Information current as at DECEMBER 2006

Choir's Email Address: audition@ormond.unimelb.edu.au

Choir's Website: www.ormond.unimelb.edu.au/collegelife/music/choir.shtml

Vision statement / Artistic goals: To sing the best choral music of the last 500 years, in the best possible way

Voice type: SATB

Choir performs: Both unaccompanied & accompanied

Year Choir formed: 1982

No. of Singing Members - Currently: 24 Desired: 24

Musical Repertoire: Wide-ranging; early Renaissance masters, Baroque - particularly JS Bach, 19th & 20th century choral music, contemporary Australian choral music, the Choir has so far recorded 7 CDs - Music From Heaven, Bach, Byrd, Britten, I Can Tell The World, I Heard The Owl Call My Name, Missa Brevis (Kodaly), Beatus Vir, We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Musical Director: John O'Donnell

No. of years in current post: since Dec 2006

Previous musical experience: Keyboard player of Capella Corelli, Musical Director of the Choir of the Canterbury Fellowship, founder/director of the celebrated chamber choir Ensemble Gombert, University organist at Monash University

Choir's past collaborations with other musical groups: The Australian Baroque Ensemble, the ABC, Musica Viva, Melbourne International Festival, Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne & Monash Universities, Melb. International Festival of Organ and Harpsichord, Port Fairy Festival, The Ballarat Opera Festival, Fremantle Bach Festival, Mildura Arts Festival

Audition: Yes; sight-reading and pitch tests; Members of the Choir are usually resident members of Ormond College

Minimum Attendance policy - Rehearsals: Yes Concerts: Yes

Membership Fees: none

Ability to read music: Essential

Sight-reading ability: Essential

No. of rehearsals/week: 2

Usual rehearsal night(s): Wednesday & Sunday

Suburb: Parkville

Rehearsal venue: The Choir Room, Ormond College

Off-street parking: Yes

Performance Apparel: For sacred music - gowns; other performances - black tie / long black

Av. No. of Concert Programs/year: 20

Av. No. of Performances/year: 60

Sample of the Choir's past Concert Venues: Ormond College Chapel, Melbourne Concert Hall, various Cathedrals and Churches in Melbourne, various interstate and overseas venues

Examples of musical pieces performed: St Matthew Passion, St John's Passion, B Minor Mass, Magnificat and several Cantatas (Bach), Messiah and Coronation Anthems (Handel), Gloria (Poulenc), Requiem (Faure), Requiem (Howells), various new choral works by Australian composers

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

Administration / Governance arrangements for the Choir: All administration and governance of the Choir is coordinated by the Master's Office at Ormond College

Types of Committees: Choir Management Committee

Own collection of music scores: Yes

Available for hire to other groups: No