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  • Brett Weymark conducts ChorusOz. Image by Keith Saunders. A man conducts a choir. Sing your heart out: ChorusOz brings Carmina Burana to Perth
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    Sing your heart out: ChorusOz brings Carmina Burana to Perth

    1 September 2026

    Following a sold-out run in 2025 of Mozart’s Requiem Mass, conductor Brett Weymark returns to Perth in 2026 with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ ChorusOz; an amateur choral event with real ambition, accompanied by our homegrown Perth Symphony Orchestra and soloists Prudence Sanders, Perry Joyce and James Clayton. Composer Emma Jayakumar spoke with Brett this week about the upcoming event and the joys of choral singing for all levels of experience.

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  • Composer Liza Lim’s “The Oresteia”, libretto Barrie Kosky; Sydney Chamber Opera with Elison Ensemble at Carriageworks, Sydney, August 2026. Image supplied. Two men and two women perform on stage as part of an opera. How to listen to Perth’s weirdest music
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    How to listen to Perth’s weirdest music

    5 August 2026

    New Music can be baffling, noisy, delicate, thrilling – and sometimes all at once. Jonathan W. Marshall offers a guide to opening your ears to Perth’s most adventurous sounds.

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