Twenty-three of our singers performed to highly appreciative audiences in Adelaide, Mount Gambier & Warrnambool, also collaborating with Tenison Woods College and Young Adelaide Voices. A capacity crowd in Colac (not to mention some exceptional country hospitality!) saw the tour round out on exactly the right note.
Christmas Greetings was presented by Australian Boys Choral Institute on Sunday the 15th December 2019 at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre.
Take a look at the beautiful photos by Jane Kupsch.
The Avalanches and Australian Boys Choir spent time recording in November 2019. The Avalanches new single 'We Will Always Love You', has just released to rave reviews, hear it for yourself.
Read more about what our Artistic Director Nick Dinopoulos and Senior Singer Ryland Mitchell had to tell The New Daily about rehearsing via Zoom during coronavirus pandemic.
In 2014, the Australian Boys Choir hosted an exhibition in the Yarra Gallery at Federation Square. A dedicated team of volunteers and Australian Boys Choir staff worked for over a year to design an exhibition and program to commemorate the Australian Boys Choir 75th year.
At 13 years old, Colin joined 20 other boys as one of the seniors at the very first rehearsal of the Australian Boys Choir on 20th October 1939. He was number 2 on the roll.
Over 60 years ago I won an audition to become a probationer in Australia’s first and finest boys’ choir, the Australian Boys Choir. In my day, we sang in concert and town halls right across the nation. That was unheard of for a young boy.
Following the ABC’s successful tour of Tasmania in 1951, the Tasmanian Boys Choir, established by Jeffrey Boyes, applied for affiliation. In 1952 it became the Hobart branch of the Australian Boys Choir.
With the Australian Boys Choir’s expansion in the early 1950s, the Adelaide branch was established in 1953. Robert Murray was the State Director, with considerable input from Richard Flynn, the choir’s SA representative until 1979.