UWA CONCERT

Massed Voices in Surround Sound

Students from the UWA Conservatorium of Music, together with the Winthrop Singers and Choristers from St Georges College (UWA) were warmly welcomed back to St Mary’s Cathedral for this year’s concert.

Those fortunate to be present at this year’s concert experienced a ‘surround sound’ experience. There were altogether five choirs present on the day with over 100 singers - the first time the Cathedral has ever had this many choirs present singing at the same time.

The highlight of the programme was ‘Ecce Beatam Lucem’ by Italian Renaissance composer Alessandro Striggio. Created in the 1500s, but only discovered recently, it was written for a 40-part choir.

Jacinta Jakovcevic, Director of Music, St Mary’s Cathedral said, “For our performance of this piece, our combined choirs stood in a giant semicircle in the Cathedral surrounding the audience with dynamic streams of sound - a truly amazing experience”.