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Apr 15, 2026

2026 Uprisings review

Chorale showcases delicacy and precision

 

 

Conductor Dan Walker. Photo by Peter Hislop. https://citynews.com.au/2026/chorale-showcases-delicacy-and-precision/

Music / Uprisings, The Oriana Chorale. At Anzac Memorial Chapel Duntroon, April 12. Reviewed by MICHAEL WILSON. 

The excitement in this brilliantly-executed concert by the Oriana…

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Dec 12, 2025

2025 Colours of Earth review

Chorale presents Christmas-free musical triumph

The Oriana Chorale performs Colours of Earth. Photo: Peter Hislop

https://citynews.com.au/2025/chorale-presents-christmas-free-musical-triumph/

Music / Colours of Earth, The Oriana Chorale. At Wesley Uniting Church, December 6. Reviewed by GRAHAM McDONALD.

It is wonderfully refreshing to…

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Jul 1, 2025

2025 Musica Domestica review

Unusual diary of a covid day put to music

Sally Whitwell tells the audience a story. Photo: Matthew Teh

https://citynews.com.au/2025/unusual-diary-of-a-covid-day-put-to-music/

Music / Musica Domestica, Oriana Chorale. At The Street Theatre 3, June 28. Reviewed by HELEN MUSA.

Subtitled A…

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May 21, 2025

2025 Canberra International Music Festival (CIMF) Review

Festival finale opts for a concert of reflection

Instead of a spectacular, artistic director Eugene Ughetti programmed a collection of mostly short works showcasing very contemporary Finnish and Australian music. Photo: Peter Hislop

Canberra International Music Festival / Finlandia, ​​festival…

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Mar 28, 2025

2025 We Were Not Ready review

Intense concert of loss, grief and healing

Olivia Swift conducts The Oriana Chorale. Photo: Peter Hislop

Music / We Were Not Ready, Music of Loss, of Grief and of Healing, The Oriana Chorale. At Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, March 21.…

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Nov 25, 2024

2024 Vespers Review

Daunting wall of sound any Baltic choir could have been proud of Oriana Chorale director  Dan Walker. Photo: Peter Hislop

Music / Rachmaninoff Vespers: All-Night Vigil, Oriana Chorale, directed by Dan Walker.  At Anzac Memorial Chapel Duntroon, November 24. Reviewed…

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Sep 12, 2024

2024 Flight review

Chorale takes off in concert devoted to flight The Oriana Chorale’s Dan Walker and Sally Whitwell.  Photo: Peter Hislop

Music / Flight, the Oriana Chorale. At Wesley Uniting Church,  July 27. Reviewed by GRAHAM McDONALD.

For this concert, themed…

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Jul 6, 2024

2024 Prayers and Lamentations review

Chorale sings religious music with a sense of enjoyment

The Oriana Chorale. Photo Matthew Teh

Music / Prayers and Lamentations, The Oriana Chorale. At All Saints, Ainslie, April 13. Reviewed by GRAHAM McDONALD.

It has been a year or two…

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Acknowledgement of Country

Oriana Chorale meet and sing on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. We acknowledge their traditional custodianship and recognise any other people and families with connections to the lands of the ACT and region. In the spirit of reconciliation, we honour and respect First Nations people around Australia, celebrating their continuing culture and their contribution to the music we make together.

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