Welcome to the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir

how could i have failed to link to the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir?

One of the members of the Glen Eira Choir is in the RMP and they're doing the Verdi Requiem Tuesday in the Melbourne Town Hall.

Rosamund Illing is one of the soloists and it would be nice to get the image of her in the feathered cloak (from the Puccinifest Turandot last year) out of my head. Deborah Humble is the contralto, and I haven't herad of the tenor or bass, but i'm sure they're excellent as well.

Bach Cantata

MELBOURNE: BACH CANTATA SERVICE
ASCENSION DAY VESPERS - CANTATA BWV 128
THURSDAY 5 MAY at 7.30PM
ST JOHNS SOUTHGATE [20 City Road, Southbank]

Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein BWV128

for 3 soloists, chorus and orchestra strings, oboes, trumpet, horns & continuo
Directed by Graham Lieschke

DIY Messiah

For those who like to sing there is a Sing-It_Yourself Messiah at
I've received an email about an instant Messiah at Boronia Uniting Church. Details are apparently as follows.

Sunday May 1 at 2:00

Colleen Arnott - Soprano
Judith O'Shea - Alto
Michael Try - Tenor
Graham Ford - Bass
Ken Peard - Organ
Malcolm Campbell - Conductor

I can't actually find a Boronia Uniting Church via the White pages, or any other mention of this gig, so probably try and ring and confirm first if you don't live nearby.

Mount Beauty Music Muster

Not quite Melbourne but perhaps a good excuse for a weekend away - Mount Beauty Music Muster

New, with added calendar

you can find a calendar of events here. I might link back from the calendar to the blog entries, not sure how it's going to be arranged just yet.

Melbourne Autumn Music Festival: Final Concert

The Melbourne Autumn Music Festival: Final Concert is Bach's St Matthew Passion.

This appears to be a bit of a flavour of the month in this part of the world, with a performance recently in Dunedin (NZ) and another earlier this year in Melbourne by the Victorian College of the Arts and the German Lutheran church.

This production has a female in the alto role.

Choral@Montsalvat -- Faye Dumont Singers, Inc.

It appears that the Montsalvat website doesn't have updated details for this year's event, however here's a flyer by way of the Faye Dumont Singers:Choral@Montsalvat -- Faye Dumont Singers, Inc.

from 12pm to 4:45pm on Sunday May 1.

About 12 choirs as far as i can make out. Enough for even the most dedicated Choral junkie.

Celebremos! Latin and African Extravaganza

Celebremos! Latin and African Extravaganza:

"Musica del Mundo (Music of the World)
Friday 15th April 2005, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre
Ground Floor, Southbank Blvd , Southbank, Melbourne

A concert featuring Australian based artists from Sudanese, Greek, Congolese, Chinese
and El Salvadorian cultures. Performing original and traditional music, these groups
highlight the incredible quality and wealth of music in this country."

Not just choral - Multicultural Arts.

Young Voices of Melbourne and Southern Cross Soloists

"Young Voices of Melbourne will be joining Brisbane based chamber ensemble the Southern Cross Soloists for their concert in Melbourne on Tuesday 19th April. Southern Cross Soloists will present works by Ravel, Brophy and Cantaloube and will combine with YVM for excerpts from Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and Kevin Power's 'Songs of Australia'. Concert is at 8pm at Melba Hall, University of Melbourne. Tickets are $40 and $20 with bookings through YVM."