Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Sydney Children’s Choir presents Gumura, a celebration of Walsh Bay, our home for over 25 years. Gumura is your chance to explore the sounds and history of the Wharf as you travel through all the different spaces of Pier 2/3 brought to life with the voices of 400 choristers. The music includes new works commissioned from five Sydney Children’s Choir alumni who are now emerging Australian composers and the premiere of a new piece by longstanding collaborator and artist of Muruwari descent, Matthew Doyle. The evening begins together in the lower level of Pier 2/3 with an acknowledgement of country from Matthew Doyle and Alice Chance’s mystical Aurora Eora. From there, we divide into four separate groups to experience a guided journey through four spaces upstairs – the Neilson, the Belgiorno Room, the Neilson Nutshell and the foyer – and in each one, a new piece by alumni composers of Sydney Children’s Choir. The evening concludes with a significant new work in Gadigal language by Matthew Doyle, ‘Gumura’, in a surround-sound choral experience designed by Lyn Williams and Andrew Walsh. Join us for an unforgettable evening of choral music highlighting the rich history of our home.

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Featured Australian Works

	Aurora Eora : choir by Alice Chance — performed by Sydney Children's Choir
	Of Motion : for children's choir (2023) by Meta Cohen — performed by Sydney Children's Choir
	Gumura by Matthew Doyle — World premiere

Featured artists

• New work by Matthew Doyle
• New work by Elsa Susnjara
• New work by Archie Tulk
• New work by Rebecca Hilliard
• New work by Lachlan Massey
• Performer Sydney Children's Choir