Information current as at AUGUST 2005

0407 055 846 (BH + AH)

Choir's Email Address: jdownie@bigpond.net.au

Choir's Website: www.starchorale.org/

Vision statement / Artistic goals: Bringing together the MLC Old Collegians' and Male Voice Choirs to continue and enhance a tradition of excellence in the performance of choral music

Voice type: SATB

Choir performs: Accompanied

Year Choir formed: 2000

No. of Singing Members - Currently: 110 Desired: 140, particularly men

Musical Repertoire: Requiem (Faure and Mozart), Gloria (v), Creation (Haydn), Elijah (Mendelssohn), Christmas Story (Schutz), excerpts from Christmas Oratorio (Bach), Messiah (Handel), works by Britten, Vaughan Williams, Bizet and John Rutter

Musical Director: Jane Elton Brown

No. of years in current post: 5

Previous musical experience: Jane Elton Brown graduated from the University of Melbourne, BMus, DipEd, subsequently gaining the degree of Master of Music (Melb) with First Class Honours; she was Director of Music at MLC for 29 years; she has toured England with the MLC Chorale, and her work includes commercial recordings, radio and television broadcasts as well as live performances; Jane has conducted performances of major choral/orchestral works, including Mendelssohn's Elijah, Carmina Burana, Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Verdi's Requiem, and Haydn's Creation; she was appointed Conductor of the Glen Eira City Choir in 2001, is an experienced examiner in music, adjudicator at eisteddfods, a member of the Board of the Faculty of Music and of the Committee of Convocation at the University of Melbourne

Choir's past collaborations with other musical groups: n/a

Audition: No

Minimum Attendance policy - Rehearsals: No Concerts: Yes

Membership Fees: $75 ($50 conc.) for Semester 1, Semester 2 TBA

Ability to read music: Highly Desirable

Sight-reading ability: Highly Desirable

Av. No. of rehearsals/week: 1

Usual rehearsal night(s): Tuesday

Suburb: Kew

Rehearsal venue: MLC School

Off-street parking: Yes

Performance Apparel: Ladies - full length black skirt, black top (long or 3/4 sleeve), black shoes and hose; Gents - black trousers, long-sleeved white shirt with burgundy bow tie (provided), black shoes and hose (This may be varied on occasions)

Av. No. of Concert Programs/year: 2

Av. No. of Performances/year: 3

Sample of the Choir's past Concert Venues: Collins Street Baptist Church, Uniting Church (Oxley Road, Hawthorn), The Camberwell Centre, Dallas Brooks Hall

Examples of musical pieces performed: Requiem (Faure), Gloria and 4 short anthems (Rutter),

Touring: No

Administration / Governance arrangements for the Choir: Elected Committee

Types of Committees: Social, Fundraising, Organising

Own collection of music scores: Yes - small collection

Available for hire to other groups: Yes

Hiring fees apply: Yes