| Queensland Youth Choir | |
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| Origin | Brisbane, QLD, Australia |
| Genres | Contemporary Classical Popular Folk Rock Gospel Jazz Art music Musical theatre Australiana |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | Independent label |
| Website | Official site |
| Past members | |
| Jason Barry-Smith Leisa Barry-Smith Tarita Botsman Michael Falzon Ian Stenlake Karen Williams Craig Allister Young David Kidd |
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Robert Clark founded the Queensland Youth Choir in 1984, originally as a training program for young singers. The choir has since evolved into four performance choirs: Poco Voci, StellaVoce, Vivace Voices and VoiceWorks. The choir's home is the Old Museum Building, and over the years, the choir has produced many well-known music professionals such as Jason Barry-Smith and Tarita Botsman.
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VoiceWorks is the Queensland Youth Choir's flagship ensemble, with members from 17 to 25 years of age. This ensemble performs all year round, and has had the experience of performing with many famous people, including Michael Crawford, Tina Arena, and Frank Sinatra. VoiceWorks recently competed in Channel 7's Battle of the Choirs where they advanced to the semi-finals and finished in the top four behind University of Newcastle, Vox Synergy and Harambee. This group is directed by Dale Lingwood, and entry into VoiceWorks is only by audition.
Students from Year 8 to Year 12 perform in Vivace Voices (with the exception of the occasional Year 12s that are accepted into VoiceWorks). This ensemble also performs all year round at community and private events, Christmas Carol concerts, and in QYC's annual concert series. Vivaces Voices are an energetic group of highschool age students with an enthusiasm for singing and the performing arts. In this group we strive to tackle a wide variety of repertoire from traditional choral to musical theatre and even modern pop. As we are a smaller vocal ensemble, we can really focus on developing these maturing and changing voices and we strive to give every chorister the opportunity to perform solo during the year to build confidence as well as have input into the selection of the repertoire they sing. Vivace is a wonderful place to come to sing and to make lifelong friends who share a common interest in making music together! Rebecca Penna is the Musical Director of this ensemble. An audition is required for entry into the Vivace Voices Choir.
Formerly known as The Queensland Children's Choir, the group was renamed to StellaVoce in 2005, and remains under that name today. This choir is for children in Year 4 through to Year 9, and performs in both public and private concerts. The group is conducted by Rhonda Coady, and choristers in this group are auditioned.
Poco Voci is a non-auditioned group for students from pre-school through to Year 4, and is conducted by Marion Wood. The main aim of this group is to develop music skills in young children, and as such, this choir performs less frequently.
President's Trophy Night is a special annual event designed to showcase individual performers within QYC. Entrance into the finals of this event is possible after performers complete a heat in either solo, duet, or small ensemble format.
Prizes are also given to those who place 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their respective age group. In addition to this, encouragement awards are also presented to performers in the junior and senior categories.