Music Director Emily Cox AM
Elaine Hagenberg was born in 1979, and spent her early years as both a singer and a pianist. Educated at Drake University, she released her first published work in 2013, ‘I Will Be a Child of Peace’, an arrangement of a…
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? You’ve probably heard of Felix Mendelssohn, but have you heard of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel? Fanny…
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 the realisation of a dream which began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. But…
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 spontaneous phenomenon. In those days, children started musical education by the time they…
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 them survived to maturity. Whilst his childhood was difficult, he did receive a good education…
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: “I never found it dull” he said “Even when it rains I just have another…