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Singers return to Sydney Opera House
31 March 2010
Brenton Stacey
Public relations officer
The largest vocal ensemble at Avondale College will perform as part of a free concert at Sydney Opera House for a second consecutive year.
Avondale Singers will join the Australian Army Band Sydney and the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony from Colorado, USA, in the Concert Hall performance on June 10.
United World Concert Tours (UWCT), a Pasadena, USA-based company that organises performance tours for student musicians, is presenting the concert. It invited Avondale Singers to perform in a similar concert this past year. Director Dr Robb Dennis described that performance as the ensemble's most significant in 30 years. "We received the first call this year once UWCT had confirmed the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony wanted to perform at the Opera House," says Robb.
The conductor of the youth symphony, Gary Nicholson, has already contacted UWCT to ask about collaborating with the singers. Robb says the members of the ensemble are likely to accept the invitation because of their willingness over the past year to perform with other groups. "They enjoy sharing their love of music."
The 600 tickets Avondale received for the concert have now been allocated. Email enquiries@avondale.edu.au to add your name to the waiting list.
Avondale Singers began in 1947 and, with extensive touring and release of records played on radio, soon gained national recognition for excellence: performing for the first television broadcast of a choral group in Sydney. Its repertoire ranges from gospel and spiritual arrangements to classical oratorio with orchestra in four- to eight-part harmony. Students form the core of the ensemble, but staff and community members and some local high school students are also members. The singers have many recordings to their credit, the most recent being a DVD of a performance of Handel's Messiah in 2007.
Caption: Avondale Singers will join the Australian Army Band Sydney and the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony in the Concert Hall performance on June 10.
Credit: Ann Stafford
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