A mass that can be sung in any key,a jaunty round semi-improvised on the spot,an epic psalm in surround sound and a passionate motet with harmonies two centuries ahead of its time!Join Macquarie Singers in a tribute to the pioneering spirit of those composers who thought outside the box as we explore their thrilling music from the Renaissance to the 20th Century.Featuring the World Premiere of Nicole Smede’s
moving Ngura,this concert will be, by definition, a concert like no other!Macquarie Singers always seeks to honour and acknowledge Australia’s First Peoples and their cultural heritage and has commissioned Nicole Smede to create a work for the choir to sing as part of its ongoing commitment to this aim.Nicole is a multi-disciplinary artist of Warrimay/Birribay and colonial descent, living and creating on Wodi Wodi Dharawal Country.The choir is honoured to sing her beautiful workNgura (home).
Tickets can be purchased at:-and will also be available at the door.Adults $40 | Concession $35 |
Family $90 | Children 10 and under freeGuessing Competition tickets will be on sale at $5.00 each, to be drawn at the concert.
- 1st Prize: Handmade heirloom quilt for bed or wall hanging
- 2nd Prize: Five nights at a rustic getaway cabin in the Blue Mountains
- 3rd Prize: Australian wine selection of red, white & sparkling (6 bottles)
Macquarie Singers is deeply grateful to Community Bank Epping for their generous support.Macquarie Singers is a friendly, non-auditioned community choir established way back in 1967! It has members ranging from those who have never sung in a choir to those with years of choral experience. Membership open.
Click here for further information on membership.
Rehearsals will be held at North Ryde Uniting Church,2 Cutler Pde, North Ryde.Mondays 7:00pm – 9:30pm___________________________________________________Many thanks to our director Dr Philip Eames for wonderful workshop on developing vocal projection, part of Macquarie Singers Community Outreach program.
Generously supported by the City of Ryde
Macquarie Singers relies upon support so that it can continue to provide the opportunity to learn beautiful music and provide high quality performances for our audiences, now and into the future.
Presenting Macquarie Singers virtual choir performance of Ola Gjeilo’s The Ground.
Conducted by Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith
Accompanied by Jo Allan and Macquarie Chamber Orchestra:
Tess Duflou, Sagar Nagaraj, Kathryn Ramsay and Marc Valpiani
Video: Connor Malanos. Sound: Joshua Winestock
Thank you to everyone who has participated in this historic recording, marking this unique and challenging year.
MUS deeply appreciates the time, inspiration and expertise that Sarah have given to this project. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp3L-dyqVZg
This project has been generously supported by Epping Community Bank (Bendigo), as part of our Covid-delayed Indomitable Spirit concert.
Macquarie Singers is generously supported by the Community Bank Epping, the City of Ryde and Create NSW
We acknowledge the Darug people who are the traditional custodians of the land on which Macquarie Singers meet and whose cultures, songs and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land since the Dreamtime.
We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
MUS was established in 1967 at Macquarie University as a choir for students & staff, and members of the community around the University. In July 2017, the choir became an incorporated association known as Macquarie Singers Inc, still to be known affectionately as MUS.
We generally perform two major concerts per year and also appear at special events such as singing Christmas Carols at a local Hospital and aged care sentres, the Carols on the Common and the North Ryde RSL club. More info? Click here…
Photos by Richard Taylor
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