Symphony Chorus

Symphony Chorus is considered the most prestigious choir of its size in Australia, renowned for its vocal power. For the past 85 years, Symphony Chorus has been the chorus of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Weekly rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings plus some additional rehearsals throughout the year.

This highly skilled group of up to 150 highly skilled auditioned singers perform a diverse range of repertoire from early Baroque and Renaissance, through to contemporary and newly commissioned works. They excel in large-scale choral repertoire. For more than 80 years, Symphony Chorus has been the chorus of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

In 2019 Symphony Chorus performed Brahms’ Requiem, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Fauré’s Requiem, Britten’s Peter Grimes, in Last Night of the Proms and Handel’s Messiah at Christmas. In 2020, after the lockdowns, a small number of Symphony Chorus presented two performances of Handel’s Messiah – Part the First at St Andrew’s Cathedral. In 2021, Symphony Chorus performed Orff’s Carmina Burana, Peter Sculthorpe’s Sun Music and John Peterson’s The Earth That Fire Touches before lockdowns began again. In 2022, they performed Mozart’s Requiem and other works of Mozart, Jessica Wells’ Dolor ultimae melodiae, and in Handel’s Messiah. 2023 saw Symphony Chorus perform Handel’s Samson oratorio, choruses from the great musicals in The Golden Age of Broadway and in Carols at the House.

In 2024, Symphony Chorus will perform Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers), hits from the great Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals in Showstoppers, and in Handel’s Messiah with the Christmas Choir.

If you are interested in auditioning for Symphony Chorus, please click here.