Celebration Sing Out! 2025
NEWSLETTER
Wednesday 17th September

From the land of the Burramattagal of the Eora Nation
We share the healing power of great choral and orchestral music.

Brett Weymark, OAM, Patron
Mal Hewitt OAM, Artistic Director
Warren Fisher, Co-Artistic Director

Warami (Welcome) to our ever-growing choir and to everyone contributing to Celebration Sing Out! 2025

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS!
80th Birthday concert for Mal

THE OCCASIONAL PERFORMING SINFONIA (TOPS)

and talented players from Knox Grammar School, Hornsby Girls High and North Sydney Girls High.

Presents:

MUSICAL FIREWORKS SUNDAY

A fundraising concert for Music Therapy at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

SEPTEMBER 28th, 2pm

Knox Grammar School Performing Arts Centre

Wenkart Theatre

Woodville Ave, Wahroonga

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/fireworks-celebration

Program to include:

HANDEL - ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC

STRAVINSKY - FIREBIRD SUITE

WILLIAMS - COWBOYS OVERTURE

MARQUEZ - DANZON NO. 2

CHAMINADE - CONCERTINO Flute soloist Alex Wan, Knox Grammar

Conductors:

Mal Hewitt OAM and Fiona Lucas

Let's Fill the Town Hall Faster!
Take action to boost Celebration Sing Out! ticket sales today

Bad news? It's all hands on deck!

Not one person has yet filled in the form to ask for printed copies of handbills or posters. Perhaps that is good news because you are printing your own. Yay! :-)
But maybe it is bad news .... Boo! ;-(

We need as many CSO 2025 performers, volunteers and supporters on deck as possible to build our audience for CSO! 2025.

One important way to do that is to get the printed material out into the community.

If you have time you have places where likely audience members could pick up an A6 (¼ page) or A5 (½ page) handbill, or high traffic and visibility locations (work, a business, shops, club etc.) where you can post (with permission) A4 or A3 posters, please make your request to receive printed copies ASAP.

Read the advertising suggestions below the poster for more ideas. Each of us has our own particular way to spread the word and get those ticket sales happening.

This is an image of the concert poster. The poster is available for you to distribute as far and wide as possible. Download it from the website, email, print and position it in high visibility and high traffic locations in your area. You can order printed copies. Details are in the article below.

Dear choristers, past singers, instrumentalist, wonderful volunteers and friends,

The Schtick
We need your voices off stage as well as on stage! The countdown is on to Celebration Sing Out! 2025 – our spectacular and iconic annual fundraising concert.

The Plug
Our concert isn’t just great music – it’s great music with a mission. Every ticket sold helps fund Music Therapy at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, giving comfort and healing to very sick kids throughout the year.

Posters & Handbills
To obtain your poster, click on the MEDIA tab. then scroll down to "CONCERT ADVERTISING POSTER - DOWNLOAD, PRINT, DISPLAY AND DISTRIBUTE".
The poster can be printed as handbills in A6 or A5, and as a poster in A4 or A3 to suit your purposes.

ORDER PRINTED COPIES (IT'S URGENT)
1. Print your own if possible
2. Copies can be mailed out to you if needed
If you would like us to send you printed copies of handbills or posters, please fill in the Google Form or Email us with your request if it for more then 100 copies.

DISTRIBUTE and DISPLAY
Place A6 (1/4 page) or A5 1/2 page) handbills where they will be picked up by potential audience members.
Post A4 or A3 posters in places that they will be highly visible and interested people will be able to scan the QR code to direct them to the booking page on the website.

Word of Mouth and Website

👉 Please share the booking link (below) widely with your friends, family, schools, and networks.
You may consider suggesting to people who cannot attend the concert that they make a donation. All donations are tax deductible. The donations portal is below Ticket Sales on the website. Every dollar counts!

Social Media and Email
If you are online, that is a great opportunity to spread the word. You are welcome to share the website links and anything else that will help you reach people and convince them to but tickets or donate.

Let’s make the iconic Sydney Town Hall ring with music and with generosity! And let's make the Fundraising platform rock!

Book or Donate Now: csme.org.au/cso-tix-and-donations

Invite people to scan the QR below to book or donate instantly ⬇️

Check out this QR code for the Tickets and Donations page on the website. It is on the handbills and poster too!

Buy your tickets to Celebration Sing Out! 2025 or donate, and share the joy and healing power of music!

"Your Voice Can Help Change a Child’s Life"

GREEN ROOM OUTSTANDING LEARNING RESOURCE

Singers, there is a wealth of material in the Green room for you to access music learning in ways that best suit your needs.

1. Sample performances on video and the Spotify Playlist
2. PDFs of scores for you to display on your screen, or to download and print
3. Audio tracks of your part for each piece. You can listen online or download to your device and play them where ever you are, even whilst driving.
4. Scrolling scores for the Armed Man. Listen, sing and follow the score.
5. Pro Tips for ways to learn and remember your parts (Learn your music like no-one's watching!).
6. Catch up rehearsal videos in the Green Room
Each video is fully annotated so you will always know where you're up to or where to find things. The rehearsal videos are intended to be enjoyed in tandem with the online audio tracks and the sheet music, as well as the Pro Tips for Singers in the Green Room, for viewing or download and print.

So, here's to your fun and convenient learning, at your own pace and in (almost) any place.

Happy singing!

LAST ONE for THIS SCHOOL TERM!

Notes@Knox
Live, online and catch up.
11 Woodville Ave, Wahroonga
Knox Performing Arts Centre Choir Room

Tonight, Wednesday, 24th September
7:30 - 8:30pm

Secondary Students and Adult Singers (Optional for all)

Last one for this school term!

Webcast (Online)
live-streamed [Click Here]

Catch-up on YouTube
Green Room for Secondary Schools and Adult Choir

Notes at Knox Next Term
October

FULL CHOIR REHEARSAL
Sunday 12th October, 10am 'til 3pm
Memorial Chapel, 2 Borambil Street, Wahroonga

FINAL WEDNESDAYS EXTRA

15th October, 7:30 - 8:30pm
At knox and Onine

FUNDRAISING SUCCESS!

The Spirit of Sydney Chorus is a community choir made up of approximately 35 women who love to sing. They are based on the North Shore of Sydney.

Congratulations, Spirit of Sydney Chorus, for raising several hundred dollars last night, 23rd September, at their "Family and Friends" fundraising evening. We don't have an exact figure yet, as money is still coming in and being counted :)
Cheers and thank you for another great boost for the healing power of music for kids who are very sick in the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

PLACES FOR MORE SINGERS REMAIN OPEN

If a capable singer wishes to join us for the concert, places remain open until concert day. Spread the word!
CLICK HERE for Singer Registration

PERMANENT LINK
Microsoft Teams
FOR ALL LIVE STREAMING
Use this link for all online rehearsals
CLICK HERE

Past newsletters and bulletins, publicity releases

If you need to find out what you may have missed or forgotten, newsletters and bulletins are posted under the MEDIA tab on the website. Click on the link below.

MEDIA

PRO TIPS for SINGERS
for getting the best out of the resources

Available for read or Download and Print in the Green Room
FIND YOUR RESOURCES HERE

WHAT'S ON

Notes@Knox Wednesdays Extra - Every Wednesday of the school term
Primary Choirs Workshop Day - September, TBA
Concert Day - Draft Itinerary CLICK HERE

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celebrationsingout@gmail.com
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Celebration Sing Out! 2025NEWSLETTERWednesday 17th September

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS!80th Birthday concert for Mal

Let's Fill the Town Hall Faster!Take action to boost Celebration Sing Out! ticket sales today