CITY RECITAL HALL & GONDWANA CHOIRS PRESENT

SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR LYN WILLIAMS OAM, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Silent Night Chapel © TVB Oberndorf GREETINGS Astrid Mulholland-Licht Director Austrian National Tourist Office, Australia

Salzburg is synonymous with music, be it as birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or as the gorgeous location of the movie-classic “The Sound of Music”. But did you know that the world’s most famous Christmas Carol also comes from the region of Salzburg?

On 24 December 1818, Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber performed the song “Silent Night” for the first time, during Christmas Mass in a little chapel located in the village of Oberndorf near the city of Salzburg. The poem was written by Mohr, a young pastor from Salzburg, and the melody was composed by the teacher and organist Gruber from Upper Austria. Two hundred years later, the song is sung by around two billion people in over 300 languages and dialects around the world. “Silent Night” is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and world peace song, international cultural asset and musical legacy.

Not many people know that the origins of this Christmas song can be found in SalzburgerLand, that Franz Xaver Gruber was born and raised in Upper Austria and that the song spread to the world via Tirol in our country’s west. The three Austrian provinces represent a paradise for Advent and winter enthusiasts. Guests from all over the world can enjoy an authentic holiday experience in the footsteps of “Silent Night” with special exhibitions, romantic Christmas markets, which usually open their doors on the last weekend in November, and numerous other events. One of the most beautiful traditions is the so-called “Adventsingen”, where choirs come together during the Advent period (the four weeks before Christmas) to celebrate the season with festive concerts singing carols and folk music.

We are delighted to continue our collaboration with Gondwana Choirs to celebrate 200 years of Silent Night, the carol that has been reaffirming people’s hope for peace in the world.

Voices of Angels brings the Land of Silent Night to Sydney this evening. Thank you to Lyn Williams and Gondwana Choirs for staging an “Adventsingen” in true Austrian spirit on this occasion. I sincerely hope it will inspire you to visit my home country one day.

Tonight please come and visit us in the Foyer of the City Recital Hall to picture yourself in the snowy “Heart of Europe”. Chat to us about Austrian Winter and some of its traditions. Find out how we celebrate Christmas and help us open our Advent Calendar.

Best wishes for the festive season and “Frohe Weihnachten” (Merry Christmas). ABOUT THE MUSIC Lyn Williams OAM, Artistic Director

Each year it is a new and delicious challenge to devise a program which captures the familiar warmth and generosity of the season yet is still able to surprise and delight the Voices of Angels veterans amongst you.

2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the composition of what must surely be the world’s most loved Christmas carol; Stille Nacht, or Silent Night. The first half of our program takes us to Austria, the land of Silent Night. Who amongst us has not dreamt of one day experiencing a perfect white Christmas? Setting the scene with our Young Men’s Choir singing the celebrated carol, we will move on to a rare and delightful work by the Austrian composer Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Das Namensfest (Grandfather’s Nameday Celebration), an occasional play for children soloists, children’s choir and orchestra in one act.

Süssmayr was a pupil of Mozart and is most well know today for finishing Mozart’s Requiem following his death. Das Namensfest was composed in 1799 for the Nameday of Freiherr von Lang and was to be performed by his clearly exceptionally talented grandchildren. This work holds a special place in my heart as it was the first major work for children’s choir that I ever conducted well before the Sydney Children’s Choir existed. Centered around a large Austrian singing family, I like to picture this work as the eighteenth-century version of the Sound of Music. Tonight’s performance features soloists from the Junior and Senior Performing Choirs as well as our guest soloist and ex-chorister, Alexandra Oomens. It is a true pleasure to invite Alex to perform and she wil delight you with Mozart’s virtuosic concert aria, Exsultate jubilate.

Before interval, the rich voices of the Young Men’s Choir will delight us with further carols from the German tradition in new arrangements by Owen Elsley.

Works composed specifically for children’s choirs before 1800 are extremely rare. Following the interval, the Senior Choir is delighted to be able to bring you a second such work. Niccola Porpora’s Magnificat was composed fifty years earlier than the Süssmayer. Whereas the Süssmayer was quintessentially Classical in style, Porpora’s Magnificat is clearly a work of the Baroque tradition with complex interweaving choral lines. Porpora, like his better known contemporary Antonio Vivaldi, was employed as a teacher in one of the four famous Venetian orphanages (Ospedali) where girls were trained to an extremely high musical level. They were renowned throughout Europe for their performances, both as singers and instrumentalists. The Magnificat received its first performance in the Ospedali degli Incurabili.

So that you will leave Voices of Angels full of festive cheer, we will of course enjoy a good dose of old favourites for you to sing and enjoy.

Thank you to the Austrian National Tourist office for inspiring and supporting this program. Christmas Market Salzburg www.stillenacht.com © SalzburgerLand Tourismus VOICES OF ANGELS

Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 December 2018 City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney

The Sydney Children’s Choir Conductors Lyn Williams Sam Allchurch Guest Artist Alexandra Oomens Presenter Jill Wran Piano Sally Whitwell Voices of Angels Orchestra Grandfather Richard Cohen Staging Director (Sussmayr) Alexander Andrews Musical Preparation Sam Allchurch, Amandine Petit, Estella Roche Elizabeth Vierboom, Lyn Williams, Sally Whitwell German Lg. Coach Gertraud Cohen

CHORISTER SOLOISTS (Sussmayr) ENSEMBLE (movement 6)

Jemma Kenny, aged 11 (movement 3) Keala Burns Esme Power Dashel Eck, aged 13 (movement 4) Iris Farrer Carmela Reznik Elsa Susnajara, aged 14 (movement 7) Athena Jiang Eleonora Speyer Yuna Cho, aged 11 (movement 9) Sienna Langenheim Jasper Tops Paisley Motum, aged 10 (movement 10) Paisley Motum Hanna Wallace

VOICES OF ANGELS ORCHESTRA

Violin Viola Flute Oboe Anna McMichael - Nicole Forsyth Bridget Bolliger Matthew Bubb Concertmaster Angela Bonetti Clarinet Eve Osborn Narine Melconian Charlotte Featherston Jason Noble Piano Peter Clark Cello Claire Fox Sally Whitwell Liisa Pallandi Daniel Yeadon Bassoon Organ Matthew Greco Anton Baba Long Nguyen Neal Peres da Costa Jennifer Hoy Double Bass Harley Milano Annie Gard Josef Bisits

SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR ARTISTS

Artistic Director Lyn Williams OAM Associate Artistic Director Sam Allchurch Head of Training Choirs Amandine Petit Associate Conductor Elizabeth Vierboom Principal Pianist Sally Whitwell Conductors Sam Allchurch, Bronwyn Cleworth, Ruth McCall, Atalya Masi, Amandine Petit, Lyn Williams, Hester Wright Pianists Estella Roche, Heinz Schweers, Antonio Fernandez PROGRAM

Franz Grüber, arr. Owen Elsley Stille Nacht

Franz Xaver Süssmayr Das Namensfest 1. Sinfonia 2. Coro - Brüder, kommt und richtet euch! 3. Aria - Komm süsser Schlaf 4. Aria - Unser aller Gott und Vater 5. Aria - Liebe Brüder, seht mich an 6. Ensemble - O wie klopft mein Herze hier 7. Aria - Wer anders spricht, als wie er denkt 8. Recitative und Chor - Nimm meine Rosen hin: Den Strauss, den wir hier binden 9. Ariette - Ich singe und sage 10. Finale - Welche Freude, welche Lust

Traditional German, arr. Owen Elsley Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Traditional German, arr. Owen Elsley In dulci jubilo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Exsultate Jubilate 1. Exsultate jubilate 4. Alleluja

Nicola Porpora Magnificat 1. Magnificat anima mea 2. Et exultavit spiritus meus 3.Et misericordia 4. Fecit potentiam 5.Gloria Patri 6.Sicut erat in principio

Traditional English, arr. Bob Chilcott Sussex Carol Traditional Basque, arr. John Raymond Howell The Angel Gabriel arr. Dan Walker O Come all ye faithful arr. Owen Elsley Deck the Halls - The Holly and the Ivy John Rutter Angels’ Carol Traditional French, arr. Dan Walker Angels from the realms of glory

Please note that recording of this concert by members of the audience is strictly prohibited ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

LYN WILLIAMS OAM - Artistic Director and Founder Lyn Williams is Australia’s leading director of choirs for young people, having founded two internationally renowned choirs: Sydney Children’s Choir in 1989 and the national children’s choir, Gondwana Voices, in 1997. Lyn’s exceptional skill in working with young people is recognised internationally for its high artistic quality and ground- breaking innovation.

Lyn has toured extensively internationally with her choirs to Europe, Asia and North and Central America. Highlights include with Gondwana Voices at the 2007 BBC Proms; Sydney Children’s Choir in 2013 at the Palau de la Música, Barcelona, and the internationally acclaimed Polyfollia festival in France; and in 2017, Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir’s first major tour to Germany, Slovenia and Vienna.

Lyn has conducted major choirs and orchestras including the Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. She has been Music Director and Conductor for major events, including the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

In 2017 she was honoured with the Australia Council for the Arts’ prestigious Don Banks Music Award in recognition of her lifework. In 2004, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of her services to the Arts. She also received the NSW State Award at the 2006 Classical Music Awards for her long-term contribution to Australian music. Lyn is a Churchill Fellow and also a composer, winning the 2009 APRA-Australian Music Centre Vocal/Choral Work of the Year for her work A Flock of Stars.

SAM ALLCHURCH - Conductor, Associate Artistic Director One of Australia’s most exciting emerging choral conductors, Sam Allchurch has a reputation for artistic excellence. Associate Artistic Director of Gondwana Choirs under mentor Lyn Williams, he also holds roles as Director of Music with Christ Church St Laurence and, from January, Music Director at Sydney Chamber Choir succeeding the late Richard Gill AO.

He holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and a Diploma in Languages (German) from the University of Melbourne. In 2012 he was awarded a Gates Scholarship to undertake a Master of Music (Choral Studies) at Cambridge University where he studied with Stephen Layton and Geoffrey Webber.

Sam conducts for Gondwana Choirs, with a focus on changing male voices and symphonic preparation. In 2017, Sam conducted the Sydney Chamber Choir in a program of German romantic music. He later joined with Paul Stanhope and Nicholas Routley to conduct the choir’s Ross Edwards celebration concert. Sam has also worked with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, and the Choirs of St James King Street. ALEXANDRA OOMENS - Soprano Alexandra Oomens is in her second year at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under tutilage of Lillian Watson and Jonathan Papp. She attended the George Solti Academy in Tuscany, working under Sir Richard Bonynge, Meastro Alessandro Corbelli, and Barbara Frittoli. Her European soloist debut was with the Concertgeouw in the Holland Festival with Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Royal Academy Opera roles include Semele, Semele (Handel), Laurette, Le Docteur Miracle (Bizet), Tina, Flight (Dove), Cupidon, Orphée Aux Enfers (Offenbach), and Damigella, L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi). Other roles include Clizia (Teseo, London Handel Festival), Isabelle (L’Amant Jaloux, Pinchgut Opera), Childerico (Faramondo, Brisbane Baroque), 2nd Lady, (Dido & Aeneas, Brisbane Baroque), Lisel (The Chimney Sweep, Pinchgut Opera), and Alinda (Giasone, Pinchgut Opera).

She holds a Masters of Arts (RAM), an honorary Dip RAM for outstanding performance (RAM), and a Bachelor of Music, (Sydney Conservatorium of Music). SALLY WHITWELL - Principal Pianist Dual ARIA Award winning musician Sally Whitwell maintains a busy freelance career as pianist and composer. Her fifth solo album, and her first double album, Complete Etudes for Solo Piano by Philip Glass is her most recent release through ABC Classics/ Universal. As a composer she had several works premiered last year, including Face to the Sun for Acacia Quartet, Seven Stories for Ensemble Offspring, Three Sketches for Bellingen Youth Orchestra, and the premiere workshop production of her first full length stage musical Unrequited based on the novel of the same name by her co- writer Emma Grey. Recent commissions include a piece for recorder virtuoso Alicia Crossley with the Enigma Quartet, a massed choir/orchestral work for the Music Academy at Canberra Girls Grammar and a new work for piano and electronics for Argo Ensemble, Brisbane. ANNA McMICHAEL - Violin Anna McMichael is an Australian-born violinist who returned to live in Australia in 2010 after 17 years in Europe performing in many of the major ensembles and orchestras.

In Australia, she has been first prize winner of the String final of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition, guest assistant leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, guest associate concertmaster of Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and guest concertmaster of Orchestra Victoria.

Anna has performed at many European music festivals with a number of Dutch chamber ensembles and toured extensively with groups such as the London Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra, Nieuw Ensemble, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She has recorded for a number of European recording labels and been active teaching masterclasses and workshops in conservatoriums in both Europe and Australia. Anna performs throughout Australia and is Co-Director of the Tyalgum Music Festival and a core member of the early music group, Ironwood.

ALEXANDER ANDREWS - Staging Director (Sussmayr) Alexander Andrews is an emerging theatre-maker, with a deep passion for education and the arts. His direction and design credits, include Merrily We Roll Along (Little Triangle, 2018) Sunday in the Park with George (Little Triangle, 2017), Painting Seventeen, (Gala Finalist, Short+Sweet, 2017), The Women (Edgewise Productions, 2016), A Little Night Music (MUSE, 2015), and Anyone Can Whistle (MUSE, 2014). As designer (set, costume, graphic), Alexander worked on Sarah Gaul in Slumberland (Sydney Fringe, 2015) and Under Milk Wood (Tiny Horse Theatre, 2015) for which he also assistant-directed and co-adapted.

Alexander graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Performance Studies, and later completed a Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) in History and Drama. Alexander is currently teaching drama at the Australian Performing Arts Grammar School. Alexander recently joined the Gondwana Choirs team, facilitating workshops in music theatre. He co-founded Little Triangle in a collaborative effort to bring theatre and education to young people, offering opportunities in professional and personal growth. CHORISTERS

SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR ENSEMBLES

THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR Scarlett Alfoldi Jasmine Delaney Mia Mead Elsa Susnjara Amy Andresson Adrian Escudero-Genc Stella Milton Ben Sweeney Jared Atherton Iris Farrer Eloise Morrison Sebastian Tan Joel Brookes Annalise Giezekamp Lily Mullen Eva Tarbox Keala Burns Astrid Girdis Jade Ng Jedda Thorley Maja Chesterman Gemma Golding Elise Nolte Sasha Trevelyan Beatrice Colombis Asher Joyce Alexandra Raleigh Veronica Vella Stella Constable Eleanor Labi Jacinta Rees Sophie Whatling Emma Corcoran Sophia Lauber Ruby Scott-Wishart Emily Winton Charlotte Crowe Jiayi Liu Freddy Shaw Lotti Wonhas Alice Dawson-Damer Belle MacLeod Lucy Sheller Annika Deitz Ruth McKay Gabriella Silberstein

YOUNG MEN’S CHOIR Jacob Agoo Liam Green Paolo Lieghio Leo Tarbox Oscar Jaden Bortolin- Dominic Grimshaw Andrew Lowe Piet Tombs Atriano Ezra Hersch Jude Moloney Archie Tulk James Brew Samuel Jones Matthew Ren Sebastian Wright Gabriel Dillon Gabriel Kam Kiyan Rowshan Allyn Wu Lachlan Donlevy Jonathon Kelley Andrew Smallbone Oscar Drew Ryan Kumulia Asher Tarbox

JUNIOR PERFORMING CHOIR Rohan Bhalerao Rhea Jayaram Tahlia Mitsios Scout Tardent-Tong Joshua Bie Athena Jiang Paisley Motum Jasper Tops Charlotte Blenkhorn Miranda Johnston Jasmine Ng Annabel Twomey Patrick Cassidy Lucia Juarez Anastasia Nguyen Anna Tyquin Claudia Chan Jemma Kenny Sophie Oates Gabrielle Utian Yuna Cho Hayley Kepert Marcus Ogden Georgia Vincent Leah Colleran Sienna Langenheim Abbie O’Toole Hanna Wallace Dashel Eck Matthew Lee Grace Patching Jamie Wallace Isabelle Epps Nicole Yun’Lam Lee Esme Power Jocelyn Wang Lara Goodman Cyrus Leung Carmela Reznik Chelsea Wilson Clara Green Caleb McKay Poppy Rohanna Erin Winsbury Bethany Hopkins Lola Mead Paul Rowan Lara Winsbury Zoe Humberstone Thalia Michaels Eleonora Speyer ADVANCED SINGERS Nicola Allen Leo Egerton- Nazareth Lologa Lucy Ronan Nella Ananijev Warburton Aoun Malik Vincent Saunders Oliver Barrington- Freya Fermor Dylan Marrick Felix Shaw Higgs Jo Fetner Isabella May Alex Simec Annabel Bettridge Natalia Fountoulis Claire Menzies Cassie Spillane Tatiana Bodrova Frankie Glover Ivan Mukhin Lola Stephenson Elsie Brooks James Grant Jasmin Nakhoul Ginger Truupold Eva Campbell Bill Jordan Wilson Nguyen David Wu Heidi Chaplin Stella Julius Hana Othen Maylyn Zongas Haoyang Chen Claudette King May Othen Madeleine Colbert Alexandra Koh Alice Playford Aggs Abigail Connolly Maya Lecuna Chelsea Porritt Asmara Downey-Twiss Emanuela Leung Sophie Regan Paige Easson Sophie Lewis Mia Richter-Weinstein

INTERMEDIATE SINGERS Ariyanna Afaridan Maxime Guerbois- Alana Luburic Nicholas Ruckley Sara Alperovich Brown Tika MacMaster Jaiya Russell Sara Andrew Jet Gwilliam Isabella Matthews Johannes Sampson Kristy Baek Eva Halugin McGrath McGrath Elizabeth Samuel Tomas Begg Henry Han Cameron McLay Connor Sargeant Danielle Bloom Grace Hardy Evie McSwan Ruby Saunders Andrew Bolus Kai Hasham Veronika Moreno Joe Scott William Bootes Oscar Haugerud Remy Morrow Michael Shen Ella Bortz Honey Hayler Chloe Nakhoul Annabelle Shepherd Daisy Burt Aiden Herman Rory Nathan Reva Shinde Archie Carter Maya Hersch Stuart Nathan Becky Silberstein Ajelen Castillo Ruby Heuston Amber Nichols Antonina Simmonds Dylan Colombis Daniel Hirst Katie Nielsen Amelie Simpson Emmett Daly Ella Hodgkiss Pippa Oates Amélie Stubbs Chloe Davison Abigail Hodgson Caoimhe O’Beirne- Anastasia Tadros Astrid Durrant Michelle Huang Stephenson Oscar Taylor Evelia Eck Ayla Hunt Amber Oxley Stella Thomson Sandra Eisenmann Rain Johnson Ella Page Clara Tonegawa Daniele JJ Eliezer Lucy Jones Giulietta Pompei Hannah Tran Romy Elliott Artin Kakavandhamidi Anton Pronin Minh Anh Ventura Golan Ende Tabitha Kan Olga Pronin Alyssa Vincent Annie Farrer Luka Kappelle Maya Qureshi Kayla Yunyao Wang Kate Farrer Charlotta Katz Aradhana Rao Sarah Wiggins Maggie Farrer Cleo Koch Rupert Ren Wilkie Wilkie Carla-Maria Fauveau Ruby Krawitz Caspar Rex-Clarke Ciara Williams Kevin Feeney Helena Lawrence Matias Rodriguez Hugo Williams Isabelle Glass Moses Lawrence Mia Rogers Kayleigh Williams Sophie Graham Mirae Lee Hannah Rose Alison Williams Sophie Guerbois- Benjamin Lesnik Josephine Roumanoff Eloise Wilson Brown Christine Li Juliette Roumanoff Samuel Young Leon Li Liam Rowshan Yolanda Zhang GONDWANA CHOIRS

Lyn Williams founded Sydney Children’s Choir 29 years ago to create a world-class ensemble, capable of performing complex music at a professional standard. The Sydney Children’s Choir now proudly represents Sydney as the most prestigious and well-known vocal program for young singers of school age. Its performing ensembles are instantly recognised for their crystal clear sound, precision and discipline. They display a courageous and compelling performance style and regularly perform, record and collaborate with the professional orchestras, ensembles and opera companies in Sydney.

Lyn formed the treble choir Gondwana Voices in 1997 where young musicians from across the continent could discover others who share their passion for singing. This program has grown into Gondwana National Choirs, national ensembles made up of more than 300 young people. Each January they form Gondwana National Choral School, an intensive camp for singers and emerging composers and conductors. Gondwana Voices celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2017 with a major tour to Northern Europe.

In 2008 after experiencing life in the Torres Strait, Lyn began the Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir (GICC) to give these young people the opportunity to express their culture through song and Language. At the core of GICC’s mission is the preservation and development of language and story through song, involving intergenerational cultural activity and developing a new contemporary Indigenous repertoire. Major works in Indigenous languages commissioned include the children’s opera Ngailu, Boy of the Stars by Dan Walker (Torres Strait) and Spinifex Gum - a song cycle by Felix Riebl (Western Pilbara).

Gondwana Choirs is committed to creativity through the composition and presentation of new choral works. Its young musicians are intimately connected to contemporary and traditional repertoire throughout their training through collaborations with emerging and established composers. The body of work created over the past 29 years is an integral part of Australian choral repertoire, enabling the development of many Australian composers writing single songs or works for massed choir and orchestra, such as Jandamarra: Sing for the Country by Paul Stanhope.

In 2012, Gondwana Choirs won the APRA/AMC Award for Excellence in Music Education and in 2014, the APRA/ AMCOS award for Excellence by an Organisation for its Artistic Program and significant contribution to Australian music since 1989.

PATRONS OF SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales, and Mrs Hurley

BOARD Kate Lidbetter, Chair David Longmuir Lyn Williams OAM Karen Mundine Tessa Boyd-Caine Caroline Sharpen Nicholas James

ADMINISTRATION Lyn Williams OAM Founder & Artistic Director Bernie Heard Executive Director Sam Allchurch Associate Artistic Director Lachlan Cameron Artistic Coordinator Heather Kelley Sydney Children’s Choir Manager Wendy Cundy Accounts Administrator Francis Greep Development Manager Susan Hart Finance Manager Shabnam Hinton Indigenous Children’s Choir Manager Genevieve Lang GWCF Marketing Manager Alice Neldner Cairns Indigenous Children’s Choir Coordinator Jerome Studdy Sydney Children’s Choir Coordinator Sarah Thomas Artistic Producer

Thank you to all of our parent volunteers and rehearsal supervisors for your contribution to Gondwana Choirs in 2018. You are an integral part of our organisation. DO YOU LOVE TO SING? COME SING WITH US

SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR Now Recruiting Singers Aged 6 and Above

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MESSAGE FROM THE CEO Every December, the many young voices of Gondwana Choirs fill City Recital Hall with warmth and joy, breathing freshness to traditional favourites, and none more so than on this occasion, the 200th anniversary of Silent Night. We are thrilled to once again co-present Voices of Angels with Gondwana Choirs, and for the support of the Austrian National Tourist Office for this concert.

On behalf of the City Recital Hall Board and staff, we wish you a happy and safe festive season, and a wonderful start to 2019.

Elaine Chia CEO, City Recital Hall ABOUT CITY RECITAL HALL City Recital Hall produces, presents and hosts a rich and diverse program of concerts and events, embracing all genres and art forms from chamber orchestras to opera, contemporary ensembles to bands, talks and debates, to festival events.

Our home at the centre of the vibrant Angel Place laneways precinct in the heart of Sydney is a world-class, purpose-built performance space, loved by audiences and performers alike for its unbeatable acoustics.

We welcome you to City Recital Hall to discover, connect and socialise and hope you leave stimulated and energised.

CITY RECITAL HALL BOARD Renata Kaldor AO (Chair), Timothy Cox AO (Deputy Chair), Helen Bauer, The Hon. Justice Elizabeth Fullerton, Kerri Glasscock, Marcus McArdle, Carol Mills, Maria Sykes, Louise Walsh

CEO Elaine Chia

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PRINCIPAL PARTNER Major Government Partner Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir Gondwana Choirs is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW

EDUCATION & VENUE PARTNERS

GOVERNMENT PROJECT PARTNERS

Indigenous Languages and Arts

TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNER

Concert recording Sound Engineer, Peter Bell SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE

From our beginnings almost 30 years ago, creativity has been a constant. Lyn William’s innovative vision has been made possible by individuals for whom supporting Gondwana Choirs is an investment in excellence and opportunity for young people throughout Australia.

Supporting Gondwana Choirs sustains our programs and so much more. Join the Gondwana Choirs community today and be part of our incredible journey. Find out more at gondwana.org.au/support-us Thank you to all who have supported Gondwana Choirs in 2018:

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Donations $20,000 & above Vicki Olsson Shaw Family Samway Family Anonymous (1)

INNOVATIONS PATRONS PLATINUM Donations $5000-$20,000 Christine Bishop Herschell Family Lyn Williams OAM Larry Boyd & Barbara Caine AM O’Brien Foundation Jill Wran SCC Composer-In- Daryl & Kate Dixon Surveying Solutions PL Residence Patron NCS Visiting Artist Patrons Todd Family Foundation Anonymous (1) Peter Goes & Michelle Harvey The Magnolia Foundation

INNOVATIONS PATRONS GOLD Donations $2000 – $5000 Helen & Matthew Allchurch Louise Herron Emma & Andrew Maple Brown America Family Robin Hilliard Helen Williams Tessa Boyd-Caine & John Chan Nicholas James Anonymous (4) In memory of Leora Cohen Kate Lidbetter & Peter Kerin Grimshaw Family Longmuir Family

INNOVATIONS PATRONS SILVER Donations $500 – $2000 Sam Allchurch Kains Family Mike & Briony Tyquin Belinda Ashe & David Duncan In memory of Helen McKinnon Els Wynen & David Vanzeitti Prue Ashurst Robyn Martin-Weber Ray Wilson OAM in memory of Karin Brown May Family James Agapitos OAM Alexandra Cameron-Fraser Elisabeth McDonald Michele Tjeuw & Alan Yap Gertraud & Richard Cohen Karen Mundine Mark & Anna Yates Rosemary Curtin & Alex Ron, Lynn & Marcus Ogden Anonymous (3) Wonhas Dr Donna M O’Sullivan Roy & Pat David Catherine Playoust & Elliott Gyger Frances & Gary Whatling Vanessa & Mark Rohanna Dr Janice Dudley, in memory Robert & Jenny Rowland of Raymond Dudley Caroline Sharpen Richard & Mary Evans James Sheller Evans/Green Family Simpson Family Francis Greep & Michael Blake On & Beth Sin Stephanie Grenning WGCDR Michael Stuart-Watt Darryl & Katherine Hodgkinson Penny & Imogen Sturrock Gorbatov Family Thomas-Cetinich Family