Bringing choral music to the Shire for 50 years...
Sutherland Shire Choral Society
JAMES PAUL - OUR CONDUCTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR
James is a Choral Director and Music Educator with over 25 years of experience working with singers of all ages.
He has been our Music Director since 2018.
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James runs choral programmes at Sydney Boys High School, Sydney Girls High School and St Vincent's College.
He conducts the Sydney Street Choir and the Sydney Male Choir.
He has worked as a vocal coach with Sydney Theatre Company and has prepared choirs for Opera Australia.
For many years James was a nationally touring performer of Spanish Art Song and flamenco music.
He holds a Master of Music in Composition from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and his compositions have been heard on ABC Classic FM.
NOORTJE TROMP - OUR REHEARSAL PIANIST
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We have been extremely fortunate to have had Noortje as our rehearsal pianist since 2016.
Noortje has a Performance Arts degree from Wollongong University, where she studied with the irrepressible Gerard Willems.
She worked with Rockdale Opera Company for 20 years with conductor Bransby Bryne and has played in hundreds of shows, including “Opera Afloat” with Megan Evans. Noortje also played in a nation-wide tour of “Oklahoma” and “South Pacific” with the Tony Price Ensemble.
She teaches at Reddam House and St. Vincent’s College.
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OUR DIRECTORS OF MUSIC OVER THE YEARS
1974 - 1981 Ian Sappay
1981 - 1982 Felicia Chadwick
1982 - 1985 Leonie Hempton
1986 - 1990 Leonard Metcalf
1991 - 1996 Stephen Watson
1996 - 1999 Gregory Platt
2000 - 2002 Neil Buckland
2002 - 2008 Jodie Spooner-Ryan
2009 - 2011 Luke Gilmour
2012 - 2013 Margot McLaughlin
2013 - 2017 Jodie Spooner-Ryan
2018 - James Paul