Reflections from Emily on the two French Requiems

Emily Cox

We asked Music Director Emily Cox to share with us what the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems meant to her, on the eve of our performance of them on Oct 13 2024. Brisbane Chorale last performed the Fauré Requiem and Duruflé…

The Creation Collaboration

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 Chorale and Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir join forces for the first time to present Franz…

Music Director Emily Cox and the Mendelssohn project

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…

Thoughts from Emily Cox AM – A Joyful Noise 2021

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 be very difficult and challenging. But as Emily and the choir are working towards what…

Reflections from Emily, chorusmaster for The Bells

What can the audience expect to experience by seeing “The Bells” from a choral perspective? The essence of choral / symphonic music is that blend of orchestral, choral and solo textures, lifted to another level by words.  It’s really a…