Celebration Sing Out! e-News #2
Thursday 18th June 2026
BRETT WEYMARK OAM, Patron WARREN FISHER, Artistic Director |
Celebration Sing Out! acknowledges the people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the land we live and work on, who harnessed the power of music, for ceremony, community and healing. |
OUR CHOIR IS BORN!
It is growing every day!
HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET? |
Welcome to those who have already put their hands up to create more choral magic for 2026: Our choir already includes previous CSO! singers, first time singers, and some members of the 2025 audience who were inspired to move from the stalls and gallery onto the concert platform for 2026. It's another fabulous opportunity for connection and wellbeing through music. Leadership by the legendary Brett Weymark OAM and the inspiring teaching of Warren Fisher, our choral conductors. Hundreds of youth and adults will sing glorious harmonies as Soprano, Alto Tenor, and Bass voices rise up and blend. Favourite repertoire: Mozart, Tchaikovsky & Peter Allen One unforgettable day of final rehearsal and concert on Sunday 1st November. Magnificent accompaniment by the TOPS full symphony orchestra and the internationally-revered Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ. Iconic Sydney Town Hall venue. Profound concert for a meaningful cause:
Music therapy for kids who are very sick in hospital.
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Requiem (excerpts) by Mozart 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
The choral version, complete with canon and
the Sydney Town Hall grand pipe organ! The Boy From Oz PLUS Massed Primary School Choirs
AND Guest performers
WITH Audience participation,
massed primary, youth & adult choirs and TOPS orchestra I Still Call Australia Home |
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Are you new to singing harmony in a choir?
No worries! The guide tracks and sample performances are wonderful. Soak them up and sing along. You do not have to be note perfect on your own. The choir will help carry you!Drop us a note and we will guide you, or just follow the handy hints we send out, including in this newsletter.Email us here
Remember, if you can talk, you can sing.
And if you can sing, you can sing harmony! |
Reneze, Redfern Seventh-day Adventist Church singer, and a community member connected at Celebration Sing Out! though the deep experience of great music. |
Learning the music is laid out for you!
High quality and clearly presented print music and audio tracks are available online for you to view, listen and download.
Check out the resources here!EASY STEPS TO LEARNING the MUSIC Listen lots. On your phone, in your car, around the house and more. Simply soak it in. Conduct, move or dance to the music. Vocalise: Choose familiar or repeated moments in the music to hum or use a la, loo or any other other syllable to match your line. If you are finding or difficulty with the pitch range, try a different Soprano Alto Tenor or Bass (SATB) voice type. Text: Learn the text from the page, separately from the music. Say it out loud, in rhythm, or not in rhythm. Play around with it! Speak the text along with the guide tracks to get the rhythm into place Text + Pitch: Gradually start to add text to the pitch and sing familiar phrases from anywhere in the piece. Join up the bits: As you become familiar, start to connect the patches of music that you know. Known to Unknown: Work from the easier and known music gradually in to the more challenging and unfamiliar sections. Patch: Don't work from the beginning to the end of a piece. Learn or sing from anywhere that grabs you in a particular piece, and gradually learn the connecting sections. Rehearsals: Connect live, online or listen afterwards to Notes@Knox and Notes@Knox Extra rehearsals
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NOTES @ KNOX
Note learning and rehearsals |
Concert Day rehearsal. Smiles all round! |
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We share the healing power of music. |
Continuing our support for the Music Therapy Unit of the Children's Hospital at Westmead in 2026 |
Singing the choir is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Register online Learn the music at your pace, in your space. Final rehearsal and Concert Day, Sunday 1st November
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Optional weekly live-streamed rehearsals from Knox Grammar School are also available online as recordings, making participation easier for to fit in to busy lives, and for those in the outer suburbs, the regions and interstate. |
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SPREAD THE WORD! Forward this e-News to anyone and everyone who you would like to part of the Celebration Sing Out! experience. |
The Occasional Performing Sinfonia
-TOPS-
CSO! 2026 PARTNER ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT THIS SUNDAY21st June, 2pm
VENUE: North Sydney Girls High School
All funds to Music Therapy, for the Children's Hospital at Westmead
The Best of Baroque
Gabrielli
Bach
Lully
Handel
Warnock
TICKETS: Humanitix and at the door
Use the QR Code or click on the flyer image. |
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Why Singing Matters
Singing together is uplifting, energising and deeply human.
Research continues to show that group singing can reduce stress, improve wellbeing, strengthen social connection and build confidence. Many singers describe choir participation as one of the highlights of their year.
Celebration Sing Out! is more than a concert.
It is community.
It is friendship.
It is joy.
It is purpose.
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REGISTER TO SING WITH
Celebration Sing Out! today!
Click here |
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Reconnect with Old Friends & Great Music
Former school music campers, choir members, instrumentalists and music teachers are especially invited to reconnect through the joy of music-making once again.
Many adult singers return each year to sing alongside former students, colleagues and lifelong friends while reliving the excitement of great performances in Sydney Town Hall.
Whether your musical journey began in a school choir, music camp, church choir or community ensemble — Celebration Sing Out! welcomes you home. |
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Celebration Sing Out! in the Sydney Town Hall is made possible with the support of |
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Got a question? Got a suggestion?
Tell us why or how you are participating in Celebration Sing Out 2026 - we'd love to hear from you! E. celebrationsingout@gmail.com |
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Spread the word, spread the love |
Celebration Sing Out! needs your help to amplify the love!
Please post and share to help us drive awareness, participation and support for this worthy cause.
Sing it loud and let the world know about your own Celebration Sing Out! musical journey. |
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