16 September 2020
Orders for our annual fundraiser are now closed. We expect delivery in the first week of December 2020, and will notify purchasers in mid-November when delivery dates are confirmed. Pick up is from Choir House, Hawthorn only.
26 October 2020
In October 1998, the Academy Award Nominated film Elizabeth was released much to the excitement of the Australian Boys Choir boys. Only four months earlier a small group of the boys had been asked to learn and record some music for the soundtrack.
26 October 2020
An enduring mystery gaining legendary status in the choir’s history is the operetta Kattaya – The Cunning One, written for the Australian Boys Choir by Australian composer, Eric Austin Phillips. Based on a Sri Lankan folk tale, the production and performance forged strong memories in the minds of all involved.
26 October 2020
How times and technology have changed. Current choir members may not know what a “record” is, nor recognise the terms “vinyl” or “LP”. Even their parents may not have heard the terms “shellac” or “78”.
26 October 2020
Looking through the list of the ten most performed songs, today’s audiences may not recognise many. The choir’s repertoire has changed significantly over the years. The following list was catalogued during the Choir' 75th anniversary year.
26 October 2020
You’d expect the Australian Boys Choir to sing a lot of Australian music, wouldn’t you? But that was not how it was in the beginning. At last we can confidently call ourselves the Australian Boys Choir.
26 October 2020
From the very first concert, dramatic works have played an important role in the repertoire of the Australian Boys Choir. Although this has sometimes meant the boys dressed up as girls in order to fill all the roles, the chance to act as well as sing has always been popular.
26 October 2020
A list of the 10 interesting (non-musical) things that choir members have learned from their time with the ABCI.
2 November 2020
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…”
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities