the music of contemporary composers. The Choir’s Patron is Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO.

The Choir sings under the direction of the highly respected conductor and composer Christopher Bowen OAM who has been Music Director since 1992, celebrating his 25th anniversary as Music Director of SUGC in 2017. Christopher has established a very strong partnership with the Choir, enriching its repertoire and setting new performance standards. Under his musical leadership the Choir has given several Australian premiere performances of choral works and many outstanding new works have been commissioned.

Welcome to our 2017 concert season! Another exquisite concert season awaits you, full of well-known masterworks and amazing discoveries, accompanied by large orchestras and fantastic soloists.

We are opening our 2017 series with works from the Belle Epoque, featuring works by Saint-Saëns, Fauré, César Franck and Christopher Bowen’s DéMocRatie, based on a poem by Rimbaud.

Our second concert features Cherubini’s masterful Missa soleMnis, combined with operatic arias accompanied by a large orchestra, presented by the finalists of the 2017 Joan Carden Award. We conclude our 2017 concert season with Mendelssohn’s marvelous oratorio st. Paul about the life of the apostle Paul.

And once again, we include the Sydney sings. . . concert at Sydney Town Hall in our subscription concert series at a reduced price. This year’s Town Hall concert presents Verdi’s strirring and moving RequieM.

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In 2017, we are continuing our celebrated Sydney sings. . . series and once again invite all interested singers to join our large guest choir and sing with us Verdi’s masterpiece, his Messa Da RequieM, accompanied by a large orchestra, fantastic soloists and of course Verdi’s beautiful music, ranging from dramatic furore to peaceful comfort. For singers and listeners alike - a concert not to be missed!

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► Sunday 12 november 2017 3.00pm | Sydney town hall

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Would you like to sing verdi with us?More information soon at sydneysings.com.au

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We conclude our 2017 Concert Season with MendelSSohn’s first oratorio st. Paul, a musical masterpiece about the life of the apostle Paul. This oratorio effectively revived the oratorio as a genre and subsequently led to the Birmingham Festival’s commission of Mendelssohn’s other oratorio: Elijah. Mendelssohn’s St . Paul is deeply inspired by Bach and Handel, and after hearing it, Robert Schumann praised it as “a jewel of the present”. Even Richard Wagner, Mendelssohn’s later detractor, praised it as “a work that has shown with utter perfection what the highest bloom of art is”.

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► Sunday 10 december 2017  5.00pm | university of Sydney: Great hall

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Our August concert presents CherUbini’s glorious and sublime Missa soleMnis, a truly masterful work, very highly regarded in his lifetime. This mass with its elaborate fugues and beautiful vocal writing demonstrates why the French opera composer Adolphe Adam referred to Cherubini as the “Palestrina of the 19th century”. In keeping with the festive and operatic character of the mass, this special concert also features the finalists of the 2017 Joan Carden award who will perform solo arias accompanied by our large orchestra. The 2017 winner will be announced at the end of the concert.

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► Sunday 13 August 2017  3.00pm | university of Sydney: Great hall

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We are opening our 2017 Concert Season with an all-French concert, featuring works from the Belle Époque, France’s golden age where all arts flourished. Our program includes Saint-SaënS’ lucid RequieM with its masterly usage of harp and organ, CéSar FranCk’s striking setting of PsalM 150 and the choral version of FaUré’s famous PaVane. ChriStopher bowen’s satirical DéMocRatie, based on a poem by the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, completes the program, celebrating his 25th anniversary as Music Director of the Sydney University Graduate Choir.

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► Sunday 21 may 2017  3.00pm |university of Sydney: Great hall

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