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The final video features people of all ages from every state and territory in Australia, and from around the world.
Many sang alone, or in household groups. Some sang with photos of the loved ones they’re missing this Christmas. Many donned Christmas-themed outfits, including a fully dressed Santa in front of a snow-covered background.
Choir members included life-long singers alongside people singing in a choir for the first time. “It s no small task to film yourself singing solo: it s confronting even for the professionals,” said soprano and ABC Classic presenter Greta Bradman. She applauded the efforts of everyone who took part.
Katie Rutledge. Photo Daralyn Jones.
Ballina-based opera singer Katie Rutledge usually treads the boards with Opera Queensland, but this year things have been a little different.
She told
Echonetdaily, ‘Although performances were limited in QPAC in Brisbane this year due to COVID, we did have the opportunity to perform “Opera Under the Stars” at Riverstage in the Botanical Gardens.
‘It was a beautiful concert with people purchasing a patch of grass rather than a seat,’ she said.
‘Online performances from OperaQ such as Aria a Day have also been great for artists to reconnect with their audience during COVID isolation and especially with border closures.’
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Calvin Abdiel Tambunan has won the 2020 Ananda Sukarlan Award, the largest piano competition in Indonesia.
The Jakarta-born pianist received a scholarship from Institut Francais d Indonesie (IFI) for a summer course in France when physical restrictions have been eased.
Calvin is studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia. The 19-year-old was selected to join the school s Rising Stars program, which makes him eligible to receive scholarships and support to enter competitions in various countries.
Calvin was a soloist at St Petersburg State Capella Symphony Orchestra when he was 16, and had also appeared with Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Switzerland s Les Chambristes. He has performed in Indonesia, Germany, Denmark and Israel with those orchestras.
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SIX weeks after freak storms shook Springfield Lakes leaving more than 3000 houses severely damaged, the community woke to the sound of live music.
A brass trio from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra gathered outside the PCYC early Friday morning playing a range of pieces, including a couple of Christmas bangers.
Springfield Anglican College Head of Creative Arts Anneliese Alloway was among the crowd and said, when she came across an opportunity to go in the running to win a QSO performance, she jumped on it.
“It came up in an email from the QSO and, as soon as I saw it, I thought of the Springfield Lakes community,” Anneliese said.