Willoughby Symphony Choir is widely recognised as the region's finest community choir. Our choir exists under the auspices of Willoughby City Council and is partnered with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra with whom we perform regularly. Our repertoire comprises mainly classical works: oratorios, masses, requiems, operatic and symphonic works. As well as large-scale choral works, the Choir also performs a cappella and popular music.
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Our Next Major Concerts
The Willoughby Symphony's ever-popular Last Night of the Proms returns. Join the cheering crowds for a night of unbridled enthusiasm as the full Orchestra and Choir combine in a massive concert performance of beloved symphonic and choral masterworks.
This concert will sell out so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Saturday 19 August 2017, 7pm
Sunday 20 August 2017, 2pm
The Concourse Concert Hall
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Scotland The Brave
Scotland The Brave is the smash hit celebration of the best of traditional Scottish music, song, and dance. This spectacular production features over 100 singers, dancers, and musicians, performing popular works such as Amazing Grace, Highland Cathedral, The Gael, Ye Banks and Braes, Auld Lang Syne and many others. A thrilling line up of soloists includes the internationally acclaimed soprano Cheryl Barker and popular tenor Gregory Moore.
Saturday 26 August 2017, 1.30pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
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Nature
The Willoughby Symphony gets back to NATURE in this evocative concert program, opening with a performance of Smetana’s most enduring composition, The Moldau, which conjures images of two rippling mountain springs combining to become the mighty river. In a special guest appearance, Australia’s most distinguished horn virtuoso, Hector McDonald, will perform Strauss’ magnificent Horn Concerto, followed by the exciting world premiere of two incredible works – one featuring the full force of the magnificent orchestra and choir. The program concludes at Castle Vyšehrad for Dvorak’s fascinating Symphonic Variations in a triumphant finale for this spectacular concert event.
Saturday 16 September, 7pm
Sunday 17 September, 2pm
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Celestial Rossini
Rossini's Stabat Mater is powerful and resolute, lighting a path towards the "Glory of Heaven" which is magnificently revealed in the Finalé. Replete with gorgeous vocal solos and profound choral and orchestral writing, this work presents a wonderful opportunity for the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra to join forces in a performance with the Willoughby Symphony Choir and a fine quartet of soloists under the baton of Peter Ellis. In his Pulcinella Suite, Stravinsky presents a witty neoclassical take on the music of Pergolesi and his contemporaries.
Saturday 4 November 2017, 7.30pm
The Concourse Concert Hall
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Handel’s Messiah
Handel's reputation—and that of his Messiah—only continues to grow. Even Mozart confessed himself to be humble in the face of Handel's genius. "Handel knows better than any of us what will make an effect," Mozart said. "When he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt."
The Killara Music Club will perform this masterpiece with Willoughby Symphony Choir.
Monday 27 November 2017, 7.30pm
Ravenswood Auditorium, Gordon
The Magic of Christmas
The Concourse
Sunday 10 December, 2pm
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Our next major concert in
The Concourse in 2018
Haydn's The Seasons
Mark this date in your diary:
Sunday 6 May 2018, 2pm
