BLACKHEATH CHOIR FESTIVAL

25-27 August 2023

Festival Chorus 2022: conductor Sarah Penicka-Smith; soloist Jerrah Patston; accompanist Sam Worrad; photo CAZEIL CREATIVE

Blackheath Choir Festival has been warming the tail end of winter in the Blue Mountains since 2007. It’s not a competition, it’s all about the music and it’s free for choirs to sing.

Bring your choir to Blackheath Choir Festival and expect a warm welcome, a well-organised program awaiting your contribution and opportunities to listen to, be inspired by and meet up with many other choristers from the Blue Mountains, Sydney and beyond.

Come to Blackheath Choir Festival as an audience member and expect modestly priced concert tickets and inspired performances representing a huge variety in musical styles.

Special features this year include:

  • Festival Chorus – a beautiful baroque/renaissance program directed by London-based conductor James Dixon. Details to come.
  • SHiNDiG – a singalong and jam session, expertly directed by Ben Marshall. BYO instrument and/or voice. Open to audience members and singers alike.

Blackheath Choir Festival thanks

Trish Davies for photography at some sessions

Susan Templeman for her support in selecting us for a grant for sound equipment under the Australian Government’s Stronger Communities Programme

2022 Festival Choir proudly supported by Blue Mountains City Council’s Community Recovery Funding

Tony de Bono of the Gardners Inn for generously allowing us to use their premise on Sunday for rehearsals

Adele Colman and Lynne Chillemi for acting as our Blackheath ticket agency

Ron Overs of OVERS PIANOS for use of a grand piano

Sponsor of Jacinta Tobin Workshop