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CHRISTMASDIRECTED BY DR ROBERT BRAHAM

Robert brahamDr Robert Braham has been involved in choral music in Western Australia for more than twenty years. For fourteen years he 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.

In 2004 he conducted three of Perth’s major choirs: POC, UWACS and PUCS with the University of Western Australia Orchestra in a highly acclaimed performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Robert was the founding conductorof 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.

As Director of Music at Trinity College he also conducts the senior school choirs who have sung in festivals in New York, Beijing, Llangollen and Sydney. Robert works as an adjudicator, directs workshops in choral conducting and choral singing for boys chorus. He is currently state president of the Australian National Choral Association and on its National Council.

Robert is keen to perform and promote Australian compositions and has premiered many such works. He has also conducted commissioned works by Australian composers Iain Grandage (Australian Society for Music education), Paul Jarman (Trinity College), Dan Walker (Orff national conference) and Andrew Partington (Perth Oratorio Choir). For the Voyces Aspire competition works by young composers Stefan Pugliese and Alex Turley have also been premiered.

As the musical director of Voyces, Robert has developed a choir that sings ‘contemporary classical’ choral music of the highest quality. Over the past two years Voyces has concentrated on Australian composers including Stephen Leek, Joseph Twist, Dan Walker, Iain Grandage, Lisa Young, Perry Joyce, Ruth McCall, Matthew Orlovich, Martin Wesley-Smith and Katy Abbott, while also singing works by international choral composers. 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 much musical success on all three occasions.

jonathan bradley

FLETCHER COX

Jonathan Bradley is one of Australia’s outstanding keyboard players, delighting audiences throughout the world with his artistry as pianist, organist and harpsichordist. He has appeared with some of Australia’s finest orchestras and has been a continuo player with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra on a number of occasions.

Jonathan has been guest soloist with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven’s 4th Concerto and the Choral Fantasy, with the Melbourne Youth Orchestra in Brahms’ 1st Concerto and Beethoven’s 3rd Concerto, with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Concerto in E flat (K.449) and with the Australian Classical Players in concertos by Mozart and Bach. Since moving to Perth in 2010 he has been soloist three times with the Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, in Beethoven’s 1st and 2nd Piano Concertos and the Poulenc Organ Concerto. He has also appeared as organist with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and the West Australian Youth Orchestra.

Fletcher Cox graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2015 with his Bachelor’s degree, having studied with Brent Grapes and Evan Cromie. In his final year at UWA, received both the Wesley Mission Scholarship and the Vose Memorial Concerto Prize for his performance of the Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto.

In 2016, Fletcher moved to Melbourne to study with Dave Elton and Tristram Williams at the Australian National Academy of Music, where he currently studies now. During this time, Fletcher has appeared alongside the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Australian World Orchestra in side by side projects and was also a member of the winning ensemble in the 2016 Chamber Competition.

Fletcher is also a sought after freelancer, having performed alongside the West Australian, Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, the latter of which he as appeared as guest principal trumpet.

TRACEY HARRIS

AIDEN GABRIELS

Born and raised in Port Hedland, Tracey began learning the trumpet at aged 8, but due to the fact she lived in a mining town trumpet teachers were few and far between. She quickly moved onto the flute until she was sent to Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Perth as a boarder where she was able to pursue multiple instruments. After completing year 12 she attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts studying Classical voice, and later on continued her musical studies at the University of Melbourne studying trumpet under Tristram Williams.

Currently Tracey is a trumpet tutor at multiple schools in Perth and performs with numerous brass bands, orchestra’s and other ensembles around the city. She is currently studying to be a classroom teacher and hopes to travel around the world to bring the joy of music to others less fortunate.

Aidan, born in Perth comes from a family of four all starting violin at a young age. He was introduced to violin at the age of five and at 10 he received a scholarship to begin studying the French Horn at John XXIII College as a part of the band program.

Aidan has received tutelage from some of Australia’s leading Horn players, including Robert Gladstones, Peter Luff, Ysolt Clarke and Ben Jacks.

Aidan began his tertiary study in 2012 studying a Bachelor of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (continuing to study with Robert Gladstones.) In 2014 Aidan moved to Brisbane to continue his bachelor of music. He moved to Melbourne in 2017 to begin tutelage at the Australian National Academy of Music and is now based in Sydney apart 2018 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellowship program.

Aidan has made appearances with orchestras all over Australia, including the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Camerata of St Johns Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, among others. A long-term member of the Australian Youth Orchestra, he recently toured to Europe and China, performing in some of the world’s most renowned concert venues as part of the AYO 2016 International Tour.

TOM SALLEO

JASON CATCHPOWLE

Tom Salleo is a Perth-based trombonist involved in many aspects of the local music scene. At age 19, he is going into his third year at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, studying a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance.

Tom began his musical journey learning piano at age 6 and picked up the trombone later at age 8. A former student at Trinity College, he is well versed in both Classical and Jazz styles which is attributed to his participation in a great number of bands and ensembles, some being under the leadership of the Director of Music at Trinity College, Dr. Robert Braham.

In the process of furthering his career, Tom attended two exchange programs in the United States earlier this year, to New York University and the Brubeck Institute where he studied with some of the greatest and most influential jazz musicians or our time.

Jason Catchpowle is a native of Great Britain. He moved with his family to Perth, Western Australia in 2007 and has since moved to Melbourne in 2014. Jason had his first musical training from the age of five with piano lessons. Later he joined the music program at Churchlands SHS and had the opportunity to learn an orchestral instrument. Unfortunately Jason joined a year after the program start and had to pick between the Euphonium or the Tuba as his second instrument. Fortunately Jason made the right choice and has experienced an enduring love for the velvety sound of the tuba. Jason has studied at WAAPA, ANAM and the University of Melbourne.

Jason has performed with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and is also a casual at the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. Jason’s teachers have included Cameron Brook, Steve Rossé and Tim Buzbee.

programA Patre Unigenitus Carl Rütti

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel arr. Paul Leddington Wright

The Clouded Heaven Judith Bingham

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Arthur Sullivan, John Scott

Ding Dong! Merrily on High arr. Mack Wilberg

Nova! Nova! Bob Chilcott

This Endris Night Z. Randall Stroope

The Wexford Carol Trad. arr. Stefan Pugliese - WORLD PREMIERE

For Him All Stars have Shone Bob Chilcott

Sing to the Ends of the Earth Jeffrey Ryan - AUST. PREMIERE

Pilgrim Jesus Bob Chilcott

Bethlehem Down Peter Warlock

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn,

Paul Leddington Wright

O Come, All Ye Faithful J. F. Wade, Philip Ledger

A Merry Christmas Traditional

Please hold your applause until the breaks in the program indicated by the solid lines.

personnel

sopranoSarah ColeBreanna EvangelistaSarah GuillotJade HansenRhiannon HodgsonLaura IgglesdenElena MarcelloLaura Noonan-CroweShaunna PowellRachel SingerJeanette Teh

altoElizabeth AitkenChristine DurantLydia GardinerAvril HughesFreya PetersenGabrielle ScheggiaKatherine SwannLana Winfield

tenorLuke DonohoeKieran LynchStefan PuglieseAdrian SoaresAlex Wheeler

bassJoshua AdamsJason BoronCalum BrahamJonty CoyJoshua DunneChristopher-Jack AndrewChristopher Tay

TrumpetFletcher Cox - Trumpet 1Tracey Harris - Trumpet 2

FRENCH HORNAiden Gabriels

TromboneTom Salleo

tubaJason Catchpowle

organJonathan Bradley

Special thanks to Ann Clarke and the treble singers from Trinity CollegePhotography by Nik Babic

directed by dr robert braham

lyricsHark! The Herald Angels Sing

1. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled: Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With th’angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.

2. Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold him come Offspring of a virgin’s womb: Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th’incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.

3. Hail! the heav’nborn Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Ris’n with healing in his wings; Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.

lyricsO Come All Ye Faithful

1. O Come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him Born the King of Angels: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

2. God of God, Light of Light, Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Very God, Begotten, not created: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

3. See how the shepherds, Summoned to his cradle, Leaving their flocks, Draw nigh with lowly fear; We too will thither Bend our joyful footsteps O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

4. Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above; Glory to God In the highest: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

5. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning, Jesu, to thee be glory giv’n; Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

translationThe Wexford Carol

Ó, tagaig’ uile is adhraigíAn leanbh cneasta sa chró ‘na luíIs cuimhnígí ar ghrá an RíA thug dár saoradh anocht an Naí.

‘S a Mhuire Mháthair i bParrthas Dé,Ar chlann bhocht Éabha guigh ‘nois go caomh,Is doras an chró ná dún go deoGo n-adhram’ feasta Mac Mhuire Ógh.

I mBeithil thoir i lár na hoích’

Ba chlos an deascéala d’aoirí,Go follas don saol ón spéir go binnBhí aingle ‘canadh ó rinn go rinn.“Gluaisig’ go beo,” dúirt Aingeal Dé,“Go Beithil sall is gheobhaidh sibh É‘Na luí go séimh i mainséar féir,Siúd É an Meisias a ghráigh an saol.

Oh come all and adoreThe kind baby in the stable lying down.And remember the love of the KingWho gave the infant tonight for our liberation.And his mother Mary in God’s ParadisePray gently for Eve’s poor family,

And never close the stable doorThat I may henceforth worship the son of young Mary.

In Bethlehem east in the middle of the nightShepherds heard the good news,Clearly, sweetly from the sky for allAngels were singing from point to point.“Go quickly” said God’s angel,“Over to Bethlehem and you will find himLying peacefully in a grass manger,Behold the Messiah who loves all.”

NB: The translations of the verses above are direct translations of the Irish text, and differ from the equivalent verses in the English version of the carol.

Thank you to Patrick Stack for translating Irish verses and assisting with pronunciation of the text.

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