Shamistha de Soysa is a choral singer, pianist and writer. A retired medic, she runs the website SoundsLikeSydney, established and runs DocsVox NSW Doctors Choir, volunteered at Fine Music FM, and sang with Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus for 12 years.
Cairns-based Marliya Choir, comprising First Nations women, will open the WOW (Women of the World) Australia 2021 Festival with a performance of award-winning song cycle Spinifex Gum.
How do we ensure that adventurous new music gets more than one performance?
The Forelle Ensemble, a new Sydney-based piano quintet formed by young violinist James Armstrong, has made its debut with its Schubertiade Opening Concert.
The concert from The Song Company, which features a new arrangement of Gavin Bryars' minimalist classic, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, is fascinating acoustically and visually.
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge captures young audiences and ignites what will hopefully become a lifelong appreciation of the performing arts.
Daniel Rojas spins his dazzling improvisations with ease at the launch of his new album.
Celestial sounds from underground as The Song Company delivers an expert and enlightening performance in Tudor polyphony.
A heart-warming, inclusive event with great potential as a model for integrating music and social change.
With its luxury vocal and instrumental casting, and sublime performance, the return of Bach Akademie Australia is very welcome.
A fantastical, cathartic, escapist experience.
Stanhope's Requiem is a rich, engaging piece for our times, and receives its premiere in a superbly performed concert.
