11th Annual City of Sydney Concert

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You are now able to book tickets for three exciting concerts to be performed by the
 Sydney Male Choir over the next couple of months. They are -

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Order your tickets for the Songs of Celebration, the 11th Annual City of Sydney Concert by the Sydney Male Choir on 12th September 2010 at 2pm in the newly refurbished Sydney Town Hall, Sydney.
This will be the farewell concert for the choir's Musical Director of  the past 20 years - Alan Thrift. The Sydney Male Choir has grown in performance and reputation under his stewardship with audience support increasing dramatically over this period.
This concert will be an opportunity to show your appreciation of his skill as a conductor of the choir and express your best wishes and thanks to him on his retirement.

For this occasion, the Choir has had commissioned a new piece of music to commemorate the Musical Director’s retirement titled Blue Australian Skies by well known Australian composer Stephen Leek, with the words of the song being taken from the poem The Bush by James Lister Cuthbertson.

In reflecting on his time with the choir, Alan Thrift had these words to say:

“Without doubt, the time spent with this wonderful group of men has been the best and most satisfying period of my professional life.
Working so intensely and intimately with such able, enthusiastic and committed individuals has been an extremely rewarding experience. The men have responded well to improving phrasing, voice blending, expressive singing and performing from memory.
This has been a tall challenge when you consider their age range is from 15 to 88 years. Conducting the Sydney Male Choir   to appreciative and generally large audiences, while travelling thousands of miles, both in Australia and overseas, has been a true privilege”

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Let There Be Music

The  Sydney Male Choir will return to the City of Newcastle on Saturday 14^th August to perform a concert program at the Christ Church Cathedral titled Let There Be Music.

Being four years since last they appeared in Newcastle, the program for the concert will include a number of new songs in the repertoire that will have wide appeal to the audience  – Two Little Boys, made famous by Rolf Harris; I Dreamed a Dream from the wonderful musical Les Miserables; the Hal Leonard hit of 2003, You Raise Me Up; the children’s ditty This Old Man and  An American Trilogy made famous by Elvis Presley to name a few, plus some of the more traditional Male Voice Choir songs with a Welsh flavor.

An eclectic array of singing that is certain to bring joy to the Newcastle audience.

The Sydney Male Choir will again be conducted by their Musical Director, Alan Thrift, a person who has influenced the performance and subsequently the reputation of the Choir dramatically during his 20 years in his role.  Alan is well known in Newcastle area musical circles having previously held the position of Director of Music at Avondale College, Cooranbong and been Musical Director of the Lake Macquarie City Ladies Choir.  

Having recently celebrated his 80^th Birthday, Alan Thrift has made the decision to stand down from his position as Musical Director later this year, so this concert in Newcastle will be his farewell performance for the area.

The concert will start at 2 p.m. Saturday 14^th August 2010 in Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.

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Melodies for Spring

The Sydney Male Choir returns to the Central Coast Leagues Club again to bring Melodies for Spring to the people of the Central Coast.
Conducted once again by their Musical Director, Alan Thrift, a broad selection of songs have been chosen to delight the Central Coast audience and will include some new numbers for the choir such as I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables and She was Beautiful (Cavatina), with words written by Cleo Laine, as well as a number of audience favourites.
This year the choir will be sharing the stage with the ladies Coastal a Cappella  group who have recently returned from the National Competition for Sweet Adeline Choruses in Perth, WA, coming away with the First prize for the Small Chorus category.
This will be one of the final performances of the choir’s Musical Director of 20 years, Alan Thrift, as it is his intention to retire following the Sydney Male Choir  11^th Annual City of Sydney Concert at the Sydney Town Hall on Sunday 12^th September.
Melodies for Spring is definitely a concert that will bring Joy through Song on Sunday 29^th August at 2 p.m. in the Central Coast Leagues Club, Gosford.

Prices - $20, $15 for groups of 10+. Unsold tickets available at the door.

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DVD of 10th Annual City of Sydney Concert

Details of Coming Events

Sunday 1st August
Dee Why RSL. Club,
932 Pittwater Road,
Dee Why
at 3.30pm
Tickets $20 from Dee Why RSL Ticketing

Sunday 8th August
Rockdale Catholic Church
at 2pm

To see a full list of concerts planned for 2010 go to the 'Where We'll Be' page

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