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2010
 

	Sunday 25 April 2010  3pm     Remembrances   View/Print Poster Once again Brisbane Concert Choir will be remembering those who fought for us in a superb collection of pieces united by the letters of those who fought and those who remained behind.
	Saturday 26 June 2010 --  Music & Feasting for the Antipodean Winter 6.30 for 7.00pm Dinner/Concert     Poster Join us for an evening of musical fun and food. Mulled wine or punch on arrival  ... BYO Wine/beer (and glasses) Three course meal with Spit Roasted Meats, Salads, vegetarian and gluten free options, Dessert, tea or coffee... and a fine selection of music to celebrate the festive season! $49 or $45 concession. Call 3300 1322 for reservations.
Come and Sing Carl Orff's Carmina Burana 'from scratch'	Saturday 17 July 2010 --  rehearsals from 1.15pm and 7.00pm performance                                       Flyer           Registration Form           More Information Brisbane Concert Choir would love you to join us for something completely different from our previous 'from scratch' events - Carl Orff's amazing work for choir and orchestra - Carmina Burana. with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's and soloists Sofie Haig-Smith and Peter Adams all conducted by Debra Shearer-Dirié Scores and rehearsal aids are now available. Optional extra rehearsals 29 June/13 July.
	Sunday 5 September 2010  4pm     Rachmaninoff Vespers        PDF Flyer Jpeg Brisbane Concert Choir would like to invite you to be part of this very special performance, our contribution to the 2010 celebration of Cathedrals' Week. Popularly known as the Rachmaninoff Vespers, Sergei Rachmaninoff's a cappella setting of texts from the Russian Orthodox All-Night Vigil service was composed and premiered in 1915, and has been delighting music lovers ever since. Basing his composition on chant in various styles, Rachmaninoff imbues the work with a lush sonority which is instantly recognisable. Take this opportunity to hear this rarely performed masterpiece live in an ideal setting. Tickets: $29 adult, $24 concessions, $60 family. (All tickets are General Admission).              A $12 student ticket is also available, but only at the door. Book and pay by phoning 4MBS Ticketing on 3847 1717 (9 to 5, seven days a week). PLEASE NOTE: This concert will be presented at the Cathedral of St Stephen, 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. Limited parking is available under the Cathedral with entry from Charlotte Street.
A Little Night Music	Saturday 9 October 2010  5.45pm     A Little Night Music           Invitation Brisbane Concert Choir would like to invite you and your friends to share in this enjoyable event. Bring your gourmet picnic and dine under the stars while you listen to exquisite music performed by the choir and associated artists. We supply tables, chairs, tablecloths, napkins, tea. coffee and petit fours. Bring your own candelabras, china, cutlery and wine glasses. There will be a prize for the best decorated table. Tickets: $35 per person or $300 per table of 10 RSVP by 4th October on 0419 795 295 or 3300 6331 The event will be held at 479 Payne Road, The Gap. In the event of inclement weather, the festivities will be transferred to St Andrew's Uniting Church Hall, corner Creek and Ann Streets, Brisbane. This event is a fund raiser to assist with our tour to Italy in September next year.
Fantasia A Traditional Family Christmas Concert	Sunday 5 December 2010  6pm  Fantasia - A Traditional Christmas Concert     Flyer Brisbane Concert Choir would love you to join us for our unique mix of traditional Christmas music with orchestra. At a time when the heat of the day is (we hope) waning, but still not too late for the younger folk, we are pleased to present a collection of traditional Christmas musical "crackers" in association with our good friends in the Sinfonia of St Andrew's. There will be audience participation with well known carols, a rendition of Away in a Manger by all of the children, and lots more fun. A highlight this year is The Snowman, a delightful children's book by Raymond Briggs, narrated by Howard Ainsworth with musical accompaniment by orchestra and choir. Other festive favourites include excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, and Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan Williams. If you haven't been part of the Christmas festivities with a big choir and full-sized orchestra then this is your chance to see what you have been missing. Tickets are available now! Tickets: $29 Adult, $24 Concessions, $60 Family (2 adult + 3 children), $12 full-time student Telephone 3369 4866 or email [email protected] for more details or click the link above for payment details.

2009
 

2008

A Cappella Concert (in preparation for our European Tour)

6pm Sunday 16th November  2008

Although this concert is a little too early to be thinking of Christmas, the programme will share with you the delights of the Christmas Season.  From Jacob Handl to William Billings, Gaspar Fernandes to Tarik O'Regan, we will tell of the mysteries and wonders which lead us to the birth of Christ and all its glory.  This programme will then be performed in some of the most beatuiful cathedrals and churches of Europe in the Advent Festivals of Prague, Salzburg, and Vienna.  We look forward to performing this delightful concert for you.

Book on 3369 4866  $23    $20   $55 family    $12 student
Car Parking $5  Supper included.

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Come and Sing 'from scratch' - Brahms's German Requiem (in German)

Rehearsal begins 1pm Saturday 16th August  2008 - Performance at 7.00pm

This well-known work will be rehearsed and performed in one day. Rehearsal CDs to play your
part will be available early in May. All of our previous 'from scratch' performances have been sung in
Latin, so we thought it was time for a change. We will provide assistance with the German pronunciation
as well, for singers who are not familiar with the language. It is not too difficult.

With the Sinfonia of St Andrew's, soloists Anita Parakh-Morgan and Shaun Brown and conductor
Debra Shearer-Dirié.

For full details, please check out the Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem pages.

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Handel's Messiah                             Flyer

3pm Sunday 13th July  2008

Most choral music lovers are familiar with the later editions of Handel's evergreen work, which feature
orchestrations by other composers, using much larger forces than he originally employed. The result,
when overdone, is really more like Handel on steroids. While there is almost certainly no single edition
of this work which can be regarded as "the" definitive one (as Handel produced a number of versions
during his lifetime, as performers and performances dictated), we aim to perform the work in a form
which is closer to the "original" end of the spectrum than to the "steroidal". Because of the need to move
our a cappella concert to November (in time for our planned European trip in December), we have
employed the Southern Hemisphere prerogative of celebrating "Christmas in July" for this traditionally
advent season music.

With the Sinfonia of St Andrew's and soloists Milica Ilic, Dorothy Williams, Thomas Moran, Sam Hartley,
and conductor Debra Shearer-Dirié.

Admission: $28 adult, $23 concession, $60 family (2 adult + 3 children), $15 student

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Three Choirs in Concert   

3pm Sunday 1st June  2008 St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane
$15 adult, $12 concession, $25 family (2 adults + 3 children)
Parking opposite St Andrew's Uniting Church at 300 Ann Street for $5.

We take every opportunity we can to perform with young singers, and for this concert we are
looking forward to sharing the stage with two select ensembles from schools in Brisbane. We
believe that it is important to provide such opportunities, so that young performers can see and
hear for themselves what it is like to perform with an adult choir.  We hope that some of the
participants will look forward to joining us in the future, but more than that we hope that all of them
will keep singing for life.

Anthony Young has been involved in getting a huge number of boys involved in choral music at
St Laurence's College. Tim Sherlock is head of culture at All Hallows' School.

The Big Brotherhood from St Laurence's College, conducted by Anthony Young, will present selections from:
Inscription of Hope (Stroope),How Can I Keep From Singing (Ellingboe), Let it be Me (The Everly Brothers),
Praise His Holy Name (Hampton) and Thou Shalt (The Idea of North).

The Sr Mary Celine Chorale from All Hallows' School conducted by Tim Sherlock will perform:
These Are The Days (Bojesen,Emily Dickinson), Tota Pulchra Es from Quatre Motets (Duruflé),
Autobiography (Sherlock, Ian MacNeice)

Brisbane Concert Choir conducted by Debra Shearer-Dirié will present:
Hanacpachap (from Peru), Finlandia (Sibelius), Cantate Domino (Pitoni), Hail Gladdening Light (Wood),
Candor est lucis (Dirie), I got a Robe (Hogan), A Choral Menagerie (Maurer) and Ave Maria (Biebl).

All three choirs will join together to present the final mystery work on the program.

The concert will run for approximately 100 minutes with an interval.
Afternoon tea will be served following the performance. All tickets are general admission.
 

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins    Poster PDF    Poster JPG

3pm Friday 25th April  2008 St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Following the overwhelming reception of this piece at our concert in May 2007, Brisbane Concert Choir
with conductor Debra Shearer-Dirié will again be joined by the Sinfonia of St Andrew's to present this
very special Anzac Day concert.

For news of the 2007 performance please go to our Latest News page, where you will also find
comments from audience members and a detailed review by Mansel Jones. If you are not familiar
with this fine work, there is also a link to a site where you can purchase a CD of the piece.

Many people have asked where they can buy a CD of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
Clicking the image below will take you to a store which stocks this CD. Prices are in US Dollars.
Delivery generally takes 10 to 14 days.
 At the bottom of the page at Amazon.com you will find a DVD recording of a 1995
performance of this work with Karl Jenkins conducting, together with other works by the composer.
 

2007

Noel! Peace on Earth                 flyer


Traditional Christmas Concert

6pm Sunday 2nd December  2007

The major work for this concert will be J.S. Bach's Magnificat, together with traditional Christmas
favourites. Brisbane Concert Choir with conductor Debra Shearer-Dirié will be joined by the
Sinfonia of St Andrew's for this concert.

Soloists for this concert are Melinda van der Meulen, soprano, Elizabeth Lewis, mezzo-soprano,
Nicki Jenkins, Alto, Ian Clarkson, Tenor, and Robin Maurer, bass.

As always, families are very welcome. You'll have the opportunity to sing along for some of the
well-known carols. Supper is provided after the concert.

This is always a very popular concert, so please book early.

$23 adult, $20 concession, $55 family, $12 student rush

Enquiries and bookings 3369 4866.

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Hail, Gladdening Light

We aim to present one concert per year featuring the choir performing a cappella and with piano accompaniment.

This concert will contain much of the repertoire which we plan to record on CD during 2007 and 2008.

As well as the title piece by Charles Wood, the program includes works by Duruflé, Schutz, Pitoni,
Gabrieli, Gorecki, and Tavener, exciting music from South America, spiritual arrangements by Hogan and Burleigh, as well as recent compositions by Shank and Maurer.

4.30pm  Sunday 16th September 2007

Please Note: As this concert is part of Cathedrals' Week, it is not at our normal venue but at the
Cathedral of St Stephen, 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane

Ticketing: 4MBS  3847 1717  9 to 5, seven days a week or online.
Prices:  $23 adult, $20 concession, $55 family

Tickets will also be available at the door if not previously sold out,
together with Student Rush tickets at $12. (Student ID required).
 

This concert was previewed at St Carthage's Cathedral in Lismore, NSW on Sunday 19th August,
and we look forward to presenting it in St Stephen's as part of Cathedrals' Week..

The choir was also pleased to have been asked to perform Gounod's Messe Solennelle (Mass for
St Cecilia) at St Carthage's on the same weekend as part of that Cathedral's centenary celebrations.
 

Our extremely popular series of Come and Sing 'from scratch' events continues in 2007 with
Beethoven's beautiful Mass in C. Music and rehearsal CDs are available now! So register with us
and start learning the music so that you can be ready to really enjoy yourself on the day.

This event will take place on Saturday 14th July 2007 starting at 1.00pm, with the performance at 7.00pm.

For full details, follow this link: Beethoven  Mass in C .

Even if you are not a singer, you might like to be in our audience to see the result of our day's work.
It's only $5, but you need to book. Click the above link for details.

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane
 

Brisbane Concert Choir is hosting the Land of Lakes Choirboys in June.
We regularly enjoy working with local youth and children's choirs, and look forward to presenting
a joint concert with this international touring group. A boys' choir trained in the same style as the
famous Vienna Boys' Choir, they perform a large and varied range of works, both sacred and
secular. If you enjoy the sound of treble voices, don't miss this opportunity.

Entry to this concert is free! They trust that on leaving you will be sufficiently enthused and impressed
by their performance that you will donate generously to help offset their travel costs. They will also have
CDs available for purchase.

This performance will take place on Saturday 9th June 2007 at 7.30pm.

You can find out more about them from the Land of Lakes Choirboys web site.

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane
 

Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace

We are excited to be performing this marvellous work.

3pm  Sunday 13th May 2007

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Many people have asked where they can buy a CD of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
Clicking the image below will take you to a store which stocks this CD. Prices are in US Dollars.

2006

We are delighted to be joining with Redcliffe City Choir
and the Sinfonia of St Andrew's to present a

Traditional Christmas Concert

at Redcliffe Uniting Church (cnr Richens Street and Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe)
on Sunday 10th December 2006 at 2.00pm

Enjoy all of your favourite Christmas carols as you immerse yourself
in the sound of this big choir and orchestra. There will be audience
participation for old and young, plus music from Handel's Messiah,
Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Tchaikovski's Nutcracker Suite, and much more

Admission $17   -   Concessions and pre-paid $15  -   School age children free.
Afternoon tea provided. 

To book phone 3889 4195 and mention you found it on the Brisbane Concert
Choir web site.

Our December Concert last year was sold out, so be sure to mark it in your diary.

MASS of the CHILDREN

This concert marks the end of our 10th anniversary year, so please join us in the hall
after the concert for a short celebration and birthday cake.

6pm Sunday 3rd December 2006

Rutter           Mass of the Children (with Brisbane Grammar School Chamber Choir)
Poulenc       Gloria
Bernstein    Chichester Psalms

Brisbane Concert Choir - Musical Director Debra Shearer-Dirié
with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
and soloists Anita Parakh-Morgan, soprano, Michael Strasser, baritone
and Daniel Paxton, treble.

Tickets for this concert are available by phoning 4MBS Ticketing on 3847 1717.
The booking office is open from 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week.

$23 adult, $20 concessions and 4MBS subscribers, $55 Family,
and a student rush 30 minutes before the performance for $12 if tickets remain.

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Friends of St Carthage's Cathedral (Lismore, NSW)
present
Brisbane Concert Choir
2pm Sunday 24th September 2006
Tickets at the door - $15/$12 concession

We are very pleased to have been invited to perform at this beautiful venue.
Proceeds to Friends of the Cathedral Presentation Sisters Commemorative Window Appeal.

The program for this concert is:

Mozart                Regina Coeli in C KV276 
Duruflé               Ubi Caritas
Rheinberger      Abendlied
Rutter                  The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Bartok                 Four Slovak Folksongs
Biebl                    Ave Maria
Lauridsen           O Magnum Mysterium

INTERVAL

Sibelius               Finlandia - Be Still, My Soul
Brahms               Liebeslieder Waltzes (1 - 6)
MacMillan           So Deep
Mendelssohn    Psalm 43 (Judge me, O God)
Brahms               Liebeslieder Waltzes (7 - 12)
Wood                   Oculi Omnium
Brahms               Liebeslieder Waltzes (13 - 18)

Brisbane Concert Choir is conducted by Debra Shearer-Dirié

Accompanists: John Woods & Katherine Chan

"The Mystery of Love"
3pm Sunday 17th September 2006                                  flyer
St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

We normally perform one concert each year for smaller works without orchestra.

This year we are very pleased to be joined by our guest choir Grammar Singers, a
combined youth choir from Brisbane Grammar School and Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

The program for this concert is:

Brahms              Liebeslieder Waltzes *
Duruflé               Ubi Caritas *
Biebl                   Ave Maria *
Mendelssohn   Psalm 43 (Judge me, O God) *
( * Brisbane Concert Choir )

INTERVAL

Stroope             Resonet in Laudibus **
Clausen            O My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose **
Orban                O, Mistress Mine **
Erb                     Shenandoah **
Berlin arr Shaw    Steppin' Out **
( ** Grammar Singers)

Barber               Under the Willow Tree *
MacMillan         So Deep *
Bartok               Four Slovak Folksongs *
( * Brisbane Concert Choir )

Lauridsen        O Magnum Mysterium ***
( *** Grammar Singers & Brisbane Concert Choir )

Brisbane Concert Choir is conducted by Debra Shearer-Dirié

Grammar Singers are conducted by Kate Albury & Paul Holley

Accompanists: John Woods & Kylie Los

(Kylie Los appears courtesy of Opera Queensland)

BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN - Places are Limited!

Our extremely popular series of 'from scratch' events will continue in 2006 with
Gounod's beautiful Mass for St Cecilia - Messe Solenelle. As usual, rehearsal CDs
are available so that you can be ready to really enjoy yourself on the day.

For more information about what happens at these events please check out our Nelson
Mass (2005) and Fauré Requiem (2004) feedback and pictures on our Latest News page.
Rehearsals will start at:

1pm Saturday 15th July 2006    (7.30pm performance)

We will be joined by the Sinfonia of St Andrew's and soloists Anita Parakh-Morgan, soprano,
Jack Parakh-Morgan, tenor, and Michael Strasser, bass.

Advance booking is essential for singers who wish to participate as numbers are limited
by our catering facilities. Audience tickets may be purchased for the performance.

Click here for more details.

Brisbane Concert Choir is very excited to be part of the 13th Annual Festival of Classics,
organised by award-winning radio station 4MBS Classic FM103.7. The featured composers
for the 2006 festival are Mozart and Shostakovich. We have chosen to explore the world
of Mozart in a program entitled:

"Mozart & Miserere"
6pm Sunday 21st May 2006
St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

Allegri    Miserere
Mozart   Six Notturni  K436, K437, K438, K439, K439a, K549
                for 2 Sopranos and Bass solo, 2 Clarinets and Basset Horn.
Mozart   Regina Coeli KV276 (321b)
Mozart   Alma Dei Creatoris  KV277
Mozart   Sancta Maria, mater Dei KV273
Mozart   Missa in C  K. 66 "Dominicus Mass"

We will be joined by the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
and
soloists (courtesy of the Opera Queensland Young Artist Program)

Elizabeth McBride, soprano
Kylie Bailey, mezzo soprano
Virgilio Marino, tenor
Brett Carter, bass
(Please click on their names for biographies)

The concert will be conducted by our Musical Director Debra Shearer-Dirié.

Tickets for this concert are available by phoning 4MBS Ticketing on 3847 1717.
The booking office is open from 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week.

You might also like to download a brochure for the complete Festival of Classics.

2005

You can book for this concert by emailing your ticket requirements and paying by direct deposit
or posting a cheque. Reserved Seating tickets will be mailed out. Click here for our bank details.
(Please do not include your complete account number in your confirmation email, as email is not a secure system).

Traditional Christmas Concert

6pm Sunday December 4th 2005
St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

The major work for our 2005 Christmas offering is

Benjamin Britten    St. Nicolas  Op. 42  for Tenor solo, mixed chorus, children's chorus,
piano duet, strings, percussion and organ. 

We are delighted to have Gregory Massingham, a noted Britten exponent, joining
us as tenor soloist for this performance.

Also on the programme

William Billings      Shiloh          

Kenneth Jennings       Noel! Christmas Eve 1913  for Chorus and Solo viola 

Praetorius        Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen        

Rutter     What Sweeter Music

And as usual, we will be inviting audience participation for these popular carols
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing  -  Joy to the World   -  Good King Wenceslas
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen  -  Silent Night  -  O Come, All Ye Faithful.

We will also be conducting an Art Union. Tickets will be available at the door.
The major prize is a painting generously donated by Brisbane artist Frank Blacow,
an oil on board work entitled "Home Coming", valued at $450. A consolation prize
has also been provided by Frank in the form of a sealed limited edition copy of his
book of poetry.

Preview concert at

2pm Sunday November 27th 2005
Southport Uniting Church
cnr Scarborough and Short Sts
Southport

(Please Note: Not all programmed items will be performed at Southport)

"Hymn of Praise"
St Andrew's Centenary Concert               View Flyer

Our performance and rehearsal venue, St Andrew's Uniting Church,
is 100 years old this year.

Brisbane Concert Choir is pleased to accept this invitation
to join forces with St Andrew's Sanctuary Choir and the
Sinfonia of St Andrew's to present this Centenary Concert.

3pm - Sunday August 21st 2005

Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
     Manfred Pohlenz - baritone

Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise (Symphony No. 2)
     Adele Nisbet - soprano,  Margaret Russell - mezzo soprano, Steven Moore - tenor

Tickets: $25 ($20 concessions - pensioners & full-time students) ($60 family)
St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

FOR OUR NEXT EVENT, COME AND SING WITH US AND 150 OTHER SINGERS!

If you enjoyed last year's Fauré Requiem 'from scratch', make sure you book for this great day:

Our 'FROM SCRATCH' EVENT FOR 2005 was BIGGER than BEN HUR.
Over 200 singers took part. See the photo gallery.

HAYDN - NELSON MASS Click here for details

Saturday July 16th 2005 
rehearsal from 1.00pm
performance at 7.30pm

with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
Conductor - Debra Shearer-Dirié
Guest soloists (Adele Nisbet, soprano, Margaret Russell, mezzo-soprano, Neil Mason, tenor, Michael Strasser, bass)

Audience tickets to the 7.30pm performance  $5

Further details to follow soon. If you wish to be placed on the mailing list,
please phone 3369 4866 or email the chairman.

6pm - Sunday May 22nd 2005

"Purcell & Pizza!"    view flyer

with Guest Conductor - Debra Shearer-Dirié
the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
and soloists

• Elizabeth McBride, soprano *
• Nicki Jenkins, alto
• David Muller, counter tenor
• Neil Mason, tenor
• Richard Grundy, bass *

* (courtesy of Opera Queensland's Young and Developing Artist Program)

Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art   (The complete work)

Stravinsky Pater Noster, Credo, Ave Maria

CPE Bach Magnificat
 

Tickets: $20     $16 conc.    (Children under 12 admitted free)

After the concert, please join us to sample the delights from
our pizzeria in the hall below. Pizza, wine, tea or coffee and other goodies
will be available for a modest additional charge.

Enquiries on 3369 4866 or via email

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

2004

6pm December 5th 2004
Traditional Christmas Concert   (Guest Conductor - Andrew Dicks)
with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's

The program includes

Pergolesi Magnificat

Vivaldi Gloria selections

Tavener The Lamb

Poulenc Christmas Motets

Goodall The Lord is My Shepherd from the TV Series 'The Vicar of Dibley'

Mendelssohn Motets

and arrangements of many of your favourite Christmas carols,
including some for you to join in and sing with us.

Tickets: $20/15

Enquiries on 3369 4866 or via email

ART UNION TICKETS  -  $2.00 each (or 3 for $5.00)
We are conducting an Art Union to be drawn downstairs in the hall after this concert. All proceeds go to Brisbane Concert Choir and assist in meeting the costs of staging performances. There are two prizes, both kindly donated by art dealer and artist Frank Blacow. First prize, valued at $450.00 is an original impressionist oil painting by Frank Blacow titled "Queenslander" in a restored 70 year old frame (picture is oil on board 33 x 44cm). Second prize is a commercial print (80 x 60cm) with a musical theme valued at $60.00.
(This Art Union is conducted in accordance with the rules governing Category 1 Games, Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999, Queensland).

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane

2pm  November 28th 2004

Traditional Christmas Concert - Preview  (Guest Conductor - Andrew Dicks)
 

As we have done for a number of years, selections from our Christmas Concert
will be previewed at a concert for choir with organ accompaniment in

Southport Uniting Church
cnr Scarborough and Short Sts
Southport

Enquiries on 5532 5915 (Southport Church Office) or via email.

3pm September 12th 2004
Mozart and more    (Guest Conductor - Rita Paczian)
with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
and soloists from Opera Queensland and the Young Artist Program.

Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer  -  Janelle Christie  Soprano Solo

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Soloists  -   Natasha Kalous Oboe, Kate Jones Clarinet,
                  Michael Wray French Horn, Neil Heymink Bassoon

Fauré Pavane (for choir and orchestra)

Mozart Coronation Mass
Soloists  -   Janelle Christie Soprano, Georgia Hawes Alto,
                  Julian Wilson Tenor, Shaun Brown Bass
                   (Due to illness, the bass part was sung by Michael Strasser)

Tickets: $20/15

Bookings on 3369 4866 or via email

St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Street, Brisbane

1.00pm August 14th 2004
Fauré Requiem from Scratch   - A great day. Our thanks to all who took part!
with international Guest Conductor - Rita Paczian)
the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
and soloists Adele Nisbet   soprano
                  Guy Booth       baritone.
St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Street, Brisbane

ART UNION: The winner of our Art Union was G. Rose with pink ticket D1. Thank you to all who supported
us. Our thanks also go to Frank Blacow for donating his original oil painting "Outback". This Art Union was
conducted in accordance with rules for a Category 1 Game, Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999, Qld.

7.30pm July 23rd & 30th 2004
The Food of Love   -   A new production by Opera Queensland
with Jason Barry-Smith, Opera Queensland Young Artists
and members of Brisbane Concert Choir
Music Director: Narelle French
Creators: Narelle French and Jason Barry-Smith
Conservatorium Theatre, Southbank.  Bookings at QTIX  136 246.

3pm May 23rd 2004  
Heaven and Earth - Both Sides of the Brisbane Concert Choir (Guest Conductor - Alex Dixon)
St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Creek & Ann Street, Brisbane

2003

3.00pm November 30 2003
"A Classic Christmas" 
Including Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams
Excerpts from Messiah, Vivaldi's Magnificat 
Soloists Adele Nisbet and Margaret Russell 
St Andrew's Uniting Church; Cnr Creek & Ann Sts Brisbane

4.00pm November 2 2003
"Three Choirs Festival" at St Stephen's Cathedral
Rheinberger Cantus Mass (E flat Major)
St Stephen's Cathedral

3.00pm October 12 2003
"The Romantic Mass" Brisbane Concert Choir at St Andrew's in association with Opera Queensland Young Artists' Programme
Rheinberger Cantus Mass (E flat Major)
Rossini Petite Mass 
St Andrew's Uniting Church; Cnr Creek & Ann Sts Brisbane

1.30pm July 26 2003
"Mozart's Requiem from Scratch" 
Hosted by the Brisbane Concert Choir at St Andrew's and the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
St Andrew's Uniting Church; Cnr Creek & Ann Sts Brisbane

3.00pm June 8 2003
"The Company of Heaven" - Brisbane Concert Choir at St Andrew's with the strings of the Sinfonia of St Andrew's, in association with Opera Queensland Young Artists' Programme
Holst  Psalms 86 and 148
Britten The Company of Heaven
St Andrew's Uniting Church; Cnr Creek & Ann Sts Brisbane

3.00pm April 13 2003 
"Magnificat" -  Brisbane Concert Choir at St Andrew's with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's
Mendelssohn Magnificat 
Gounod Missa Solenelle (St Cecelia Mass)
St Andrew's Uniting Church; Cnr Creek & Ann Sts Brisbane

2002

Sunday 24 November
3.00pm "This Christmas Night" with Organ and Brass
St Mary's Catholic Church; Elisabeth St & Roseberry Pde, Ipswich

Sunday 1 December 2002
6.00pm "This Christmas Night" with Organ and Brass.
St Andrew's Uniting Church; Cnr Creek & Ann Sts Brisbane. 

Sunday 8 December 2002
2.00pm "This Christmas Night" with Organ and Brass
Southport Uniting Church