Information current as at SEPTEMBER 2017

(03) 9513 9992 OR 9818 7105 (BH + AH)

Choir's Email Address: bookings@tudorchoristers.org.au

Choir's Website: www.tudorchoristers.org.au

Vision statement / Artistic goals: To rehearse and perform good choral music from any period, with particular attention to the music of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Voice type: SATB

Choir performs: Both accompanied & unaccompanied

Year Choir formed: 1962

No. of Singing Members - Currently: 28 Desired: 30-35

Musical Repertoire: Good choral music of all periods, both sacred and secular - Bach, Byrd, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Britten, Vaughan Williams

Musical Director: Dr Kathleen McGuire

No. of years in current post: since 2017

Previous musical experience: Dr Kathleen McGuire is a choral and orchestral conductor, arranger, composer, music educator, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist; from 2000 to 2010 Kathleen served as the first female Artistic Director and conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the world's first openly gay choral organization; in 2010, she established Singers of the Street, a choir of people affected by homelessness in San Francisco; Kathleen became a US citizen in 2011 and in 2013 returned to Australia to serve as Director of Music at Queen's College (University of Melbourne) and Co-Artistic director of the School of Hard Knocks

Choir's past collaborations with other musical groups: Early Music Society

Audition: Yes - Solo audition with Musical Director, no prepared piece required

Minimum Attendance policy - Rehearsals: Yes Concerts: No

Membership Fees: $180 p.a.

Ability to read music: Highly desirable

Sight-reading ability: Desirable

Av. No. of rehearsals/week: 1

Usual rehearsal night(s): Wednesday, plus some Saturdays (PM)

Suburb: Hawthorn

Rehearsal venue: Auburn Uniting Church Hall

Off-street parking: Yes

Performance Apparel: Ladies - long black skirt, black top, red stole (supplied); Men - black trousers, black shirt

Av. No. of Concert Programs/year: 4

Av. No. of Performances/year: 6

Sample of the Choir's past Concert Venues: Our Lady of Victories' Basilica (Camberwell), St Patrick's Cathedral, Xavier College Chapel

Examples of musical pieces performed: Lamentations (Tallis), Hymn to St Cecilia (Britten), The Lamb (Tavener)

Touring: Yes - Melbourne Metro Area, Regional Victoria, Interstate, Overseas

Administration / Governance arrangements for the Choir: An Incorporated Association, run by a Committee

Types of Committees: General

Own collection of music scores: Yes

Available for hire to other groups: Yes

Hiring fees apply: Yes