Music Director Emily Cox AM
Founded in 1995, Sinfonia of St Andrew’s has performed a wide range of music encompassing the Baroque and Romantic repertoire with local groups such as the Queensland Choir, Oriana Choir, the Queensland University Music Society, and the Ipswich Cambrian Choir…
Elaine Hagenberg was born in 1979, and spent her early years as both a singer and a pianist. Educated at Drake University, she released her first published work in 2013, ‘I Will Be a Child of Peace’, an arrangement of a…
How many male classical music composers can you name? Now how many female classical music composers can you name, particularly from before the 20th century? You’ve probably heard of Felix Mendelssohn, but have you heard of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel? Fanny…
A musical partnership which had humble beginnings in the late 1980s at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music is about to bear tremendous fruit when Brisbane Chorale and Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir join forces for the first time to present Franz…
For Brisbane Chorale’s conductor Emily Cox AM, the choir’s upcoming performance of works by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn on 1st May 2022 is the realisation of a dream which began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. But…
Gustav Mahler was born in Bohemia in 1860 and died in Vienna in 1911. He was the second of 12 children but only six of them survived to maturity. Whilst his childhood was difficult, he did receive a good education…
What can the audience expect to experience by seeing “The Bells” from a choral perspective? The essence of choral / symphonic music is that blend of orchestral, choral and solo textures, lifted to another level by words. It’s really a…
Brisbane Chorale is seeking new members in all voice parts (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) for its 2021 season and according to Music Director Emily Cox AM, it promises to be a memorable one. “We’ll be performing a wonderful range…
He loved to walk in nature He was a great walker and had a passionate love of nature, even in depressingly prolonged periods of rain: “I never found it dull” he said “Even when it rains I just have another…
Beloved…that word springs to mind when I think of the Brahms Requiem …especially now, it feels very much like music for our time. Brisbane Chorale had programmed this work to be the opening concert of our 2020 season. We ceased…
In these uncertain times, creativity and flexibility are critical to navigating a situation none of us have experienced before. When we had to stop rehearsals at the beginning of the pandemic, two of the questions in our minds were ‘how…
After what has seemed a long (but very necessary) break from our familiar busy practice and concert schedule, midway through July the Brisbane Chorale began rehearsing again in a completely new way in order to comply with government directives concerning…
Many of you will have read articles in the press about the potential for singing to spread Covid-19. Research suggests that aerosols (miniscule particles of liquid generated by exhalation, which can linger in the air) are more prevalent in choral…