Not New Year's Eve - Saturday December 28th, 2002

MUS celebrated an early New Year's Eve with the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra and Willoughby Symphony Choir. Conducted by Gavin Sutherland, the concert featured soloists Bernadette Robinson, Sergei Golovko (percussion), Emily Whelan, Angus Wood and Denise Drysdale as compere.

Works included a tribute to Judy Garland, a salute to Mario Lanza, selections from West Side Story, Hello Dolly!, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and Spanish Eyes.

The Prosperity Concert - Friday December 20th, 2002

This concert was held as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of diplomatic relations between Australia and the People's Republic of China. Conducted by Yu Long and featuring acclaimed soprano Song Zuying, Huo Xiaojun (Erhu) and Chen Yue (flautist), Yang Lan (MC) and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Featuring: Jasmine, Spice Sister, Flying Song of Motherland, Beautiful Life, Click Go the Shears (translated into Chinese), Love for My China and I Still Call Australia Home.

Best of British - November 29th & 30th, 2002

2002 saw the celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee and the passing of the Queen Mother. AusPops paid tribute to these two great ladies in the Best of British concerts. The concert was conducted by Barry Knight and featured Lisa Russell (soprano), Tyrone Landau (tenor). Paul Martell (compere) and of course MUS and the WSO.

Works included Handel's Zadok the Priest, If I Ruled the World, a tribute to the Luton Girls Choir and selections from Bless the Bride, Me and My Girl, The Crazy Gang and works by Ivor Novello.

Springtime in Paris - October 4th & 5th, 2002

MUS went for a stroll along the boulevards of Paris as Gavin Sutherland conducted Springtime in Paris. The concert featured soloists Amelia Farrugia and Donald Cant and the Christine Walsh Dance Company. Works performed included selections from Les Miserables, Carmen, Tales of Hoffmann and tributes to Aznavour, Piaf and Chevalier.

Vienna Waits for You - August 9th & 10th, 2002

Warwick Stengards, resident conductor at the Vienna Volksoper returned to Australia to conduct this concert series, and brought with him soprano Elisabeth Flechl and tenor Kurt Schreibmayer from the Vienna Voksoper. The concert was compered by Lewis Fiander.

Featuring:selections from the Gypsy Baron (Strauss II), Wiener Blut (Stauss II), the Merry Widow (Lehar) and other works by Strauss and Stolz.

Cantoria & MUS in Concert - Friday July 26th, 2002

The Macquarie University International Relations Office and Macquarie University Singers presented Cantoria, a visiting choral ensemble from Truman State University, USA in concert.

Conducted by Paul Crabb and Margot McLaughlin, the concert featured works by Missa Ad Imitationem Moduli Vinum Bonum and Surrexit Pastor Bonus (Orlando Di Lasso), O Jesu Christ, Mein’s Lebens Licht (J. S. Bach), Songs of Passage (Stephen Leek) and choral works by Wilby, Joio, Clausen, Colonna and Pepping.

MUS also performed John Rutter’s O Clap Your Hands.

The Grand Tour - Saturday July 6th, 2002

Venice, Rome, England, Paris...Conducted by Margot McLaughlin, MUS went on a Grand Tour through Europe

Soloists : Emma Zampieri (soprano) and Nicole Smeulders (mezzo-soprano)

Featuring The King Shall Rejoice (Handel), Te Deum (Lully), Christmas Concerto (Corelli), Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli) and Gloria in D (Vivaldi).

The Night They Invented Champagne - May 3rd & 4th , 2002

Conducted by Barry Knight, the Macquarie University Singers, with the Australian Pops / Philharmonic Orchestra, and Willoughby Symphony Choir, performs music from Lerner & Loewe's most popular musicals.

Guest artists include Amelia Farrugia, Lewis Fiander & Rod McLennan

Featuring music from Brigadoon, My Faire Lady, Paint Your Wagon, Camelot & Gigi

St Nicolas Cantata - November 23rd & 25th, 2001

The Macquarie University Singers, the Taverner Consort and Ravenswood School choir, chamber orchestra and Alan Maddox as tenor soloist
Conducted by Susan Briedis

Best of British - November 2nd & 3rd, 2001

The Macquarie University Singers at the Sydney Opera House, with the Australian Pops / Philharmonic Orchestra, and Willoughby Symphony Choir

Conducted by Barry Knight

Featuring : Amelia Farrugia (soprano), Tony Fenelon (piano), and Paul Martell (compere).

An Evening In Paris - August 31st & September 1st, 2001

MUS with the Australian Pops / Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Willoughby Symphony Singers, conducted by Gavin Sutherland
Guest artists : Bernadette Robinson, Shaun Murphy, Lewis Fiander and the Christine Walsh Dance Company

The Lions, The Wallabies..and MUS - July 14th, 2001

MUS performed at the Wallabies - Lions match on Saturday July 14th at Stadium Australia.
Featuring Waltzing Matilda, Land of Hope and Glory and World in Union.

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle - May 26th, 2001

The choral highlight of the year on the Macquarie University campus - eighty minutes of gloriously operatic SATB solos, punchy choruses and fascinating accompaniment (two pianos and harmonium).

Conducted by Margot McLaughlin, and featuring:
Jane Parkin (soprano), Katharine Capewell (contralto), James Bonnefin (tenor), William Moxey (baritone).
Joy Lalchere (piano), Eric Knight (2nd piano), Heather Moen-Boyd (harmonium).

Autumn Serenade - May 11th & 12th, 2001

With the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Willoughby Symphony Choir, conducted by Gavin Sutherland at the Sydney Opera House

Guest soloists: Allan Zavod (piano), Karin Schaupp (Guitar), Stephen Snelleman (compere)

Works by Offenbach, Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, and others.

The Music of Rogers and Hammerstein - March 2nd & 3rd, 2001

With the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Willoughby Symphony Choir, conducted by Barry Knight at the Sydney Opera House

Guest soloists: Marina Prior, Donald Cant

Featuring songs from The Sound of Music, The King and I, Carousel, Oklahoma!, Flower Drum Song, South Pacific and State Fair

Wolcome Yole! - December 9th, 2000

With conductor Margot McLaughlin and organist Peter Hamilton

Best of British - October 6th & 7th, 2000

With the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Willoughby Symphony Choir, conducted by Barry Knight at the Sydney Opera House

Guest soloists: Kirsti Harms, Tony Fenelon, The Beatals

Featuring works by Ivor Novello, Hubert Parry, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Gilbert and Sullivan and Elgar, including the 'Last Night of the Proms' finale - Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Rule Britannia, Jerusalem, Pomp & Circumstance No. 1

Berlioz Te Deum - September 3rd, 2000

With the Sydney University Musical Society, Willoughby Symphony Choir, the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Kenway

Berlioz Te Deum
Saint-Saens Organ Symphony No. 3 in C Minor Op. 78

Tenor soloist: Anson Austin
Organist: Peter Kneeshaw
Also featuring the choirs of Sydney Grammar, Kincoppal-Rose Bay, St Aloysius' College and the Australian Youth Choir

Rejoice in the Lamb - June 3rd, 2000

With conductor Margot McLaughlin and organist Mark Quarmby playing the university's new Copeman-Hart organ

Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30
Dvorak Mass in D, Op. 86
Purcell's Bell Anthem, 'Rejoice in the Lord Alway'
Various English Renaissance Anthems
Boellmann Suite Gothique, Op. 25

Soloists: Katherine Crotty, David Hansen, Nicholas Bentivoglio, Alexander Lewis

Choruses We Love to Sing - October 31st, 1999

With conductor Margot McLaughlin, accompanist Joy Lalchere and narrator Sean Porteous

Magnificat - May 29th, 1999

With conductor Margot McLaughlin, accompanist Joy Lalchere and a specially assembled orchestra of Sydney musicians
G. F. Handel, Overture and Ballet Music from Alcina
J. S. Bach, Magnificat in D, BWV 243
W. A. Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore , K.339
Soloists: Su-Cheen Yi, Narelle Tapping, Jonathan Lewis, Michael Hissey

Wolcum Yole - December 12th, 1998

With conductor Margot McLaughlin and accompanist Joy Lalchere
Britten's A Ceremony of Carols
Various Christmas carols

Dido and Aeneas - June 13th, 1998

With conductor Margot McLaughlin, directed by Yaron Llfschitz, and a specially assembled orchestra of Sydney musicians
Purcell Dido and Aeneas - a dramatised version
A selection of love songs
Soloists: Heather Lee as Dido, Simon Lobelson as Aeneas, Barbara Sanders as Belinda and Gabriel Griffiths as the Sorceress

Last Night of the Proms - April 11th, 1998

With the Sydney Opera House Orchestra and the Willoughby Symphony Choir, conducted by Colin Piper
Guests: Maureen Howard, Luciano Martucci, Sue Ingleton
Featuring works by Handel, Vaughan - Williams, Borodin, and the traditional 'Last Night of the Proms' finale