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Echology

Echology is the University of Newcastle's multi-award winning chamber choir. Whether you are a student or staff member of the University or a member of the community, you are welcome to audition for this very distinguished choral ensemble.

The University's chamber choir brings together individuals who share a love of singing and performing a challenging and varied repertoire, ranging from Renaissance to more contemporary music.

Echology successes

2014	Rhythms of One World Festival, Geneva
2013	Feature choir at XII Festivale Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacre (12th International Festival of Sacred Music and Art), Rome and Vatican City
2012	Winners of McDonald's Eisteddfod, Sydney
	Winners of Australian National Eisteddfod, Canberra
	Three Silver Medals at 7th World Choir Games in Cincinnati, USA
	Participating in Rhythms of One World Festival in New York, USA
2010	Winners in the Mixed Choir and Contemporary Music sections at the Sixth World Choir Games in Shaoxing, China
	Gold Diploma in the Folklore category at the Sixth World Choir Games in Shaoxing, China
	Ranked 8th in the Interkultur Musica Mundi rankings for Mixed Choirs and 21st in the top 1000
2008	Winners of Channel 7's highly-rating national television program, Battle Of The Choirs
	Guest choir at the Festival of Voices in Hobart, TAS
2007	Winners of the Open Sacred Choral Award, the Open Contemporary Australian Choral event and the inaugural Australian Open Choir Championship at the Australian National Eisteddfod, Canberra
2006	Adult Choir of the Year in the ABC's Choir of the Year competition