SCUNA Concerts 1963 - 1988

See also Participation in Intervarsity Choral Festivals and Minifests


Conductor: Ian Allan

1963

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Bastien and Bastienne Bruce Hall 30 July 1963 Programme
Programme Cover

Conductor: Graham Kerrison

1964

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[Concert] St Paul's Manuka 24 September 1964 Programme
Programme Cover

1965

A concert of choral music Bruce Hall 4 August 1965 Programme
Review (incomplete)
Some choir members
Soloists

Conductor: William Herbert

1966

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[Concert] Bruce Hall Unknown Information
Second Shepherd's Pageant
[Participants]
Various Christmas 1966 Programme
Review

Conductor: Judith Clingan

1967

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Concert with SUMS
(Sydney University Musical Society)
St Paul's Church Hall, Manuka 26 August 1967 Programme

Conductor: Christopher Burrell

1968

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St Paul's Organ Fund Recital St Paul's Manuka 5 May 1968 Information
Annual Concert University House 2 August 1968 Programme
Farewell Concert for George Dreyfus,
ANU Creative Arts Fellow [Participants]
Canberra Theatre 10 November 1968 SCUNA sang Dreyfus' Homage to Igor Stravinsky - see Oyez June 1970 Note 11

1969

1st Term Concert University House 13 May 1969 Programme
Programme Cover
2nd Term Concert University House 1 August 1969 Poster
Programme
Programme Cover
Review
St Paul's Organ Fund Recital St Paul's Manuka 28 September 1969 Monteverdi Mass for Four Voices;
Purcell Te Deum

1970

1st Term Concert University House 6 May 1970 Programme
Programme Cover

Conductor: Ayis Ioannides

1970 (continued)

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St Paul's Organ Fund Recital St Paul's Manuka 13 September 1970 Programme
Spring Term Concert University House 22 September 1970 Programme
Programme Cover

1971

No first term concert: in May, SCUNA hosted Canberra's first Intervarsity Choral Festival
See Participation in Intervarsity Choral Festivals
Concerts on Campus
(2nd Term Concert)
Bruce Hall 25 July 1971 Programme
Programme Cover
St Paul's Organ Fund Recital St Paul's Manuka 17 October 1971 Programme
Programme Cover

Conductor: Judith Clingan

1971 (continued)

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Concert with Canberra Children's Choir
for the New Music Society
St Andrew's Forrest 7 December 1971 Reviews

Conductor: Brian Hingerty

1972

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1st Term concert University House 7 May 1972 Programme
Programme Cover & Canberra Times ad
King Arthur Concert University House 30 July 1972 Programme
Programme Cover
Choral Concert with Canberra Children's Choir
Co-conductor: Amanda Wojtowicz
Canberra Jewish Centre 28 October 1972 Handbill & Programme Cover
Programme
Christmas Concert Unknown December 1972 Schütz, Dunstable, Wilbye, Monteverdi, carols

1973

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A Concert of French Choral Music University House 15 July 1973 Programme
Page containing short newspaper article (political!), flier, & review
German music for double choir University House 25 October 1973 Page containing handbill & transcription, programme

1974

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1st Term Concert University House 6 May 1974 Page containing reconstructed programme, info & review
3rd Term Concert University House 19 October 1974 Bach Jesu meine Freude
Barber Reincarnations
Chamber Choir:
Kodàly Jesus and the Traders
Full Choir:
Britten A boy is born

1975

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Anzac Day Concert University House 25 April 1975 Programme
Review
3rd Term Concert [University House?] 11 October 1975 Programme
Personent Hodie
[Christmas Concert]
University House 16 December 1975 Poster
Programme

1976

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1st Term Concert University House 30 April 1976 Gaudeamus igitur
Kodály Jesus and the traders
Lassus Penitential Psalms
Telemann Motet - Es segne uns Gott (Psalm 67)
de Mondonville Grand Motet: Jubilate for soloists, choir and orchestra
[Soloists Margaret Sim & Geoff Brennan]
2nd Term Concert University House 12 August 1976 Programme
Programme Cover
Saint Nicolas
(3rd Term Concert)
Canberra School of Music Auditorium (newly-opened) 31 October 1976 Programme & Supplement
Programme Cover
Christmas Concert University House 21 December 1976 Flier & Programme

1977

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No first term concert: preparations for hosting Canberra's second Intervarsity Choral Festival were in train
An evening of French music
2nd Term Concert
University House 12 June 1977 Page containing poster, review, & reconstructed programme
3rd Term Concert University House 7 October 1977 Programme
Programme Cover

Conductor: Bryan Dowling

1977 (continued)

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Christmas Concert University House 22 December 1977 Handel Messiah Advertisement

1978

Bartok Monteverdi Hindemith Byrd Missa Luba University House 28 April 1978 Page containing poster & programme
Baroque Concert University House 10 August 1978 Page containing Programme cover, Programme & Review

Conductors: Mark Hyman & Philip Thomas

1978 (continued)

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An evening of carols University House 7 December 1978 Programme

Conductor: Keith Radford

1979

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Hollier
[2nd term concert]
University House 12 August 1979 Poster
Programme
Christmas Concert University House 7 December 1979 Poster

1980

[Orientation Week Concert
conducted by Coralie Rockwell]
29 February 1980 ANU Arts Centre Information
The Golden Age of Tudor Music 31 May 1980 University House Morley, Tomkins, Gibbons, Byrd
Lunchtime Concert 1 October 1980 Arts Council, Wales Centre Information
Twilight Carols 13 December 1980 University House Poster

Conductor: Roger Wellman

1981

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Twilight Concert
with Colla Voce (12 female voices)
1 March 1981 National Botanic Gardens Dowland, Morley, Moeran, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Simon, Seiber
SCUNA for Lunch 4 June 1981 ANU Arts Centre Dowland, Kodaly, Tallis, Chopin, Seiber
[Concert] 18 September 1981 [Unknown]  
SCUNA at Christmas 9 December 1981 University House Brumby A virgin most pure

1982

SCUNA for Lunch 29 April 1982 ANU Arts Centre  
Trinity Term Concert 6 August 1982 University House Vaughan Williams, Victoria, Bach, Mozart etc
Programme cover
Christmas Concert? 17 December 1982 [Unknown] From concert register

Conductor: Judith Clingan

1983

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[Unknown] 6 May 1983 [Unknown] From concert register
The Blood of the Grape 16 July 1983 University House Ravenscroft, Dowland, Wilbye etc
Arts Council lunchtime recital (with Gaudeamus) 5 October 1983 Arts Council Suite, Wales Centre Information
The Feaste of Christmas 16 December 1983 University House Poster

1984

A Taste of Tolkien (with Gaudeamus) 4 May 1984 University House Judith Clingan Songs of Middle Earth
Programme Cover
Byrd to Britten:
Five Centuries of English Sacred Music
11 August 1984 St Paul's, Manuka Information
Byrd to Britten:
Five Centuries of English Sacred Music
18 August 1984 St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn Information
[Concert with Canberra Boys' Choir] 1 December 1984 High Court Information
A Flower of Price 14 December 1984 University House Page containing poster & information

Conductor: Mark Hyman

1985

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1685 and all that 3 May 1985 St Andrew's, Forrest Page containing poster, flier & information
Renaissance Resonance 3 August 1985 University House Information
Song of the Rose
(Christmas Concert)
6 December 1985 University House Information

1986

First Term Concert
conducted by Bengt-Olov Palmquist
3 May 1986 Bruce Hall Information
Baroque, but not Bach 26 September 1986 St Andrew's, Forrest Information
A Christmas Choral 12 December 1986 University House Information

Conductor: Brian Hingerty

1987

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Mozart to Martinu 2 May 1987 Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music Information
English Modal Masters 21 August 1987 University House Information
Motets for Spring 25 October 1987 High Court Vaughan Williams, Animal madrigals and Bach Motet
Christmas Concert 4 December 1987    

1988

Madrigals and Motets 1 May 1988 High Court Poster/Programme
Winter Concert 3 June 1988 St Andrew's, Forrest Charpentier, Mondonville, Biber
Choral Contrasts 14 October 1988 University House Byrd, Bach, Rubbra, Kodaly
Come, sing Noël
Christmas Concert
9 December 1988 University House Page containing review, programme and additional information

Acknowledgements

My thanks to all of them.

Please me if you have further SCUNA concert information from this era.