| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 491, Brentford Square, Victoria 3131, Australia |
| Email: | Stuart.Little@bigpond.com |
| Website: | http://www.chime.org.au/ |
| Contact Person: | Stuart Little (Manager) Telephone: 9877 2840 (AH) |
Member of Australian National Choral Association (ANCA)
Who
we are
A self-funding umbrella organisation for three separate choirs: the CHIME Choir (an SATB Choir of about 35 voices), the Australian Christmas Choir and, from time to time, the CHIME Touring Choir.
| Artistic Director: | Jayne Turner |
| Manager: | Stuart Little |
What we sing
Wide range: pop to sacred with meanderings through gospel and spiritual, contemporary, jazz, musicals and popular choral. Normally accompanied by piano, but sometimes have orchestral backing and sometimes a cappella.
Musical Activities
Rehearsals, Tuesday nights from 7:30 to 9:45 pm at the The Box Hill Community Arts Centre
(Address: 470 Station Street, Box Hill.)
Mid-year concert, Christmas performances and occasional paid gigs during the year.
Tours (interstate, overseas) every 2-4 years
All applicants subject to audition.
| Preferred age ranges: | CHIME Choir 15 to 50 |
Aims and objectives
- To foster a love of music and singing.
- To provide a structure for choristers to develop their talents and to learn to work as part of a highly trained and disciplined team under a professional music teaching staff.
- To provide a musically competent and trained body of choristers who present music at the highest possible standard.
- To assist in choristers' study of music and general artistic development.
- To present, by public or private performance, choral music to audiences in Victoria, interstate and throughout the world.
Founder
Kevin Casey