North Coast Singers

Calling all NSW public school students in Years 4 to 12 and their music teachers!

Join acclaimed music director Paul Jarman for an inspiring day of singing, learning, and musical connection.

Whether you are an experienced chorister or simply love to sing, this exciting workshop is a chance to learn new repertoire, build vocal skills, and experience the joy of making music together in a fun and supportive environment.

Date: Sunday 25 October 2026
Arrivals: 9:30 am registration
Workshop: 10 am to 3 pm

There is no cost associated with attending the launch day.

North Coast Singers will rehearse twice per term on a weekend.

The 2027 rehearsal schedule will be published during Term 4, 2026, and more information will be shared on the launch day.

The student participation fee for Semester 1 will be $220, which will include a North Coast Singers shirt.

Music teachers are more than welcome to attend our rehearsals. Please register your attendance with Sarah Armour.

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Paul Jarman is a composer, lyricist, performer, musical director, and sought-after conductor, presenter, and adjudicator. He has been commissioned over two hundred times by ensembles in Australia and abroad. Many of Paul’s works have become modern choral standards. His music is published worldwide.

As a cultural ambassador, he has worked extensively throughout Australia, Europe, Asia, North America, the Indian and Pacific Oceans in festivals and special events with theatre productions, Aboriginal-Anglo Celtic performance groups, choirs, and orchestras, and as a multi-instrumentalist in Australia’s pioneering ‘world music’ ensemble Sirocco since 1996, representing Australia for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Musica Viva. He has also performed in various Australian movies and composed the music to Mike Dillon’s award-winning adventure documentary films.  

In 2010, Paul’s piece for the 40th Anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jnr was performed for President Barack Obama in the White House, and in 2016, Paul was the only composer from the Southern Hemisphere among a group of some of today's most accomplished choral composers, commissioned by Oxford University Press to write a piece for the 400th Anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.

Paul has composed and conducted the music for Australian special events, including the Centenary of Federation, the Bicentenary of the Battle of Vinegar Hill, Year of the Outback, The Olympic Arts Festival, The Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony, United Nations Year of the Mountain, The Queensland 150th and the Australia Day Spectacular. Paul has also composed over one hundred school anthems and is continually active in the development and promotion of choirs and music institutions across Australia and Asia. He has been the artist-in-residence at many of Australia’s leading schools. Paul is also the patron of the Orange Male Voice Choir.