Disappointingly for the second time we have had to “call off” our tour because of the COVID-19 restrictions in place in Western Australia announced on 20 January 2022. We will be looking at another suitable time hopefully some time later this year.
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Stacey Xiaoyu Yang joined the Choir as Accompanist in December 2021. Following completion of her degree in Medical Science at the University of Sydney in 2007, Stacey pursued her musical studies at Trinity College London and gained her Licentiate in Music (Piano) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2012.
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The Sydney Male Choir is delighted to announce the appointment of Asja Suljic as our new accompanist. Asja grew up in Sydney but at age 16 moved to Eastern Europe (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), where she completed high school and university. She completed a BA and MA in Piano Performance at the Music Academy of Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo.
She has worked as a piano teacher and accompanist in Sarajevo, performed as a chamber musician with the Trio Logos, and frequently collaborated with contemporary composers from the Western Balkans and UK.
Asja performed as a soloist and as part of an ensemble at workshops and music festivals in Sarajevo and Cardiff.
In 2020 she completed a post graduate Diploma in Collaborative Piano at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Some notable recitals during her time in Cardiff included John Psathas’ Cloudfolk, performing with soprano Molly Beere at the BBC Cardiff ‘Singer of the World’ Masterclass Series, repetiteur for Bizet’s Carmen with the Cardiff University Operatic Society and numerous vocal recitals and masterclasses with well known collaborative pianists.
In addition to her assignment as Accompanist for the Sydney Male Choir and Asja is a piano and singing teacher at Circle Music.
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Warwick Tyrrell is our new Musical Director and was appointed in July 2020. Warwick has an outstanding career in many facets of professional musicianship and the wider entertainment industry and has received many awards including an Australia Arts Council Conducting Fellowship with the Queensland Youth Orchestra.
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Covid-19 has inspired some innovative responses to the challenges it has presented. For the Sydney Male Choir it meant that all scheduled rehearsals and performances were suspended. But we were quickly “back in business” with regular weekly online rehearsals.
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Zenith Chae has been our accompanist since early 2019 – we were sad to hear recently that Zenith will be leaving us. She will be greatly missed and will always be a much respected friend of the choir.
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The bad news is that due to the Corona virus and the need for social distancing. The good news is that the surprise guest artist we had programmed for this year was the young internationally acclaimed singer Mark Vincent.
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