Thanks for a great QYMA 2019!

Thanks for a great QYMA!

Queensland Youth Music Awards is over for another year!

We hope 2019 has been a positive and enriching experience for everyone involved and we look forward to seeing you next year! Please note, all results of the season have now been added to our website.

Share your thoughts!

Our mission is to continue to improve QYMA year after year, and to do this, we need your help! We invite you to let us know your feedback across a number of different aspects of QYMA, including the venues, management and more.

Scroll down to click on the survey link that best applies to you! It will only take you five minutes to complete but will help sculpt QYMA 2020.

Conductors - you're also welcome to share the 'Audience' survey with parents so we can receive encompassing feedback.

Thanks to our sponsors!

We invite you to keep reading as we thank our wonderful sponsors for 2019, which included Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Western Suburbs String Orchestra, Kodály QLD, Queensland Pops Orchestra, The Queensland Choir, Brisbane Chorale, and The Gap Ward, Brisbane City Council.

We'll be opening up sponsorship for QYMA 2020 at the end of this year, but welcome enquiries all year round! If you know any businesses or groups who'd like to support next year's season, please email qyma@birralee.org.

Finally, thank you!

QYMA wouldn't be possible without a number of wonderful people, including our adjudicators, volunteers and management provided by the team at Voices of Birralee - thank you for your hard work! Thank you also to the conductors and school teams for the work you do in getting your school to QYMA.

Until next time,

Julie Christiansen OAM
Voices of Birralee Founder & Artistic Director
(Managers of QYMA)
QYMA@birralee.org

VOICES OF BIRRALEE
Managers of QYMA

Queensland Youth Music Awards are managed and proudly presented by leading youth choral organisation, Voices of Birralee. Voices of Birralee caters for children and young adults aged 5 - 35. More information via Voices of Birralee's website and following the organisation via Facebook or Instagram.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

(QYMA - Section 6 - String Ensemble to Year 6.
Min. 10 players)

Established in 1947, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra is Australia's third largest symphony orchestra, performing diverse and powerful works of classical music.

The Orchestra invites all to attend their Latin America Gala on Saturday 17 August, conducted by Music Director Alondra de la Parra.

More information via their website or Facebook.

The Western Suburbs String Orchestra

(QYMA - Section 27 - Secondary String Orchestra - Intermediate)

The Western Suburbs String Orchestra is an ensemble aimed at providing school-aged string players with the experience and skills of ensemble playing in a friendly environment.

More information via WSSO's website or Facebook.

Kodály QLD

(QYMA - Section 9 - Primary Choir to Year 6.
Max. 60 voices)

The Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia (KMEIA) also known as Kodály Australia is a group of dedicated and well-trained music educators inspired by Kodály’s philosophy.

For over 40 years, Kodály Australia members have worked to develop programs for Australian students based on the successful Hungarian model. The members of Kodály Australia have an ongoing commitment to maintaining and developing their own musicianship and teaching skills. Membership is open to educators, students, organisations and members of the community who are interested in music education programmes of excellence.

Queensland Pops Orchestra

(QYMA - Section 25 - Secondary Concert Bands - Advanced)

Queensland Pops Orchestra has been delighting Australian audiences with new arrangements of old favourites and popular classics for 35 years.

This year the orchestra is thrilled to announce that the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Performing Arts students are joining the orchestra for the fourth year in the popular production "That's Show Business". The performance will take place on Saturday 31 August.

The Queensland Choir

(QYMA - Section 29 - Secondary Choir Year 7 - 9)

The Queensland Choir, one of Australia's largest premier choirs, has led the development of choral performance in Queensland for more than a century. The choir is made up of around 100 volunteer choristers from a wide range of backgrounds and ages who are auditioned annually and perform as a symphonic choir, the core of the Brisbane Sings Messiah Chorus and, at times, as a large chamber choir.

News from The Queensland Choir

As part of The Queensland Choir's growth, the organisation has relocated to new facilities in the Twelfth Night Theatre Complex in Bowen Hills as part of the development of an Arts Hub. Here, the choir will operate as a resident member of the theatre complex, as the venue continues to provide support to non-profit arts groups in Brisbane.

The Queensland Choir will be performing in the Twelfth Night Theatre with the first concert being a Tribute to Marjorie Johnstone who operated the Johnstone Gallery, originally situated adjacent to the current theatre. Their donation of the land provided the opportunity for the construction of the theatre. Concerts are Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September and tickets are available via 07 3252 5122.

More information about The Queensland Choir via its website, email or Facebook.

Brisbane Chorale

(QYMA - Section 21 - Secondary Choir - Advanced)

Brisbane Chorale is a symphonic choir of over 100 voices based in Brisbane, Queensland, with a reputation for excellence in choral performance since 1983.

Upcoming concerts include Verdi’s Requiem on Sunday 28 July, A Joyful Noise (glorious music for choir, brass & organ) on Sunday 1 September, and Handel’s Israel in Egypt on Sunday 17 November.

The Gap Ward, Brisbane City Council

Special thank you to the Lord Mayor's Suburban Initiative Fund and Councillor for The Gap Ward, Cr Steven Toomey, for supporting QYMA sections held at The Gap State High School and Ferny Grove State School.

More information via The Gap Wards' website or Facebook.