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 |