Information current as at APRIL 2017

Choir's Email Address: contact@fdsingers.com

Choir's Website: www.fdsingers.com

Vision statement / Artistic goals: To perform with excellence the range of music written and arranged for women's ensembles

Voice type: All Female Singers

Choir performs: Both Unaccompanied & Accompanied

Year Choir formed: 1994

No. of Singing Members - Currently: 35 Desired: 45

Musical Repertoire: All eras - mostly from Romantic and 20th-21st Century, Australian music, premieres of new works, exploring major works for women from 16th and 17th Century orphanages of Venice

Musical Director: Faye Dumont

No. of years in current post: since 1994

Previous musical experience: Wide range of musical experience, from chamber choirs to massed choirs

Choir's past collaborations with other musical groups: With orchestras by invitation - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stonnington Symphony Orchestra; also orchestras drawn together for own programs; Melbourne Master Singers, several women's choirs, Organiser of "Voices of Women" choral festival, one of the choirs making up the Classical Spectacular Chorus (Melbourne Park, 2000), participant in annual Sing Christmas (Melbourne Town Hall)

Audition: Yes - a song, exercises, sight reading

Minimum Attendance policy - Rehearsals: Yes Concerts: Yes

Membership Fees: $350 p.a. (full fee); $250 p.a. (Conc.); $180 p.a. (Student)

Ability to read music: Essential

Sight-reading ability: Essential

Av. No. of rehearsals/week: 1

Usual rehearsal night(s): Tuesday

Suburb: East Melbourne

Rehearsal venue: Holy Trinity Church

Off-street parking: No

Performance Apparel: Black skirt and camisole, green jacket

Av. No. of Concert Programs/year: 4

Av. No. of Performances/year: 8

Sample of the Choir's past Concert Venues: Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne Town Hall, St Johns Church Southgate, other churches, Rippon Lea, Melbourne Park, Convent Chapel (Abbotsford)

Examples of musical pieces performed: Gloria (Vivaldi), Ceremony of Carols (Britten), small works programmes, carols, imaginative thematic concerts (eg. love songs and poetry, animals, birds), Miserere (Hasse), Dixit Dominus (Galuppi), Magnificat (Porpora), Miserere (Allegri), Ave Maria (Biebl), Beatus Vir (Vivaldi), Seal Lullaby (Whitacre)

Touring: Yes - Melbourne Metro Area/Regional Victoria/Interstate/Overseas (UK, France, Switzerland, Italy in 2016)

Administration / Governance arrangements for the Choir: Board of Faye Dumont Singers, Committee of the Melbourne Women's Choir, assistance from Administrator

Types of Committees: Social, Fundraising, Concert Management

Own collection of music scores: Yes

Available for hire to other groups: Yes

Hiring fees apply: Yes