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Sounding the High Court
June 15, 2010 – 4:10 pm
Sounding The High Court was one of a series of acoustic events celebrating the marriage of music and architecture that took place during the Canberra International Music Festival. Listen to Roland Peelman interviewed on ABC Canberra about programming for this event. Click here to listen
Starry, Starry Night Gala Event
June 10, 2010 – 5:34 pm
The Song Company and Australian Master Chef Tony Bilson have teamed up once more to present a beautiful program of celestial music to accompany a heavenly degustation dinner with selected wines. The six solo voices of the Song Company with Artistic Director Roland Peelman will perform an intimate concert to welcome Alex Knight, Elli [...]
Italian week
June 3, 2010 – 6:12 pm
Warm up for our big August production with a little Italian folk flavour tomorrow night, Saturday and Sunday in Wollongong, Canberra and Sydney with our friends I VIAGGIATORI - 2010 Suitcase Serenata Tour…
Concert reviews
May 18, 2010 – 10:25 am
2010 Subscription season – Gethsemane Read the rest of the Time Out review: click here Read the Sydney Morning Herald review: click here Read the Real Time Arts review: click here Read our audience feedback: click here Watch the behind-the-scenes footage:
Encounters: Musical Meetings Between Australia and China
May 11, 2010 – 3:12 pm
COINCIDING with the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, the Queensland Conservatorium mounted an ambitious, robust program to celebrate and probe the complex musical relationships between Australia and China. Much more significant than a traditional music conference, the themes were explored through discussion and performance. Contributors included composers Gao Ping and John Huie, sheng player Wang [...]
Brisbane show – a celebration of Chinese culture
April 22, 2010 – 12:37 pm
The Song Company will be joining up with Brisbane’s Golden Orb Ensemble for a celebration of Chinese culture in Australia. No less than 18 composers have contributed to this event presented by the Brisbane Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University as part of Encounters.
Meet Jehan Kanga and hear him tweet
April 22, 2010 – 12:15 pm
2010 is the inaugural year of the Song Company Young Artists Program and we are thrilled to be working with the next wave of Australian talent. This month, we talk to Jehan Kanga … a man of science, music and commerce and very much a man after our own musical heart.
Les Murray and the Song Company
April 20, 2010 – 3:22 pm
Join us on May 6th for a very special concert … This Aurora Festival event is a real treat for music and poetry lovers as we present Song Company’s growing oeuvre of work based on Les Murray, our most prominent and internationally celebrated poet.
Join us in Canberra
April 20, 2010 – 3:16 pm
We will be performing extensively at The 16th Canberra International Music Festival next month: “Imagine hearing Song Company perform Bach at the opening gala concert as well as Song Company’s rendition of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers on 23 May. In between there are concerts with music by Arvo Part and John Tavener (yes, his massive Veil [...]
