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Make it stand out Tim Mallis is recognised as one of Melbourne’s leading collaborative pianists and composers. He is a steadfast supporter of music education and committed to bringing new Australian compositions to life. As a graduate of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Tim is in high demand as an accompanist, organist, and conductor. He has written for some of Australia’s finest ensembles including Sinfonia Australis, The Vocal Consort, and St Mary’s Cathedral Choir. Tim was the recipient of the 2019 Archbishop’s Prize for New Composers and is a graduate of the Franz-Schubert-Institut studying German Lieder. Specialising in choirs, Tim is the current Assistant Artistic Director of the Australian Boys Choral Institute and works with The Yarra Voices. Among his most recent roles, he was the Associate Director of Music at St Andrew’s Anglican Church and is the current repetiteur for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Tim is passionate about educating the next generation of musicians. His work at The University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, and Camberwell Girls Grammar School has covered a variety of fields including musicianship, music theory, composition, and choral accompaniment. He is also employed by Opera Australia and Victorian Opera as a surtitle specialist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b42543e4b0a813f7506f32/fef06e77-90e3-4eaa-80c6-6592ec9da876/rob.jpg Concert Program Notes - Make it stand out Dr Robert Brahm OAM is the Artistic Director of Voyces and has developed a renowned ‘contemporary classical’ choral music ensemble. In recent years, Voyces has focused on an all-Australian program for its debut self-titled CD. Additionally, the ensemble features works from Iceland, Norway, and Finland in its Tundra program. By juxtaposing traditional choral pieces with modern counterparts, they have drawn inspiration from works like Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands. Robert has toured with Voyces to the 2014 Festival of Voices in Tasmania, the 2015 ANCA Choralfest in Melbourne, and the 2017 ANCA Choralfest in Brisbane, with the choir enjoying significant musical success on all occasions. Robert has also done much to promote Australian choral music through commissioned works. His list of premiered commissioned works includes: Wheatbelt (Iain Grandage, Australian Society for Music education), Let Go of My Hand and Buckley’s (Paul Jarman, Trinity College), Vast Sea, Sleeping Mother (Dan Walker, Orff National Conference), The Hooves of Fate (Dan Walker, Voyces), Ark of My Hopes, Ark of My Dreams (Dan Walker, Trinity/Mercedes Chorale), Canticle of the Word (Andrew Partington, Perth Oratorio Choir), The Wexford Carol (Arr. Stefan Pugliese, Voyces), Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei (Perry Joyce, Trinity College Senior Chorale), and The Frog Prince (Perry Joyce, Voyces). As Director of Music at Trinity College Robert conducts the senior school choirs. Notably, these choirs have performed in Sydney, Llangollen, Beijing, New York, Dublin, Belfast, London and Sydney. Robert works as an adjudicator, tutors choral conducting for ACCET at their annual Melbourne summer school and is active with the Australian National Choral Association. In 2017 Robert conducted the Vancouver Chamber Choir as part of their annual symposium, and the Giovanni Consort in a program of modern English repertoire. For fourteen years Robert was the Musical Director and conductor of the Perth Oratorio Choir where he conducted an extensive range of major choral works with orchestra. He has also prepared Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for the WASO Chorus. Robert was the founding conductor of the WA Youth Chorale. In 2006 the WAYC won the state final of the ABC FM Sing Out competition and represented WA in the national final. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b42543e4b0a813f7506f32/f3ec1366-3911-4deb-86e3-4ccd1c7f834e/Noel.png Concert Program Notes - Make it stand out Noel Ancell OAM has had a long career as conductor, teacher, administrator, musicologist, organist and composer but now, largely retired from the first three activities, he finds himself concentrating on composition. He remains Artistic Director of the National Youth Choir of Australia (NYCA). Previously, he was for 35 years Artistic Director of the Australian Boys Choral Institute, conducting the Australian Boys Choir, the Kelly Gang (teenagers) and The Vocal Consort (adults). His voice studio has produced a number of successful professional singers as well as enthusiastic amateurs. His involvement in church music began as a boy and continued in such positions as Director of Music at St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart. He was President of the Australian National Choral Association and has conducted as a guest at international festivals including World Alliance Festivals of Singing in the USA and Prague. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2009 for service to choral music.