Information current as at JUNE 2007

Choir's Email Address: southeastphil@fastmail.fm

Choir's Website: www.vicnet.net.au/~sephil

Vision statement / Artistic goals: A community-based choir dedicated to the highest performance standards; to extend the experience of amateur singers and present a variety of works, including lesser-known works by well-known composers

Voice type: SATB

Choir performs: Both unaccompanied & accompanied

Year Choir formed: 1992

No. of Singing Members - Currently: 25 Desired: 35

Musical Repertoire: Includes works of the great composers, as well as lighter programs of folk, musicals and spirituals for functions and community events

Musical Director: Yanna Talpis

No. of years in current post: since 2007

Previous musical experience: Yanna Talpis is a highly experienced conductor, concert pianist, vocal coach, chamber musician and teacher; she has Master of Music degrees from the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow (Piano Performance and Conducting) and The University of Melbourne (Conducting) where she studied under Professor John Hopkins OBE; she has performed in Russia, New Zealand and Australia, with major Symphony Orchestras and Choirs in Moscow, Melbourne, Sydney and Wellington, and she conducted the world premiere of Australian composer Christopher Willcock's Akhmatova Requiem for the City of Melbourne; Yanna continues her involvement with Conducting Schools internationally

Choir's past collaborations with other musical groups: Whitehorse Orchestra, Waverley Concert Band, Concordis at PLC's Porgy and Bess, Faye Dumont's choirs and others by invitation for "Sing Christmas" in 2000, Box Hill Chorale's Requiem Mass 2003, Maroondah Symphony Orchestra, Yarra Valley Singers and Cecilian Singers' Messiah 2003, Shakespeare on the River Festival Stratford

Audition: Yes - new members are assessed for blend and balance

Minimum Attendance policy - Rehearsals: Yes Concerts: Yes

Membership Fees: $40 p.a. ($35 conc.) plus rehearsal fees $50 ($40 conc.) 3 times per year with a discount for 12 months payment or $5 per night casual rate; $20 library deposit

Ability to read music: Desirable

Sight-reading ability: Desirable

Av. No. of rehearsals/week: 1

Usual rehearsal night(s): Monday

Suburb: Mt Waverley

Rehearsal venue: St Luke's Uniting Church

Off-street parking: Yes

Performance Apparel: Ladies - long black skirt or trousers, black blouse, supplied teal blue scarf; Gents - Dinner suit, white shirt and supplied teal blue bow tie;

Informal - black Tee shirt with choir logo, black clothing

Av. No. of Concert Programs/year: 3

Av. No. of Performances/year: 5

Sample of the Choir's past Concert Venues: Toorak Uniting Church, Ewing Memorial Church, Monash University Religious Centre, Ormond Uniting Church, St John's Anglican (East Malvern), St Lukes Uniting Church (Mt Waverley), West Hawthorn Uniting Church, Civic ceremonies of the City of Monash, Auburn Uniting Church (Hawthorn), Stratford Mechanics Institute, Presbyterian Ladies College, Monash Civic Centre Autumn Concert Series, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Burwood Uniting Church, St Stephens Anglican Church (Mt Waverley)

Examples of musical pieces performed: popular medleys, spirituals and freedom songs, folk songs, light opera (Gilbert and Sullivan, Porgy and Bess), madrigals, Gypsy songs (Brahms, Seiber, Bartok), classical programs of secular and sacred music including an annual 'Tribute to St Cecilia' concert (Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Bruckner, Rutter and Finzi)

Touring: No

Administration / Governance arrangements for the Choir: Committee - President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Concert Manager, Publicity Officer, Librarian, Conductor

Own collection of music scores: Yes

Available for hire to other groups: Yes

Hiring fees apply: Yes