Christmas with the Consort of Melbourne

Saturday 5 December 2026 3:00pm

Church of All Nations 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053

Join us for a Christmas celebration as only The Consort of Melbourne knows how.

Some of the most glorious and joyful music has been written for this time of year — and in this concert, we explore some of our absolute favourites.

Works by Praetorius, Warlock, McDowall, MacMillan and many more shimmer in rich eight-part vocal harmony, creating a luminous sound world for the season.

Savour this exquisite programme in the beautiful surrounds of the Church of All Nations, Carlton.

The Consort of Melbourne Singers: Katherine Norman, Kristy Biber, Alex Ritter, Hannah Pietsch, Anish Nair, Ben Owen, Christian Smith and Bailey Montgomerie - Directed by Steven Hodgson

Four voices, many worlds

Thursday 3 December 2026 11:00am

Barwon Heads Arts Hub, 5 Clifford Parade, Barwon Heads Victoria 3227

From the glorious polyphony of Palestrina and Viadana to the moving harmonies of Mendelssohn and Bruckner, this intimate a cappella programme celebrates the extraordinary richness of music written for the human voice.

Hear Melbourne's premier vocal ensemble The Consort of Melbourne as they trace a thread through centuries of music and song: Renaissance madrigals, sacred choral masterpieces, Romantic miniatures, and some jazz and pop favourites.

Performed by four vocalists with no instrumental accompaniment, this music reveals the remarkable colour, intimacy and expressive power of voices in perfect harmony. From sacred stillness to playful romance and familiar melodies, these are songs to savour, share and rediscover.

The Consort of Melbourne Singers: Katherine Norman, Kristy Biber, Anish Nair, Steven Hodgson

MSO Dry Bones Cantata

Saturday 5 June 2027 7:30pm

Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne

Yitzhak Yedid's The Valley of the Dry Bones delivers a strikingly new and deeply familiar, large-scale oratorio that speaks to something ancient, echoing across traditions, cultures and rituals. The MSO, conducted by Eugene Ughetti, will be joined by MSO Chorus and The Consort of Melbourne, with librettist Stan Grant narrating. This exciting new work was commissioned and funded through the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship Alumni Commissioning program.

Support

T​he Consort of Melbourne is a small not-for-profit arts organisation that currently receives no support from state or federal funding bodies. To sustain and build The Consort of Melbourne, we need your help. We want to expand our offerings with a greater number of more ambitious musical events. We want to commission new works, explore additional staging and multi-media dimensions to our performances, and create studio recordings to share our most treasured repertoire, ancient and new, across the globe. We want to ensure that our artistic staff and singers have the financial support they need to deliver you great singing.

Everything we do depends on the generous support of donors who share our vision and our ambition, and we need your help to grow. By giving to The Consort of Melbourne, you invest in our vision, our singers, our artistic programs, and in the composers we work with to keep this art form current and alive.

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