MICHAEL BLACK (CHORUS MASTER)
Background: Recipient 2007 Churchill Fellowship, 2005 Green Room Award, Opera Foundation Bayreuth Scholarship, Sydney University Staff Research Grant. Graduate of Sydney Conservatorium and UNSW with degrees in Education, Performance and Musicology. Has performed as accompanist at the PIAF, Wigmore Hall Touring Chamber Music Series, Utzon Room Series, Brisbane Biennial and Sydney Festivals. Recorded many programs for ABCFM. Lectured at Sydney Conservatorium before joining Opera Australia in 1997. Chorus Master since 2001
OA repertoire: Chorus Master for more than 80 operas and choral works including Verdi's Requiem, Mozart' Requiem, Carmina Burana, Chichester Psalms, Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Holst’s The Planets, Borodin's Polovetsian Dances, Beethoven's 9th Symphony and gala concerts
Other Companies: Sydney Philharmonia Choir, Sydney Motet Choir, Cantillation, Opera Holland Park (UK)
Recordings: Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Verdi's Requiem (ABC Classics); The Love For Three Oranges, Rusalka (Chandos); Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, Cantata della vita (SSO/Cantillation); Pirates of Penzance, Opera Australia's 50th Gala (DVD)
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