Information current as at FEBRUARY 2023

Choir's Email Address: secretary@camberwellchorale.org.au

Choir's Website: camberwellchorale.org.au

Vision statement / Artistic goals: To encourage and promote the study, practice and appreciation of the art of choral singing, provide members with the opportunity to learn and perform significant choral works at the highest achievable level, and to provide the community with quality music at an affordable price

Voice type: SATB

Choir performs: Accompanied

Year Choir formed: 1944

No. of Singing Members - Currently: 90 Desired: 100

Musical Repertoire: Major choral works - eg. masses, oratorios, passion music; a variety of smaller sacred and secular works

Musical Director: Douglas Heywood OAM

No. of years in current post: since 1974

Previous musical experience: Douglas Heywood OAM, well-known as the Choral Director of Channel Nine's "Carols By Candlelight", and the second of only two Conductors of Camberwell Chorale since its founding in 1944

Choir's past collaborations with other musical groups: Camberwell Chorale is normally accompanied by the Camerata Orchestra, founded by its Musical Director in 1975, and has enjoyed past collaborations with the Box Hill Chorale and West Gippsland Chorale

Audition: No

Minimum Attendance policy - Rehearsals: Yes Concerts: Yes

Membership Fees: Full $350 p.a., Concession $275 p.a., Students $120 p.a., Single Concert $120, Single Concert concession $90, Single Concert student $60

Ability to read music: Desirable

Sight-reading ability: Desirable

Av. No. of rehearsals/week: 1

Usual rehearsal night(s): Tuesday

Suburb: Camberwell

Rehearsal venue: Camberwell Baptist Church, cnr Riversdale Rd and Wills St, near Camberwell Junction

Off-street parking: Some spaces available

Performance Apparel: Ladies - Long sleeved black top, ankle length black shirt or slacks; Gents - Dinner suit and black bow tie as directed

Av. No. of Concert Programs/year: 4

Av. No. of Performances/year: 4

Sample of the Choir's past Concert Venues: Camberwell Centre, Hawthorn Arts Centre, Williamstown Town Hall, various churches

Examples of musical pieces performed: The Messiah (Handel); Masses by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert; St John's Passion (Bach), Elijah (Mendelssohn); works by Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Parry, and varying opera choruses and choral favourites; the Australian premier performance of Ethyl Smyth's Mass in D

Touring: Yes - Melbourne Metro Area/Regional Victoria

Administration / Governance arrangements for the Choir: Management Committee

Types of Committees: Management Committee, Social Committee

Own collection of music scores: Yes

Available for hire to other groups: Yes

Hiring fees apply: Yes