
Chorale Conversations: Paul McMahon, tenor
What are you most looking forward to about the upcoming performance? I always look forward to performing interesting repertoire with outstanding colleagues; this performance is
What are you most looking forward to about the upcoming performance? I always look forward to performing interesting repertoire with outstanding colleagues; this performance is
How many male classical music composers can you name? Now how many female classical music composers can you name, particularly from before the 20th century?
What are you most looking forward to about the upcoming performances of ‘The Creation’? There are so many things I’m looking forward to. Singing this
What are you most looking forward to about the upcoming performances of ‘The Creation’? The greatest joys of making music are the communities with which
A musical partnership which had humble beginnings in the late 1980s at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music is about to bear tremendous fruit when Brisbane
Tell us a bit about your musical background, including how many years you have sung in a choir? I was born in Serbia, learned how
What originally drew you to choose to learn the violin? We grew up in a small town in far North Queensland called Atherton, and our
Tell us a bit about your musical background, including how many years you have sung in a choir?I played piano as a kid and have
For Brisbane Chorale’s conductor Emily Cox AM, the choir’s upcoming performance of works by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn on 1st May 2022 is
Tell us a bit about your musical background, including how many years you have sung in a choir? I’ve studied music in high school and
Now that Chloe, one of Chorale’s sopranos, is part of our musical leadership team, we felt it was the perfect time to get to know
Like anyone who makes a living as a professional performer or musician, Brisbane Chorale’s music director Emily Cox AM has found the post-COVID era to
As a professional musician, what’s it been like for you since COVID-19 began? On the plus side, there has been much more time to practise,
Tell us a little about your early life – what made you realise you wanted your future to be in music? Music emerged in me
As a performing artist, what’s it been like for you since COVID-19 began? As a professional musician the post COVID-19 landscape has been bleak to
Tell us a bit about your musical background, including, how many years you have sung in a choir? I was raised in a family that
Gustav Mahler was born in Bohemia in 1860 and died in Vienna in 1911. He was the second of 12 children but only six of
Tell us a bit about your musical background, including, how many years you have sung in a choir? I went to an all-boys school, primary
Tell us a bit about your musical background, including how many years you have sung in a choir? I started my musical journey at age
You studied both clarinet and conducting at UQ. What made you decide you wanted to become a conductor? Through the clarinet I discovered Mozart and
What can the audience expect to experience by seeing “The Bells” from a choral perspective? The essence of choral / symphonic music is that blend
Tell us a bit about your musical background, including, how many years you have sung in a choir I first joined the primary school choir
As a professional singer, what’s it been like for you since COVID-19 began? It’s been pretty soul destroying. I have sung with Opera Qld for
Brisbane Chorale is seeking new members in all voice parts (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) for its 2021 season and according to Music Director Emily
As a professional singer, what’s it been like for you since COVID-19 began? Firstly, it has been the loss of income which has hit hard
As a professional singer, what’s it been like for you since COVID-19 began? It’s certainly been a year of change, with many disappointments for so
He loved to walk in nature He was a great walker and had a passionate love of nature, even in depressingly prolonged periods of rain:
Beloved…that word springs to mind when I think of the Brahms Requiem …especially now, it feels very much like music for our time. Brisbane Chorale
In these uncertain times, creativity and flexibility are critical to navigating a situation none of us have experienced before. When we had to stop rehearsals
In your work as a nurse, what’s it been like since COVID-19 began? I am a neonatal nurse and work as part of the Clinical
After what has seemed a long (but very necessary) break from our familiar busy practice and concert schedule, midway through July the Brisbane Chorale began
Dr Stephanie JohnsonPaediatric Endocrinologist, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, South BrisbaneVisiting fellow, Queensland University of Technology In your work as a medical specialist, what’s it been
Many of you will have read articles in the press about the potential for singing to spread Covid-19. Research suggests that aerosols (miniscule particles of
In our inaugural Chorale Conversation, which is a regular monthly series of profiles of particular Chorale members, we’ve invited Stephen Brierley, Emergency Physician, to share
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