ODE TO JOY Comes to Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Next Month
2024 marks 200 years since Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony with its mighty ‘Ode to Joy’ choral finale in Vienna, sending shockwaves through the artistic heart of Europe and opening the door to a new visionary musical era. A groundbreaking achievement which revolutionised the symphony format with the mind-blowing inclusion of human voices, ‘Ode to Joy’ also gained instant acclaim as a radical call for equality, freedom and universal brotherhood.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Announces Easter Saturday Concert
Over the past nine years, since 2013, Sydney Philharmonia’s Choirs’ Easter Saturday Bach concerts have become a much-loved Easter-tide tradition in Sydney. These annual Bach performances have also been critically acclaimed for their mastery of some of the most vocally demanding choral compositions ever written.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Announces 2022 Season
Programmed by long-standing Artistic & Music Director, Brett Weymark OAM, this richly diverse season traverses choral classics by Mozart, Bach, Haydn and Handel; the glorious colours of Puccini; living repertoire by Pēteris Vasks and Eric Whitacre; and six newly commissioned short works from local Sydney composers Jessica Wells, Aija Draguns, Tomas Parrish-Cheynoweth, Aiden Rosa, Maria Lopes, and Melbourne’s Stuart Greenbaum.
The Hess Collective Presents SPOILED: THE FILM PROJECT, CHAPTER TWO
After a successful screening of SPOILED: The Film Project, Chapter One, The Hess Collective has announced the live stream of SPOILED: The Film Project, Chapter Two. A post-show conversation follows, called Giving Voice to Marginalized Girls, Women and Femmes, moderated by Shonna Trinch.
SPOILED: The Film Project, Chapter Two Will Stream Live Next Month
A post-show conversation follows, called Giving Voice to Marginalized Girls, Women and Femmes, moderated by Shonna Trinch, Professor of Gender Studies at J Jay College of Criminal Justice, with panelists Ruchira Gupta, Emmy-award winning journalist and founder of anti-sex trafficking organization Apne Aap and Ochiro Olwoch, Ugandan writer who covers taboos of LGBTQ+ community and African Representative of Women Playwrights International.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Announce 2021 Season
One of the first choral groups in the world to recommence operations post-COVID, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs are set to launch into the new year with an uplifting program of music from the Baltic region, including Arvo Pärt's luminous Berliner Messe.
The Hess Collective Will Return to La MaMa in March with SPOILED
The Hess Collective (www.thehesscollective.com), led by Elizabeth Hess, creates interdisciplinary works that address issues of social and global urgency. The troupe returns to La MaMa March 19 to 29 with 'SPOILED,' an original work of physical theater. Three diverse female performers enact stories based on real events of violence against women that are written from the male point of view. The piece is conceived and directed by Elizabeth Hess and sponsored by UN Women USA.
The Hess Collective Returns to La MaMa With SPOILED
The Hess Collective (www.thehesscollective.com), led by Elizabeth Hess, creates interdisciplinary works that address issues of social and global urgency. The troupe returns to La MaMa March 19 to 29 with 'SPOILED,' an original work of physical theater. Three diverse female performers enact stories based on real events of violence against women that are written from the male point of view. The piece is conceived and directed by Elizabeth Hess and sponsored by UN Women USA.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Presents WONDER
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs return to Sydney Opera House in March, presenting two intimate acapella concerts in the elegant Utzon Room, set against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour.