Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Join Excelsis for a concert celebrating contemporary Australian choral composers and their music.

The program will include works from Paul Jarman, Eric Bogle, Daniel Brinsmead, Nicholas Buc, Iain Grandage, Ruth McCall, John Rotar, Paul Stanhope, Joseph Twist, Dan Walker, Sally Whitwell and Ben van Tienan.

The performance will be conducted by Excelsis’ Musical Director, Tom Buchanan OAM, and Paul Jarman will conduct the world premiere of his new work, ‘The Heroes of Gundagai’. The concert will also feature guest artist, Shauntai Abdul-Rahman (Soprano).

Excelsis looks forward to sharing this very memorable evening of song with you.

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured Australian Works

	Across the dark : Treble choir by Ben van Tienen
	Hush : on the death of a bush church : for mixed voices (SATB) (1993) by Iain Grandage
	Lux aeterna (multiple choirs with ensemble) (2011) by Joseph Twist
	Pemulwuy : choir by Paul Jarman
	This is Our Home : Ngindaji ngarragî muwayi : for SATB choir, piano and percussion (2017) by Paul Stanhope and Steve Hawke
	Waltzing Matilda : SATB choir (2007) by Ruth McCall
	Warri and Yatungka by Paul Jarman
	And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle, arr. Nicholas Buc — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/
	A Soft Day by Daniel Brinsmead, text by Winifred M. Letts — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/
	Magna est Veritas by Paul Jarman, words by Paul Jarman et al. — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/
	She Walks in Beauty by Sally Whitwell, text by Lord Byron — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/
	This is our home (Ngindaji ngarragî muwayi) by text by Steve Hawke — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/
	This is our home (Ngindaji ngarragî muwayi) by June Oscar — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/
	This is our home (Ngindaji ngarragî muwayi) by Patsy Bedford — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/
	Tune my Heart by John Rotar, text by Margo Swiss — more information: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/beyond-botany-bay/

Featured artists

• Music of Dan Walker
• Music of Paul Jarman