BIRTHDAY GALA
15 June | Canberra
3pm, Albert Hall
100 Commonwealth Ave, Yarralumla
ACT 2601
Luminescence celebrates our first decade!
Join Luminescence Chamber Singers and Luminescence Children’s Choir as we reflect on 10 years of song, and look toward building the next chapter. This fundraising gala features performances by Luminescence Children’s Choir and Luminescence Chamber Singers, including the premiere of a new work by Elena Kats-Chernin.
Ticket price includes a performance by Luminescence Chamber Singers and Luminescence Children’s Choir, followed by celebratory drinks and light canapés. With thanks to our generous sponsors, Hatherleigh and Brokenwood Wines.
PROGRAMME
I HEARD YOU SING Jess Green [commissioned by Luminescence, 2022]
SUNSET NEW ENGLAND Dan Walker
I AM NOT YET BORN Elliott Gyger
LITTLE FISH Neil Finn
Guest speaker ANDREW FORD OAM
EARTHLY DELIGHTS Aurora arr. Dan Walker [arranged for Luminescence, 2025]
OF THE BODY: CALIGAVERUNT OCULI MEI Dan Walker [commissioned by Luminescence, 2025]
TYSTNADEN Trad. Swedish [arranged for Luminescence, 2022]
LICHTMÄRCHEN Elena Kats-Chernin, 2025 [world premiere, commissioned by Luminescence, 2025]*
ON AND EVER ONWARD BJORK & DIRTY PROJECTORS [arranged for Luminescence, 2025]
Newly commissioned work by Elena Kats-Chernin has been generously supported by Catherine Hawkins and an anonymous donor, in celebration of Luminescence’s 10th Anniversary..
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AJ America
mezzo soprano/artistic director
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Josephine Brereton
soprano (guest artist)
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Lucien Fischer
baritone
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Rachel Mink
soprano
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Alasdair Stretch
bass
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Dan Walker
tenor/composer
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Luminescence Children's Choir
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Sally Whitwell
piano
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Roland Peelman
conductor
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Andrew Ford
guest speaker
Celebrating 10 years of Luminescence
Performing the Betty Beaver Blaze with William Barton, Canberra International Music Festival (2017)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2020)
Carols in the Court (2016)
with the trial-concert cohort of Luminescence Children's Choir
with conductor Gordon Hamilton, Descent into Madness (2016)
with Olle Palmqvist, Dormi Jesu (2015)
Canberra international Music Festival (2018)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2016)
With composer Paul Stanhope (2020)
High Court Concert (2016)
Luminescence Children's Choir (2015)
Dan Walker leading a conducting masterclass (2017)
In rehearsal with Olle Palmqvist
With Daniel Brinsmead at Canberra Voices
Harvest of Endurance (CIMF 2017)
Christmas with Luminescence
The Little Match Girl Passion (2021)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2016)
Singing Swiftly (2016)
Sublime Voices, 2021
Venite, Venite (2020)
Carols in the Court (2017)
Stille Nacht (2017)
Christmas with Luminescence (2019)
Tracks and Traces (2019)
In Sydney, Glebe Town Hall (2016)
with Sally Whitwell at the High Court (2016)
Four Seasons (2015)
Waiting for the Barbarians, CIMF (2017)
Christmas with Luminescence (2015)
In rehearsal (2015)
On the cover of Canberra Weekly (2017)
With Gordon Hamilton on ABC Radio in Port Macquarie
In rehearsal with Roland Peelman and Kim Cunio
In rehearsal with Roland Peelman, Ensemble Offspring, and the Song Company
Diva! City Recital Hall (2017)
Canberra International Music Festival (2022)
Tracks and Traces (2019)
High Court of Australia (2017)
Performing at the National Gallery of Australia (2022)
With PM Anthony Albanese (2023)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2022)
Sydney Opera House debut
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2020)
ANU School of Music
Four Winds Festival (2020)
Vietnam Requiem (2021)
Christmas with Luminescence
Christmas with Luminescence
Sydney Opera House (2023)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2023)
Canberra International Music Festival
National Museum of Australia (2022)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2022)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2022)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2022)
National Museum of Australia (2022)
On tour in Parkes, 2023
Recording at ABC Studios, Sydney 2023
Filming at National Museum of Australia
Recording at Studio 301
Red Dirt Hymns, 2024
Visiting Sing Out Choir in Dubbo, NSW 2023
NSW Regional Tour, 2024
Recording at Studio 301, 2023
Red Dirt Hymns, 2024
Filming digital projects, 2023
Luminescence Chamber Singers, 2022
Government House, Hobart, 2024
Festival of Voices, Hobart, 2024
Christmas Classics 2024
Christmas Classics, 2024
Sarah Was 90 Years Old, 2024
I Sing The Birth, 2024
Ave Mariah 2024
Ave Mariah, 2024
Ave Mariah, 2024
ABC Studios, Sydney
ABC Studios, Sydney
Of The Body Album Recording 2024
In the ABC Sydney Studio with Virginia Read
Of The Body Album Recording 2024
Of The Body Album Recording at ABC Sydney, 2024
Rehearsals in Sydney, 2024
In workshop with Bundanoon Sings!
Four Winds, Bermagui, 2024
Melbourne Recital Centre, 2024
Backstage at Melbourne Recital Centre, 2024
Government House, Hobart, 2024
Government House, Hobart, 2024
Government House, Hobart, 2024
With composer Andrew Ford, Red Dirt Hymns 2024
National Gallery of Australia (2025)
Red Dirt Hymns, 2024
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2025)
Luminescence Chamber Singers (2025)