Corde, UNSW's chamber choir has existed as an advanced choir in UNSW's choral program since around 1985. Its membership consists of a small number of handpicked, auditioned singers (12-18), made up of undergraduate and postgraduate students, alumni and staff. Corde presents a small annual recital each year, performing challenging, unaccompanied repertoire in concert and also alongside the Collegium Musicum Choir. In recent years, the chamber choir's repertoire has included Copland's In the Beginning, Britten’s Sacred and Profane, Palestrina’s Missa Aeterna Christi Munera, Wesley-Smith's Who Killed Cock Robin? and Debussy's Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans. The evening program also includes the premiere performance of the Willgoss Choral Composition Prize.
Membership of Corde is by audition, and is based almost entirely on sight-singing, experience and vocal quality. Singers tend to be experienced choristers with high-level music literacy.
Members of Corde are eligible for the Willgoss Choral Prize each year.
Libby Abadee, soprano
Amy Andresson, soprano
Cherie Aquino, soprano
Luna Wenshuo Bao, bass
Jonathan Billingham, tenor
Logan Birchall, bass
Ruby Bron, soprano
Oliver Brunsdon, tenor
Blaize Cavalera-Sivis, bass
Lisa Chao, soprano
Ella Fisk, soprano
Evita Issa, soprano
Priscilla Issa, alto
Emma Korell, alto
Thomas Lee, bass
Seetha Nathan, alto
Rehearsals
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm Monday, during term
Location: Sir John Clancy Auditorium
Auditions
Auditions for Term 3 have now closed.
Corde 2019 (formally known as Burgundian Consort)
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