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October is Mental Health Awareness Month, and part

October is Mental Health Awareness Month, and particularly important this year as we all deal with Delta. As part of the awareness programs going on, vocalist, choral director, and former member of VOX Alex Siegers (pic) from the Music Performance Unit UNSW invites you to join her free, one-hour seminar, The Health Benefits of Singing.

The physical and emotional benefits of choral singing have been widely documented in recent decades, from lowering stress levels to strengthening your immune system. This interactive seminar will explore how you can reap the health benefits of singing in your life, improve your emotional, physical and mental wellbeing, and include singing in your weekly schedule.

Share this if you know someone who you think might benefit from this. Everyone is welcome.

Thursday 7 October | 6pm-7pm | Free, Unlimited participants.
Register here> https://bit.ly/HealthBenefitsSinging

After six years at the helm, our much-loved Genera

After six years at the helm, our much-loved General Manager Hannah Mason will be leaving Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in October 2021 to take up an exciting role with the Sydney Opera House Trust as the Project Lead for its upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations in 2023.

Hannah has been GM since November 2015. She joined the Symphony Chorus in 2009, singing in the Altos and served on the Board 2011-15. This experience gave her a special affinity with the choristers and her chief collaborator, Artistic & Music Director Brett Weymark.

"Hannah has been an outstanding General Manager of the Choirs...Her achievements over her six years have been many. She has led the company into a stable and secure financial position, she brought about our recognition as a Resident Company of the Sydney Opera House in 2019, she was pivotal in planning (what would have been, if not for COVID-19) an incredible celebration for our centenary in 2020, and been an inspirational mentor and leader of the organisation during the COVID-19 crises of 2020 and 2021. She has built solid and long-lasting relationships with CreateNSW, performance venues and affirmed our position as the leading choral organisation on Australia's cultural map. As my collaborator, we have laughed and cried, argued with and consoled each other. I will always treasure Hannah and what she brought to work every single day," said Brett Weymark.

Hannah’s final day with SPC will be Friday 22 October. In better times when COVID-19 safety conditions permit, there will be opportunities to celebrate Hannah and her substantial contribution over many years. The Board has commenced the search for a new General Manager and we'll keep you updated. Best of luck in the new role, Hannah!

So how do you keep the Australia's largest choral

So how do you keep the Australia's largest choral organisation on-song during lockdown? Every day at 12:30, Artistic & Music Director Brett Weymark leads Sight Reading Heaven – a virtual vocal 'pump class' that has attracted up to 200 singers to each session, honing their musical skills, keeping engaged and staying sane. Each session ends with something fun, singing The Carpenters' hit 'Top of the World' in Swedish, or 'Don't Rain on My Parade' from Funny Girl. Some Choristers bring their furry lockdown companions along too. Clearly some animal-inspired repertoire required!

Here’s something fun to consider while we hunker

Here’s something fun to consider while we hunker down at home. Our friends at the Collegiate of Specialist Music Educators are looking for choral singers to participate in the 29th Annual Sing Out 2021!
This amazing choral concert (the first Sing Out was in 1993, but the tradition goes way back to 1939!) raised critical funds for the Music Therapy Department at Westmead’s Children’s Hospital, directly helping children living with cancer and other illnesses.

The Sing Out concert will be on Sunday 17th October 2021 at the Sydney Town Hall. Learning Day 1 is on the 25th July.

Like to participate or know someone who would? Info and registration details in their bio singout4musictherapy

Friends, unfortunately because of the current COVI

Friends, unfortunately because of the current COVID-19 circumstances and lockdown restrictions we have had to postpone Sing On! A Choral Celebration from Saturday 24 July to a new date later in the year at the Sydney Town Hall: Sunday 21 November at 3pm. Disappointing yes, but we're sure you appreciate why we have had to do this for everyone's safety.

If you hold tickets for Sing On! we have transferred your booking to the new date (Sunday 21 November, 3pm) and will issue new e-tickets. If you cannot make the new date, please email us at hello@sydneyphilharmonia.com.au and we will discuss your options.

Let us know by Friday 30 July. Stay well and warm and let's look forward to enjoying live music together soon.

Congratulations to our Artistic and Music Director

Congratulations to our Artistic and Music Director Brett Weymark who has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List ‘for services to the performing arts through music’.

“I am incredibly honoured and humbled to receive this award. I feel very lucky that I have been given the opportunity to work in such an important industry as the Arts which on a daily basis contributes to Australia being more compassionate and culturally diverse place. Music has the ability to change lives and as such, I see this award as something that will spur me on to work even harder to create spaces where people can sing and express their creativity,” said Brett.

Brett has been Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ Artistic and Music Director since 2003. In 2001, he was awarded an Australian Centenary Medal for services to Australian society and the advancement of music. Under his direction, SPC was awarded a 2010 Helpmann Award for its part in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms directed by Peter Sellars.
Read full biography: http://bit.ly/SPCMusicstaff

Congratulations Brett Weymark OAM.

101 years of magnificent singing! Join us for this

101 years of magnificent singing! Join us for this all-Australian cavalcade of choral gems, including Elena Kats-Chernin’s ‘Human Waves’ at the Sydney Town Hall || Saturday 24th July

Tickets on sale now through the link in our bio!

How fantastic was Carmina Burana last Saturday! We

How fantastic was Carmina Burana last Saturday! We were thrilled to receive some high praise and 4 stars from Limelight Magazine and the SMH.
Check out some of the gallery snaps by robertcatto

“This performance by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, with NSW Public Schools Junior Singers, under the baton of Brett Weymark, was no exception, bringing the packed Sydney Town Hall audience to its feet.” - Limelight

“This was a magnificent performance by Mills and the stars of the day, the massed voices of the SPC.” - Limelight

“Stealing the show, however, was a dark tour-de-force by tenor Kanen Breen in a jaded cross-dressing cabaret on Olim lacus colueram, which recalled the work’s uncomfortable Weimar Republic origins.” - Sydney Morning Herald

“The return of the opening ‘O Fortuna’ bars made a triumphant finale, bringing the capacity audience to its feet for a long, standing ovation.” - J-Wire

Our next upcoming concert is Sing On! A Choral Celebration - tickets in our bio 🎼

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