Experience the artistic and musical excellence of Avondale Conservatorium’s outstanding performers and composers at this end-of-academic-year celebration during Avondale College of Higher Education’s graduation weekend.
Soiree
Sunday, November 26, 2017Celebrate the launch of the 2018 Avondale Concert Series and support Avondale Conservatorium as it offers a quality and a diverse education in music.
The People’s Messiah
Saturday, October 28, 2017Choose your own adventure by joining the Conservatorium of Music at Avondale College of Higher Education for its traditional end-of-academic-year performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
The justice of the Jesus story in song
Thursday, October 26, 2017I remember my mother waking me and tugging me up off the floor to stand with 5600 other people at the Sydney Opera House. Bedtime had come and gone, but I shuffled to my feet. Wow! The sound of the choir and the orchestra struck me. “Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth!” Messiah composer George Frideric Handel said of writing the “Hallelujah” chorus, “I did think I did see all heaven before me, and the great God himself.” But not everyone agreed. What happened after controversial and wealthy theologian Charles Jennens commissioned the story of Jesus in the new oratorio style?
Launch: The Promise Songbook
Saturday, September 23, 2017The Sydney launch of a new album of original songs written for and performed by The Promise.
Gospel Homecoming
Saturday, August 26, 2017A Gaither Homecoming-style concert celebrating the history of gospel music. Featuring: Paul Woodward and the Gospel Big Band, The Promise and Avondale Jazz Ensemble.