“Luminescence, like its namesake in nature, is a phenomenon.” Canberra City News, June 2025

It strikes like a particle, but moves like a wave; emanates in straight lines, yet drapes the world in beauty. Light is the ultimate ephemera; it can't be bottled, only felt, remembered, or experienced blazingly new. Particles of Light sees light in the sound of six voices, in radiant vocal music that glimmers, refracts and fractures into colour, from the 'light tales' of Elena Kats-Chernin to the dawning of Nardi Simpson’s ‘Yarrager Mayraa’. Join Luminescence Chamber Singers as they take the stage for a joyful celebration of their founding metaphor: how singing illuminates. 

Presented by The Church, a meticulously restored 19th-century Gothic church in Alexandria, NSW owned by Judith Neilson AM that houses rehearsals and work development for musicians by invitation.

Entry is free by ballot only. Ballot is drawn Tuesday 15 September.

Luminescence Chamber Singers
AJ America, Artistic Director
Josephine Brereton
Lucien Fischer
Rachel Mink
Alasdair Stretch
Dan Walker

Conducted by Roland Peelman AM

Presented

PROGRAMME

QUEL ROSIGNOL Giaches de Wert, Il Nono Libro de Madrigali à 5 et 6 (1588)
LISTEN, ARE YOU BREATHING JUST A LITTLE AND CALLING IT A LIFE? Dan Walker (2022)
THE BALLADE OF MABLE CLARE Frank Nuyts (2026) [WP]
ILLUMINATIONS Patrick Baker (2026) [WP]
PAISIBLE DEMAINE Orlande de Lassus (1571)
J’AIME LA PIERRE PRÉCIEUSE Orlande de Lassus (1584)
DESSUS LE MARCHE D’ARRAS Orlande de Lassus (1584)
EVENING MORNING DAY David Lang (2007)
HEAR THE BIRD OF DAY Andrew Ford (2012)
MIRROR MAN Colin Bright (1994)
LES MURRAY SONG CYCLE (extracts) Gareth Farr (2005)
QUEEN BUTTERFLY
WILLY WAGTAIL
JELLY FISH
NO SOONER James Wade (2015) 
NEW WORK Andree Greenwell (2026) [WP]
YARRAGER MAYRAA Nardi Simpson arr. Dan Walker (arr. 2024) 
LICHTMÄRCHEN Elena Kats-Chernin (2025)