Congratulations to SoundsLikeSydney’s friends who have won placings in the 2011 Sydney Eisteddfod! Edmond Choo was placed first in the 21-28 year Male Voices category, as was Morgan Pearse in the Lieder section in the same age group. Pearse won numerous other placings, winning second place in the French Song, Australian Art Song and Male Voices categories for his age, and third place in…
Felix Mendelssohns’s most prolific output was not for orchestras, but for choirs and solo voices. A recent feature in Classic FM magazine estimates his orchestral works as comprising just 12 % of his opus whilst choral and vocal music represent the single largest genre at a sizeable 33%. Most of his best writing is said…
Watching soloists take their curtain calls absorbing the appreciation of the audience, the rise to solo status seems so easy; a natural progression. The scenario belies their years of training and practice, the personal and financial sacrifices, and the unerring focus on the longer term goals. Tenor Edmond Choo has his goals firmly in sight….