Celebration Sing Out! 2025
NEWSLETTER
CONCERT COUNTDOWN!
Thursday 9th October |
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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 |
"This is such a wonderful and rewarding time in our preparation for Celebration Sing Out!", said Warren Fisher, our Assistant Artistic Director. "We are about to bring it all together: Our in-person and real-time note learning and rehearsals, the streaming and catch-up at home, our singing along in our car or wherever else we can listen and sing privately at full voice ... we will now be creating our wonderful sound, working together as a single, momentous choir in an iconic space." |
This Sunday, 12th October, is the next "all in" rehearsal at Knox Grammar. This rehearsal brings together what we have learned so far with all the Notes@Knox Wednesdays Extra rehearsals, in place, streamed and catch-up, as well as our individual learning "in our place and at our pace" using the resources on the Green Room page.
Attendance this Sunday is recommended for those who are able to attend, but it is not essential. Our mighty choir hails from as far a-field as Western Australia, Queensland, Regional NSW and places closer, as well as greater Sydney.
Many of you will be relying on the streaming on the day, or the catch up videos afterwards. |
DETAILS for NOTES@ KNOX #2
What to expect: More Note-Learning and Rehearsal of the Concert Program
Attendance: Recommended but optional
Sessions will be live-streamed and recorded for your ease of access
on the day and afterwards.
"A special shout out and welcome
to those of you who have recently joined the choir!"
BEFORE THE DAY
Listening Preparation
VISIT THE GREEN ROOM
for complete and comprehensive resources.
ITINERARY
When: Sunday 12th of October
Arrive, morning tea: 10am Rehearsal: 10:20pm
Lunch: 12:30pm
Rehearsal 1:10pm
Conclusion: 3pm
GETTING THERE Train Warrawee Station,
then walk up Borambil Street
Driving
Turn down Borambil Street,
Enter the Knox Car Park from Borambil St.,
gates open from 9:30am
YOU'VE ARRIVED!
What to Expect
Complimentary tea, coffee (soy milk option) and biscuits when you arrive.
Bring you choir music a pencil and soft erasor to mark your score with rehearsal points. Books wil be available for those of you who have recently joined. ___________________________
LUNCH
Time out for lunch and to socialise in the grounds around the chapel. BYO Lunch, or share the group pizza order. (Not Dominos this time)
Large Pizza: $18 each.
Choice of toppings and gluten free.
Put your name on the list and pay Warren when you arrive ___________________________
PHOTOGRAPHS
Please take happy snaps during the day for us to include in the Newsletter, Facebook, Instagram or the website.
Providing captions and identifying subjects is helpful.
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Presentation to the conductors at the conclusion of the TOPS concert.
(L - R) Mal Hewitt OAM, Fiona Lucas and Warren Fisher. |
Hearty congratulations to The Occasional Performing Sinfonia (TOPS) and the talented players from Knox Grammar School, Hornsby Girls High and North Sydney Girls High for their splendid and uplifting performances at their MUSICAL FIREWORKS! concert, held in the Knox Grammar School Performing Arts Centre, Wenkart Theatre, on Sunday 28th September.
More than $2,000 was raised for Music Therapy at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. The enthusiastic audience was treated to a rich and eclectic program of orchestral favourites, including:
Overture To The Cowboys (John Williams), selections from Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel), Suite from The Firebird Ballet (1919 version) (Stravinsky), Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin (Wagner), Danzon No 2 (Marquez), Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust (Berlioz) and Enigma Variations (excerpt) (Elgar).
A highlight (in a concert of highlights!) was Concertino for Flute and Orchestra (Chaminade) performed by Alex Wan.
The orchestra gave a surprise rendition of Happy Birthday (in advance!) for founder and Artistic Director, Mal Hewitt AOM, who turns 80 this month. Thanks to Knox for the use of their wonderful concert hall, and to the many TOPS, family and friends volunteers on the day. |
Volunteers Needed
for the
Rehearsal and Concert Day |
Do you have family members, friends or colleagues who can volunteer during the rehearsal and during the concert on 26th August We need people in the foyer to sell programs and raffle tickers, to meet and greet invited guests and to sell concert tickets using EFTPOS and cash. Special call: We need volunteers to to take official photographs and to video the concert.These tasks and more.Able to help? Please drop us a line to celebrationsingout@gmail.com |
Let's Fill the Town Hall!
BYO AUDIENCE
Take action to boost Celebration Sing Out! ticket sales today |
This is an image of the concert poster. The poster is available for you to distribute as far and wide as possible. Download CSO! 2025 CONCERT ADVERTISING for HANDBILL or POSTER.pdf from the MEDIA page on the website, to email, print and position in high visibility and high traffic locations in your area. You can order printed copies. Details are in the article below. |
We need as many you 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 audience-building 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. |
YOUR BYO AUDIENCE
We can fill the hall. How-to Guide |
Choristers, past singers, instrumentalist, wonderful volunteers and friends, here are some tips that you might use to help build the audience for our fabulous concert:
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
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
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! Invite people to scan the QR below to book or donate instantly ⬇️ |
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Check out this QR code for the Tickets and Donations page on the website. It is on the handbills and poster too! |
Encourage others to buy 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" |
This year's concert in the Sydney Town Hall has been made possible with the support of |
ACCESS the GREEN ROOM
An 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! |
The final Notes@Knox Wednesdays Extra rehearsal is on 15th October, 7:30 - 8:30pm |
PLACES FOR SINGERS REMAIN OPEN |
PERMANENT LINKMicrosoft TeamsFOR ALL LIVE STREAMING
Use this link for all online rehearsalsCLICK 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.
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PRO TIPS for SINGERS
for getting the best out of the resources |
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