CONCERT PROGRAM 2024
Held on Sunday 27th October, 4pm, Sydney Town Hall
Combined Primary Schools Choirs
One Little Candle - Audrey Snyder
Enjoy the Storm, Corrugated Iron, Brolga Dance - Ian Jefferson
Firefly, The Moon - Andy Beck
Boatman - Livingstone Taylor
Corner of the Sky from Pippin
Secondary Schools and Adult Combined Choirs
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Finale: Abridged, in Wiradjuri Language
Humming Chorus from Madam Butterfly and Final Scene from Turandot - Puccini
Massed Choral and Orchestral Item
Medley from Les Miserables, composed by Boublil and Schonberg
PLUS guest artists!
Held on Sunday 27th October, 4pm, Sydney Town Hall
Combined Primary Schools Choirs
One Little Candle - Audrey Snyder
Enjoy the Storm, Corrugated Iron, Brolga Dance - Ian Jefferson
Firefly, The Moon - Andy Beck
Boatman - Livingstone Taylor
Corner of the Sky from Pippin
Secondary Schools and Adult Combined Choirs
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Finale: Abridged, in Wiradjuri Language
Humming Chorus from Madam Butterfly and Final Scene from Turandot - Puccini
Massed Choral and Orchestral Item
Medley from Les Miserables, composed by Boublil and Schonberg
PLUS guest artists!
GUEST ARTIST
Mark Atkins will played Didgeridoo in Earth Cry, by iconic Australian composer, Peter Sculthorpe.
Acknowledged as one of Australia’s finest didgeridoo players, Mark Atkins is also recognised internationally for his collaborative projects with some of the world’s leading composers and musicians.
A descendant of Western Australia’s Yamitji people, North of Perth, as well as of Irish/Australian heritage, Mark Atkins is known not only for his masterly playing, but also as a storyteller, composer, percussionist, visual artist and instrument maker.
Through Mark’s lips the air blows as a natural desert sound, in old ethnic chants and in polyphonic melodies of astonishing rhythm.
Read more about Mark Atkins here
Mark Atkins will played Didgeridoo in Earth Cry, by iconic Australian composer, Peter Sculthorpe.
Acknowledged as one of Australia’s finest didgeridoo players, Mark Atkins is also recognised internationally for his collaborative projects with some of the world’s leading composers and musicians.
A descendant of Western Australia’s Yamitji people, North of Perth, as well as of Irish/Australian heritage, Mark Atkins is known not only for his masterly playing, but also as a storyteller, composer, percussionist, visual artist and instrument maker.
Through Mark’s lips the air blows as a natural desert sound, in old ethnic chants and in polyphonic melodies of astonishing rhythm.
Read more about Mark Atkins here
Vocal Recital
Two songs for vocal soloists and orchestra, by Ngarra-Burria First Peoples Composer
Elizabeth Sheppard (b. 1948)
Arrangement and orchestral setting by Warren Fisher
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Land of Sunshine
Sovereignty
Two songs for vocal soloists and orchestra, by Ngarra-Burria First Peoples Composer
Elizabeth Sheppard (b. 1948)
Arrangement and orchestral setting by Warren Fisher
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Land of Sunshine
Sovereignty
Elizabeth Sheppard is an Indigenous Australian composer of Noongar heritage, with Yamatji and Gandangarra connections.
Celebration Orchestra
Earth Cry, Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)
Composed for Orchestra and Didgeridoo soloist
Mark Atkins - Didgeridoo
Earth Cry, Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)
Composed for Orchestra and Didgeridoo soloist
Mark Atkins - Didgeridoo
THE MUSICAL FORCES
From our Schools and Communities across NSW, with more than 880 children, youth and adults aged 8 to 80
Massed Primary Schools Choirs
Celebration Choir
[Massed Secondary Schools and Adult Choirs]
Sydney Town Hall Grand Pipe Organ
and the
Celebration Orchestra
[The Occasional Performing Sinfonia - TOPS - and Guests]
From our Schools and Communities across NSW, with more than 880 children, youth and adults aged 8 to 80
Massed Primary Schools Choirs
Celebration Choir
[Massed Secondary Schools and Adult Choirs]
Sydney Town Hall Grand Pipe Organ
and the
Celebration Orchestra
[The Occasional Performing Sinfonia - TOPS - and Guests]
CONDUCTORS
Brett Weymark OAM, Patron and Guest Conductor
Mal Hewitt OAM, Music Director
Warren Fisher, Associate Music Director
Fiona Lucas, The Occasional Performing Sinfonia [TOPS]
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