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SUMMARY:Divisi: Compose Queer x Queerstories
DESCRIPTION:Featuring twelve world-premiere commissions from twelve composers\, this boldly ambitious initiative sees the Divisi Chamber Singers\, one of Australia’s most exciting vocal ensembles\, partner with Maeve Marsden\, curator of the beloved Queerstories project. Divisi\, accompanied by pianist Coady Green\, will take audiences on a journey through stories of love\, pain\, joy\, and friendship in this unprecedented celebration of queer artistry and experience\, presented as part of Midsumma Festival 2025. \nTwelve queer composers draw inspiration from twelve queer writers to produce an anthology of completely new work\, performed in concert by the innovative\, youth-led choir Divisi Chamber Singers. Stories of resilience\, resistance and fierce queer pride\, set to music and sung in soaring harmony. This is not a stuffy matinée. This is where classical music meets club and cabaret. Creating connections across community\, each composer has selected a piece of writing from the Queerstories archive that spoke to their own identity\, creativity or experience. \nWith compositions by Sia Ahmad\, Lucy Blomfield\, Gabi Cadenhead\, Connor D’Netto\, Olivia Diamant\, Leila Harris\, Lillian Hearne\, Cameron Lam\, Caerwen Martin\, James Rushford\, Alex Turley and Sally Whitwell. \nDrawing inspiration from stories by Liz Duck-Chong\, Teddy Dunn\, HANDSOME\, Dmetri Kakmi\, Paul Kidd\, Fiona Kelly McGregor\, Tommy Misa\, Bastian Fox Phelan\, Fletcher Quilty and Omar Sakr. \nThis project marks the second iteration of Divisi’s Compose queer programming – developing work by emerging queer composers to tell our stories in new ways. Although there is a thriving amateur queer music scene of community organisations and hobby musicians\, there is limited opportunity for composers to express their queerness at a professional level. These programs give voice to tell stories at a professional quality of musical expression. \nDivisi Chamber Singers is a youth-led\, not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. We strive to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative creative works and projects. \nQueerstories is a national LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden for the last ten years\, with an award-winning podcast and events all around Australia\, from Sydney to Melbourne\, Hobart to Shepparton\, Newcastle to Brisbane\, to Albury\, Adelaide\, Mullumbimby\, Mudgee and beyond. \nThursday February 6 \, 7.30; Friday February 7\, 7.30; Saturday February 8\, 7.30; Sunday February 9\, 1.30\n \nfortyfivedownstairs \n$35 – $49 \n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-compose-queer-x-queerstories/2025-02-09/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Divisi: Compose Queer x Queerstories
DESCRIPTION:Featuring twelve world-premiere commissions from twelve composers\, this boldly ambitious initiative sees the Divisi Chamber Singers\, one of Australia’s most exciting vocal ensembles\, partner with Maeve Marsden\, curator of the beloved Queerstories project. Divisi\, accompanied by pianist Coady Green\, will take audiences on a journey through stories of love\, pain\, joy\, and friendship in this unprecedented celebration of queer artistry and experience\, presented as part of Midsumma Festival 2025. \nTwelve queer composers draw inspiration from twelve queer writers to produce an anthology of completely new work\, performed in concert by the innovative\, youth-led choir Divisi Chamber Singers. Stories of resilience\, resistance and fierce queer pride\, set to music and sung in soaring harmony. This is not a stuffy matinée. This is where classical music meets club and cabaret. Creating connections across community\, each composer has selected a piece of writing from the Queerstories archive that spoke to their own identity\, creativity or experience. \nWith compositions by Sia Ahmad\, Lucy Blomfield\, Gabi Cadenhead\, Connor D’Netto\, Olivia Diamant\, Leila Harris\, Lillian Hearne\, Cameron Lam\, Caerwen Martin\, James Rushford\, Alex Turley and Sally Whitwell. \nDrawing inspiration from stories by Liz Duck-Chong\, Teddy Dunn\, HANDSOME\, Dmetri Kakmi\, Paul Kidd\, Fiona Kelly McGregor\, Tommy Misa\, Bastian Fox Phelan\, Fletcher Quilty and Omar Sakr. \nThis project marks the second iteration of Divisi’s Compose queer programming – developing work by emerging queer composers to tell our stories in new ways. Although there is a thriving amateur queer music scene of community organisations and hobby musicians\, there is limited opportunity for composers to express their queerness at a professional level. These programs give voice to tell stories at a professional quality of musical expression. \nDivisi Chamber Singers is a youth-led\, not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. We strive to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative creative works and projects. \nQueerstories is a national LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden for the last ten years\, with an award-winning podcast and events all around Australia\, from Sydney to Melbourne\, Hobart to Shepparton\, Newcastle to Brisbane\, to Albury\, Adelaide\, Mullumbimby\, Mudgee and beyond. \nThursday February 6 \, 7.30; Friday February 7\, 7.30; Saturday February 8\, 7.30; Sunday February 9\, 1.30\n \nfortyfivedownstairs \n$35 – $49 \n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-compose-queer-x-queerstories/2025-02-08/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Divisi: Compose Queer x Queerstories
DESCRIPTION:Featuring twelve world-premiere commissions from twelve composers\, this boldly ambitious initiative sees the Divisi Chamber Singers\, one of Australia’s most exciting vocal ensembles\, partner with Maeve Marsden\, curator of the beloved Queerstories project. Divisi\, accompanied by pianist Coady Green\, will take audiences on a journey through stories of love\, pain\, joy\, and friendship in this unprecedented celebration of queer artistry and experience\, presented as part of Midsumma Festival 2025. \nTwelve queer composers draw inspiration from twelve queer writers to produce an anthology of completely new work\, performed in concert by the innovative\, youth-led choir Divisi Chamber Singers. Stories of resilience\, resistance and fierce queer pride\, set to music and sung in soaring harmony. This is not a stuffy matinée. This is where classical music meets club and cabaret. Creating connections across community\, each composer has selected a piece of writing from the Queerstories archive that spoke to their own identity\, creativity or experience. \nWith compositions by Sia Ahmad\, Lucy Blomfield\, Gabi Cadenhead\, Connor D’Netto\, Olivia Diamant\, Leila Harris\, Lillian Hearne\, Cameron Lam\, Caerwen Martin\, James Rushford\, Alex Turley and Sally Whitwell. \nDrawing inspiration from stories by Liz Duck-Chong\, Teddy Dunn\, HANDSOME\, Dmetri Kakmi\, Paul Kidd\, Fiona Kelly McGregor\, Tommy Misa\, Bastian Fox Phelan\, Fletcher Quilty and Omar Sakr. \nThis project marks the second iteration of Divisi’s Compose queer programming – developing work by emerging queer composers to tell our stories in new ways. Although there is a thriving amateur queer music scene of community organisations and hobby musicians\, there is limited opportunity for composers to express their queerness at a professional level. These programs give voice to tell stories at a professional quality of musical expression. \nDivisi Chamber Singers is a youth-led\, not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. We strive to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative creative works and projects. \nQueerstories is a national LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden for the last ten years\, with an award-winning podcast and events all around Australia\, from Sydney to Melbourne\, Hobart to Shepparton\, Newcastle to Brisbane\, to Albury\, Adelaide\, Mullumbimby\, Mudgee and beyond. \nThursday February 6 \, 7.30; Friday February 7\, 7.30; Saturday February 8\, 7.30; Sunday February 9\, 1.30\n \nfortyfivedownstairs \n$35 – $49 \n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-compose-queer-x-queerstories/2025-02-07/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Divisi: Compose Queer x Queerstories
DESCRIPTION:Featuring twelve world-premiere commissions from twelve composers\, this boldly ambitious initiative sees the Divisi Chamber Singers\, one of Australia’s most exciting vocal ensembles\, partner with Maeve Marsden\, curator of the beloved Queerstories project. Divisi\, accompanied by pianist Coady Green\, will take audiences on a journey through stories of love\, pain\, joy\, and friendship in this unprecedented celebration of queer artistry and experience\, presented as part of Midsumma Festival 2025. \nTwelve queer composers draw inspiration from twelve queer writers to produce an anthology of completely new work\, performed in concert by the innovative\, youth-led choir Divisi Chamber Singers. Stories of resilience\, resistance and fierce queer pride\, set to music and sung in soaring harmony. This is not a stuffy matinée. This is where classical music meets club and cabaret. Creating connections across community\, each composer has selected a piece of writing from the Queerstories archive that spoke to their own identity\, creativity or experience. \nWith compositions by Sia Ahmad\, Lucy Blomfield\, Gabi Cadenhead\, Connor D’Netto\, Olivia Diamant\, Leila Harris\, Lillian Hearne\, Cameron Lam\, Caerwen Martin\, James Rushford\, Alex Turley and Sally Whitwell. \nDrawing inspiration from stories by Liz Duck-Chong\, Teddy Dunn\, HANDSOME\, Dmetri Kakmi\, Paul Kidd\, Fiona Kelly McGregor\, Tommy Misa\, Bastian Fox Phelan\, Fletcher Quilty and Omar Sakr. \nThis project marks the second iteration of Divisi’s Compose queer programming – developing work by emerging queer composers to tell our stories in new ways. Although there is a thriving amateur queer music scene of community organisations and hobby musicians\, there is limited opportunity for composers to express their queerness at a professional level. These programs give voice to tell stories at a professional quality of musical expression. \nDivisi Chamber Singers is a youth-led\, not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. We strive to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative creative works and projects. \nQueerstories is a national LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden for the last ten years\, with an award-winning podcast and events all around Australia\, from Sydney to Melbourne\, Hobart to Shepparton\, Newcastle to Brisbane\, to Albury\, Adelaide\, Mullumbimby\, Mudgee and beyond. \nThursday February 6 \, 7.30; Friday February 7\, 7.30; Saturday February 8\, 7.30; Sunday February 9\, 1.30\n \nfortyfivedownstairs \n$35 – $49 \n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-compose-queer-x-queerstories/2025-02-06/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Divisi Chamber Singers: a love is a love is a love
DESCRIPTION:‘A love letter to queerness and the LGBTQIA+ community.’ – Meta Cohen\nDivisi is a youth-led not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. Through commissioning and performing innovative works and projects\, Divisi strives to break down established norms of classical music. Their groundbreaking debut album\, Spectrum\, stands as a testament to their unwavering dedication\, being the first classical record in Australian history exclusively devoted to LGBTQIA+ composers. As part of Midsumma Festival 2024\, Divisi continue to amplify the voices of local LGBTQIA+ artists as they present a vibrant program of works by acclaimed Australian queer composers Meta Cohen\, Sally Whitwell\, and Connor D’Netto. \nWinner of the 2021 ABC Composer Commissioning Award\, Cohen’s ‘a love is a love is a love’\, is a poignant cycle of queer love songs based on the poetry of Australian queer writers. Whitwell’s Spectrum is a multi-movement masterpiece\, artfully reflecting the varying shades of the queer experience. In a world premiere\, Connor d’Netto’s latest work draws from Bastian Fox Phelan’s moving narrative Stove Photography\, as featured in the award-winning podcast Queerstories by Maeve Marsden. \nJoin Divisi Chamber Singers as they continue to break barriers and inspire in this celebration of queer voices and perspectives. \n\nSaturday 3 February 2024 7pm;  MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-chamber-singers-a-love-is-a-love-is-a-love/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Divisi Chamber Singers: The Turn
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the intrigue of madrigals.\nDivisi is a youth-led not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. Divisi strives to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative and creative works and projects. Their recent program ‘Compose Queer’ was released to wide acclaim and led to the release of the first ever complete album of Australian classical music by queer composers\, entitled Spectrum. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Primrose Potter Salon explores the intrigue of madrigals\, taking six narrators’ individual interpretations and coordinating them into a beautiful\, cohesive story. Divisi Chamber Singers will take four hundred years of madrigal storytelling tradition and weave masterworks with contemporary comparisons. Ben Rowarth’s The Turn\, an Australian premiere\, gives further context to Monteverdi’s Lamento D’Arianna. Gavin Bryars’ madrigals shed more light on ancient poetry with intricate contemporary harmony. \nChallenging its singers’ virtuosic abilities\, Divisi seeks to provide audiences with an experience of storytelling that transcends time and style\, telling ancient stories in modern ways. \n\nThursday 8 June 2023 6pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $25 ($20 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-chamber-singers-the-turn/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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