Single tickets
Adults from $40
Concession $35
6-8 October 2023
Five of Australia’s finest chamber choirs in concert over three days.
Adelaide Chamber Singers warmly invites you to experience five of Australia’s finest chamber choirs live in concert, as we perform individually and together as part of the inaugural Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival. With five unique concert programs over three days on Kaurna Country, including a number of world premiere performances, the festival is an opportunity to hear the very best of Australian choral singing in the sublime acoustics of Christ Church North Adelaide, Elder Hall and St Peter’s Cathedral.
On Sunday 8 October, the festival Finale features the premiere of epic new commission for five combined chamber choirs from our festival curator, Dr Carl Crossin OAM (ACS Founder & Conductor Emeritus).
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Adelaide Chamber Singers (SA)
Brisbane Chamber Choir (QLD)
Polyphonic Voices (VIC)
Sydney Chamber Choir (NSW)
Voyces (WA)
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Package tickets
(4 concerts)
Adults from $140
Concession $120
All five performances will also be live streamed via Australian Digital Concert Hall.
PROGRAM ONE
Friday 6 October 2023
6:00pm (ACDT)
Christ Church, North Adelaide
The Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival opens with Adelaide Chamber Singers, Sydney Chamber Choir, and Voyces (Perth). Featuring the South Australian premiere of Elizabeth Younan’s Espoir, commissioned by Sydney Chamber Choir, this concert includes a selection of award-winning works by young composers (concert one of five across three days).
PROGRAM TWO
Friday 6 October 2023
8:00pm (ACDT)
Christ Church, North Adelaide
The second concert of the Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival features Brisbane Chamber Choir, Polyphonic Voices (Melbourne) and Adelaide Chamber Singers. This program ranges from core Renaissance choral works to contemporary pieces, including a recent work by Andrew Schultz commissioned by Brisbane Chamber Choir in 2022 (concert two of five across three days).
PROGRAM THREE
Saturday 7 October 2023
6:00pm (ACDT)
Elder Hall, Adelaide University
In concert three of five, our singers showcase the rich diversity of chamber choir repertoire from Byrd to Debussy to Stephen Leek, along with a world premiere composed by Polyphonic Voices member, Lachlan McDonald. Featuring Polyphonic Voices (Melbourne), Brisbane Chamber Choir and Adelaide Chamber Singers.
PROGRAM FOUR
Saturday 7 October 2023
8:00pm (ACDT)
Elder Hall, Adelaide University
All five choirs of the Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival are committed to presenting contemporary Australian music, and we will hear many new works across the festival. Concert four brings together Adelaide Chamber Singers, Sydney Chamber Choir, and Voyces (Perth), and features Joe Twist’s An Australian Song Cycle (2021) which sets eight poems from diverse Australian voices.
FINALE
Sunday 8 October 2023
3:00pm (ACDT)
St Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
The Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival culminates with the premiere of an epic new commission for five combined chamber choirs from our festival curator, Dr Carl Crossin OAM (Adelaide Chamber Singers Founder & Conductor Emeritus). This concert individually showcases all five choirs, and opens with award-winning South Australian composer Anne Cawrse.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
All venues are accessible
Christ Church
35 Palmer Place,
North Adelaide
Wheelchairs: enter via the eastern-most door on the southern side of the church
Elder Hall
Adelaide University,
North Terrace, Adelaide
Wheelchairs: enter through the side door on the south-eastern side nearest the hall
St Peter’s Cathedral
27 King William Road,
North Adelaide
Wheelchairs: enter via side door off the carpark on northern side of Cathedral
The 2023 Adelaide Chamber Choir Festival is presented by Adelaide Chamber Singers in association with Brisbane Chamber Choir, Polyphonic Voices, Sydney Chamber Choir, and Voyces – with support from Arts South Australia and the Adelaide Chamber Singers Supporters Fund.
