QUMS is proud to present our Semester 2 Concert, Anthology: Verse Meets Chorus - conducted by Guillaume Lemay-Yates and accompanied by Christian Gante. A compendium of poetry set to music, we are delighted to showcase Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, featuring the talented Kevin Gomez (tenor) as the voice of Chibiabos, "the sweetest of musicians". We will also present a selection of other gorgeous works: Stars (Ešenvalds, Teasdale), Schöne Fremde (Hensel, von Eichendorf), Sure on this Shining Night (Lauridsen, Agee), and African Medley (van der Merwe, trad & Makeba). Keep an eye out for some surprise additions to the performance!   Tickets on Sale Now!    This semester our concert will be held in the GHD Auditorium at The University of Queensland. UQ is very accessible by public transport or by bicycle. The best parking for this event is generally at the Grassy Knoll car park (P11) or on the ring road near-by. A limited number of accessible car parks are available closer to the building. For more info, see https://campuses.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/parking-transport/parking/accessible     We also have a special discount for groups of 5 or larger! Please either purchase a bundle ticket (available now!) or contact treasurer@qums.au for more options. The venue is wheelchair accessible - please let us know if you have questions. Tickets also available at the door.

IMPORTANT: Fill in the camp transport form too, so that we can organise lifts.   QUMS organizes a Choir Camp during one weekend per semester, from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. This retreat will include lots of fun social activites, including a themed dress-up night, a revue and many games as welll as intensive workshops and rehearsals for the upcoming concert.  The weekend will be fully catered and we will organise transport to and from camp via car-pooling.  Attendance at camp is quite important as it equates to several rehearsals, if you cannot attend the entire weekend, consider participating in at least one day of the weekend. Be sure to communicate with your Section Leader and the Musical Director if you cannot attend for the full weekend.  If you have financial concerns, please do not hesitate to speak with our Treasurer, Archie, who will help ensure your attendance!  Tickets are now live! Make sure to grab an early bird ticket while you still can!

QUMS members and members of the broader UQ community are invited to join us for an in-depth vocal workshop on Saturday 10th August 2024!  The workshop is free for everyone! Get to know our talented guest musical director, Joshua Clifford, who will be making his QUMS debut with this workshop. He will cover a range of exciting topics, from an introduction to straw singing to the basics of voice care for the ageing voice, transgender and nonbinary vocal health, and postural alignment. We will also sneak in some extra rehearsal of our repertoire for the semester, Anthology. Josh is an expert in running vocal workshops and we are very lucky to have him!  For new members especially, this is a great opportunity to really develop your singing skills and to get to know other members of QUMS, so please be sure to come along! The workshop will take place on campus at UQ St Lucia in the Llew Edwards room (14-219) and run from 9:30am - 2:00pm with breaks throughout. Bring your lunch, your QUMS music if you have it, and a water bottle. Specialist equipment (read: straws) will be provided. Looking forward to seeing everyone for what should be an amazing day!!

Welcome to our newest choristers! We would love to get to know you. Join us for a very chill picnic at Southbank on Saturday 3rd August - bring a plate, a friend, your dog, whatever you like! We will meet at 12pm in Southbank at the Riverside Green which is near South Bank Piazza - see images below. Please bring some food to share and a picnic blanket or camp chair. Hope to see you all there!  We will hang out, play some games, and maybe get icecream afterwards if it's warm enough. Can't wait to see you there :)  

We will be performing with the Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra in City Hall! This is a fantastic opportunity.  The calls are: Saturday July 13, Rehearsal from 10am to 3pm, at UQ (building 14-219). BYO lunch. Monday July 15, Rehearsal with Orchestra 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Balmoral State High School Hall (corner of Lytton and Thynne Roads) Sunday July 28, Concert Day, Call time 12pm, Concert begins at 2pm at City Hall.

QUMS is a community choir open to all members of the public regardless of age or musical ability, with no audition requirement. You don't have to be a UQ student or alumni to join! New members are always welcome, so come and try us out - we would love to see you there! More information is available here. QUMS rehearses at the University of Queensland (UQ) St Lucia Campus, on Wednesday nights from 7.00 PM to 9.30 PM with a break in the middle.  For our first rehersal of Semester 2, 2024 we will be rehearsing in 50-S201 in the Hawken Engineering Building at UQ

*Due to Christian becoming unavailable this weekend, we will reschedule our trip!* Stay tuned. Full refunds will be issued to those tickets already purchased. Last edited: 5th June 7pm As a post concert celebration and mid-exams break, we will heading out to Maleny Bird World where Christian volunteers to explore their gardens and aviary. Maleny Bird World is home to over 600 native and exotic birds from around the world. We will be to walk through and get up and close personal with the birds. There will also be time to explore the gardens and generally hang out together. Ticket Price include entry to Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World. Maleny Bird World is an approximately 90 minute drive from UQ. We will meet at 10:30am at the Gardens, and then attend the 11:30 tour of the aviary. We plan to organise lifts via the QUMS Social Page closer to the date, so please keep an eye out for a lifts organisation post.  You can find out more information about Maleny Bird World here

Please access the Digital Programme here!   Join us for an afternoon of Australian choral music as The Queensland University Musical Society presents "Songbirds: Voices of Australia". Under the baton of conductor Guillaume Lemay-Yates and accompanied by the talented Christian Gante, our choir will showcase a diverse repertoire exclusively composed by Australian artists, including works from local Meanjin composers. You will hear modern classics like "I am Australian" by the Seekers and brand-new works such as "Lazarus" by Inge Dekker and "Stand Up" by Christian Gante.    This semester our concert will be held in the GHD Auditorium at The University of Queensland. UQ is very accessible by public transport or by bicycle. The best parking for this event is generally at the Grassy Knoll car park (P11) or on the ring road near-by. A limited number of accessible car parks are available closer to the building. For more info, see https://campuses.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/parking-transport/parking/accessible     We also have a special discount for groups of 5 or larger! Please either purchase a bundle ticket (available now!) or contact treasurer@qums.au for more options. The venue is wheelchair accessible - please let us know if you have questions.  

Join QUMSians and the community at the Old Museum Building for a evening workshop with Tori Loingdon! This event has been kindly sponsored by a QUMSian and so it is completely free for members to attend! She explains a little bit of what to expect in this video. Please register your attendance below so we can pass on numbers to the organisers!  From the event page:  Join British conductor and vocal coach Tori Longdon on Tuesday 30th April to hone your skills and sing your heart out. Designed exclusively for community choirs and singers, this event promises to widen horizons and leave you feeling more confident. Best known for coaching the choirs for King Charles’ Coronation concert in the U.K. last year, Tori is now touring Australia giving workshops and masterclasses, bringing her unique blend of technical precision and the joy of collective singing to create a space for growth and camaraderie. Join us for a transformative session that will leave a lasting impression on your singing.

Every year, QUMS sings at the midnight memorial ceremony for ANZAC Day in the city centre, hosted by the charity group Toc H Australia. We will be performing Lustorum Anime, as well as the Australian and Aotearoa (New Zealand) national anthems. This year the ceromony lands on a Wednesday evening, so we won't have our usual weekly rehersal beforehand. Instead, come join us beforehand at Grill'd Toowong for a group dinner at 7:30pm! Traditionally a few of us also head to Pancake Manor every year after this performance, so please join us there if you're not too tired afterwards. Please let us know if you will be attending the performance by grabbing a ticket below. This is important so we can keep track of numbers and ensure member safety on the night. 

IMPORTANT: Fill in the camp transport form too, so that we can organise lifts. QUMS organizes a Choir Camp during one weekend per semester, from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. This retreat will include lots of fun social activites, including a themed dress-up night, a revue and many games as welll as intensive workshops and rehearsals for the upcoming concert.  The weekend will be fully catered and we will organise transport to and from camp via car-pooling.  Attendance at camp is quite important as it equates to several rehearsals, if you cannot attend the entire weekend, consider participating in at least one day of the weekend. Be sure to communicate with your Section Leader and the Musical Director if you cannot attend for the full weekend.  If you have financial concerns, please do not hesitate to speak with our Treasurer, Archie, who will help ensure your attendance! 

The Qld Eisteddfod is a choir competition at Easter each year, which QUMS often attends. This year it's in Brisbane! We go to Eisteddfod because competition is a great way to improve as a choir and as individual singers. We get to listen to a whole bunch of other choirs too, and be part of a broader community.  This year QUMS - the whole choir, or at least as many of us as can attend, we'll need at least 20 singers - has entered the Sacred choral contest. We'll be performing O Sacrum Convivium and Down to the Water on the evening of Good Friday (March 29th).   Other events will be running throughout Friday and Saturday, including the Massed Sing on the Saturday night.  Every performer will need a ticket as the Eisteddfod charges admission. Getting your ticket via QUMS is both easier for you and lets us know you'll be there :)   If you're performing small group items with Bits and Pieces, you will need a season pass (as your events occur over multiple sessions on both Saturday and Sunday) and (for everyone's convenience) you can purchase that pass via QUMS. If you're only singing in the Sacred but would like to be in the audience for other events, you can also puchase a season pass.