Adelaide Chamber Singers (ACS) is widely respected as Australia’s finest chamber choir—the embodiment of the art of choral chamber singing. ACS was founded in 1985 by Dr Carl Crossin OAM (Artistic Director and Conductor 1985–2021) and has been acpassionate and innovative contributor to music making for 40 years.
Led since 2022 by Artistic Director and Conductor Christie Anderson, the ensemble’s membership is drawn from amongst Adelaide’s best and most experienced ensemble singers. From the beginning, ACS has existed to showcase the highest order of musical interpretation, to transport our audiences to new heights, and to challenge the very boundaries of what choral music can be. Our combined voices echo the majesty of the great cathedrals and concert halls of the world, but our sound and our soul is proudly grounded in the intimacy and warmth of our home city of Adelaide.
ACS has been honoured by a number of awards including a CreateSA Ruby Award for “sustained contribution by an organisation” (2011), and a Ruby Award for the world premiere season of Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan (2022) at the Adelaide Festival. ACS’ eight international tours have also garnered international accolades including “Choir of the World at Llangollen 2013” at the Welsh International Musical Eisteddfod. ACS is frequently invited to support and collaborate with a wide range of artists including The Rolling Stones, The Tallis Scholars, Kronos Quartet, Hilltop Hoods, Greta Bradman, and Katie Noonan. As part of the UKARIA A Cappella Academy, ACS has worked with former King’s Singer Tim Wayne-Wright (2022), along with two incredible
British ensembles, The Gesualdo Six (2023) and VOCES8 (2024). A strong and consistent advocate for Australian music, ACS has proudly commissioned over 30 new works from established and emerging composers.
Recent achievements include the launch of Rising Voices, a highly successful emerging artist ensemble. In October 2023, ACS hosted the inaugural Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival to tremendous acclaim, cementing Adelaide’s place as “the choral capital of Australia” (InReview).
In 2025 ACS collaborated in the Adelaide Festival Opera Innocence, and in the 2025 APRA AMCOS / Australian Music Centre National Art Music Awards, ACS won the South Australian Luminary Award for sustained contributions to commissioning and artistic excellence; Choral Work of the Year for All Flesh Is Fire, composed by Anne Cawrse with text by Kate Llewellyn AM; and was a Performance of the Year finalist, also for All Flesh Is Fire.
