Choristry is a 35-voice mixed vocal ensemble dedicated to performing a diverse range of choral music to the highest standard in and around Melbourne, Australia.
We are delighted to have Daniel Brinsmead as Choristry's artistic director.
In addition to our concerts, we are open to performing at your event. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
We are delighted to have Daniel Brinsmead as Choristry's artistic director.
In addition to our concerts, we are open to performing at your event. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
A Flock of birdsChoristry's second concert of 2025 features choral music about birds. This eclectic program ranges from Orlando Gibbons to contemporary pieces by Eric Whitacre and Joseph Twist, taking in along the way some folk song arrangements from as far afield as Korea, including a new one by our own Daniel Brinsmead, and some fun arrangements of popular music.
Join Choristry, conductor Daniel Brinsmead and pianist Beth Ylvisaker in a celebration of our feathered friends. |
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Join UsWe are seeking expressions of interest from all voice parts, especially male voices, to join us for our 2025 season and beyond.
Applicants should display competent music reading skills and the ability to work well within an ensemble of dedicated musicians. If you'd like to be part of this hard-working yet fun-loving ensemble, find out about auditions by clicking the button below. Go on. We're nice. |
OUR STORY
Choristry was established by Trevor Jones under the name DeChorum in 2008. The name of the ensemble was changed to Choristry in August 2009.
A fully-auditioned choir, Choristry was formed with the express commitment of performing beautiful choral music at the highest standard. All members of Choristry are experienced vocal performers, many of them soloists in their own right.
The choir’s inaugural concert, a performance of L’Enfance du Christ by Berlioz, was given in support of the Hush Foundation in December 2008 and recorded by radio station 3MBS.
Since then, the ensemble’s diverse repertoire has included Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, Britten’s St Nicolas, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s Magnificat and Cantata 140, works by Eric Whitacre and Randall Thompson and a number of contemporary Australian works by composers including Stephen Leek, Iain Grandage and Matthew Orlovich.
As well as presenting its own concerts, Choristry performed at the 2009 Australia Day concert at Melbourne’s Federation Square and has participated in several services at the city’s St Paul’s Cathedral. Choristry also performs at the University of Melbourne's annual body donor Commemorative Thanksgiving Service.
Between 2015 and 2018, Choristry performed under the artistic direction of Dan Walker, a preeminent composer and one of Australia's most sought-after vocal specialists. In 2019, Choristry was delighted to perform with Dr Calvin Bowman as our musical director, a brilliant composer of art songs and choral works as well as a well-known Melbourne organist who performed the complete Bach organ works twice in public.
In 2020 we were thrilled to welcome Daniel Brinsmead as our new musical director.
A fully-auditioned choir, Choristry was formed with the express commitment of performing beautiful choral music at the highest standard. All members of Choristry are experienced vocal performers, many of them soloists in their own right.
The choir’s inaugural concert, a performance of L’Enfance du Christ by Berlioz, was given in support of the Hush Foundation in December 2008 and recorded by radio station 3MBS.
Since then, the ensemble’s diverse repertoire has included Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, Britten’s St Nicolas, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s Magnificat and Cantata 140, works by Eric Whitacre and Randall Thompson and a number of contemporary Australian works by composers including Stephen Leek, Iain Grandage and Matthew Orlovich.
As well as presenting its own concerts, Choristry performed at the 2009 Australia Day concert at Melbourne’s Federation Square and has participated in several services at the city’s St Paul’s Cathedral. Choristry also performs at the University of Melbourne's annual body donor Commemorative Thanksgiving Service.
Between 2015 and 2018, Choristry performed under the artistic direction of Dan Walker, a preeminent composer and one of Australia's most sought-after vocal specialists. In 2019, Choristry was delighted to perform with Dr Calvin Bowman as our musical director, a brilliant composer of art songs and choral works as well as a well-known Melbourne organist who performed the complete Bach organ works twice in public.
In 2020 we were thrilled to welcome Daniel Brinsmead as our new musical director.
DANIEL BRINSMEAD
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Daniel Brinsmead (b 1988) is an award-winning composer and graduate of the School of Music at the Australian National University where he received a Bachelor of Music with Honours for performance studies in Classical Voice.
In 2016 he completed a Master of Music majoring in Choral Conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, UK. His choral compositions and arrangements have been performed worldwide. He was selected as one of eight winners from 918 international entries to record his composition ‘Come Sleep’ for the Abbey Road Anthem Competition in 2011 to celebrate the studio’s 80th anniversary. This recording was conducted and performed by Eric Whitacre and his singers. He has several published choral titles. Daniel currently resides and works in Melbourne, Australia, as the Musical Director of several choirs, a singing and piano tutor, accompanist, composer, arranger and orchestrator. Visit www.danbrinsmead.com for more information. |
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