Penrith City Choir 2024 Program

‘WITH A VOICE OF SINGING’
 
Sunday 7 April, 2.00 pm
Glenbrook Baptist Church, King Street, Glenbrook
 
Penrith City Choir presents a program of sublime contemporary choral music with a strong
local and Australian flair. Join us for the premiere of new music by the choir’s own local
composers; David Morris, Jane Andino, and Rowen Fox.

Guest soprano soloist Julie Jong Eun Barber will also perform highlights from her recently
recorded album The Breaking of the Drought: the songs of the Australian composer, Roy
Agnew.

This delightful program of popular contemporary works, original compositions, and some
timeless favourites also features music by Morten Lauridsen, Bob Chilcott, Martin Shaw, Kim
André Arnesen, Mozart and Mendelssohn.

Julie Barber, soprano
Rowen Fox, conductor
Jane Andino, pianist

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‘AT THE MOVIES’
 
Sunday 19 May, 3.00pm
The Joan, Penrith
 
PCC will form part of Penrith Symphony Orchestra’s Festival Chorus in this program of
classics and favourites from some of the greatest soundtracks of all time. 

https://www.thejoan.com.au/events/at-the-movies/
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ROSSINI ‘STABAT MATER’
 
Sunday 11 August, 3:00 pm
St Finbar’s Church, Levy Street, Glenbrook

The ‘Stabat Mater’ for chorus and soloists was composed late in Rossini’s career after he
retired from the composition of opera, yet it still contains all the hallmarks of his flamboyant
style. Dramatic and moody choral movements are interspersed with arias of show stopping

virtuosity for the four soloists. Previous guest artists, soprano Julie Jong Eun Barber, and
mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Cooper join us once again, along with tenor Joshua Oxley and
bass-baritone Timothy Nunn.
 
The performance will be accompanied by Heather Moen Boyd on St Finbar’s organ. The organ was
built in Plymouth in the 1880s then moved to Glenbrook in 1995 where it has been lovingly
restored and redecorated.
 
Julie Barber, soprano
Elizabeth Cooper, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Oxley, tenor
Timothy Nunn, bass-baritone
Rowen Fox, conductor
Heather Moen Boyd, organist

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HANDEL ‘MESSIAH’
 
Sunday 1 December, 3.00pm
The Joan, Penrith
 
‘Messiah’ is Handel’s best known work and has been a fixture on the concert stage ever
since its premiere in Dublin in 1742.
 
Co-produced with Penrith Symphony Orchestra this much-loved work features four
exceptional soloists and chorus.
 
Paul Terracini, Artistic Director and conductor
Rowen Fox, Chorus Director

https://www.thejoan.com.au/events/messiah-pso/