2013 COncert Season

This year sees the Choir return to two concert venues of historical significance in its past, with four performances in the magnificently refurbished Brisbane City Hall and a performance in the Old Museum Building – Brisbane's principal concert venue prior to the opening of the City Hall in 1930.

 April 7^th and 9^th: Re-opening of Brisbane City Hall

The Queensland Choir gave two performances as part of the re-opening weekend of the refurbished Brisbane City Hall. These were wonderfully received.

It also sang at the re-launch of the Brisbane City Council's popular free lunchtime concert series on April 9  and it was a thrill to have the City Hall Auditorium full to overflowing.

April 24: Anzac Eve

The Queensland Choir joined the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and the Brisbane Concert Choir in the annual tribute to the Anzacs at the Brisbane Convention Centre at Southbank. This free public concert was a deeply moving event and has rapidly become a favourite part of Brisbane's annual Anzac celebrations. 

Saturday May 4: Orff - Carmina Burana

The 4MBS Festival of Classics celebrates its 20^th anniversary this year with revivals of some of the great successes from its past, including the Queensland Choir's performance of Carl Orff's exciting twentieth century choral classic, Carmina Burana, performed in the Old Museum Building. The Choir performed Carl Orff's favourite version of this that features two pianos and a large percussion section. Soloists were Leanne Kenneally (Soprano), Leon Warnock (Baritone) and Ronald Morris (Tenor). The capacity audience gave the Choir a standing ovation.

July 21 and 28: Sunday Serenades

The Choir heads to the suburbs for these two Sunday matinee performances in the Sandgate Town Hall and Wynnum Municipal Hall on 21 and 28 July respectively. Music from a wide range of periods and styles will be performed, both accompanied and unaccompanied inc.uding opera choruses, oratorio choruses, Folk Songs and other fun music. The Choir will be joined by soloists for the program. 

Tickets will be available through 4MBS ticketing 39471717 from mid June.

September 28: Annual Choral Workshop

The Queensland Choir's annual choral workshop led by leaders in the fields of vocal and choral technique has become one of the highlights on the calendars of community choristers. Advice on breathing, voice production and diction is applied to the rehearsal of popular choral music. This Workshop is open to all singers in the Brisbane region. We are fortunate to have Brett Weymark the Musical Director of the Sydney Philharmonia to lead the workshop this year. Full details will be available on the web site closer to the date.

September 15: Verdi and Wagner

2013 is the 200^th anniversary of the birth of the two greatest opera composers of the 19^th century Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. The Queensland Choir will join with QUMS in a bicentennial tribute to these two great composers which will include spectacular choruses from their operas as well as the Four Sacred Pieces of Verdi, performed with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's. The concert will be in Brisbane City Hall and tickets will be available through 4MBS ticketing 38471717 closer to the date.

November 23: Brisbane Sings Messiah

The Queensland Choir gave the first ever performance of the Messiah in the Brisbane City Hall in 1930 and with this performance gives the first performance of Messiah in the refurbished hall. The Queensland Choir forms the core of a massed Brisbane Sings Messiah Chorus to perform Handel's timeless masterpiece with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's. Invitations to singers who wish to rehearse and sing this with the Choir will be open later in the year but any singer wishing to ensure they are included on the lists can contact the Choir Office. 

Choral Repertoire
Our choral repertoire of recent years has included many of the classical choral works such as:

Mendelssohn's Elijah
Mozart's Requiem
Haydn's Creation
Haydn's The Seasons
Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Bach's St Matthew Passion
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Orff's Carmina Burana