In Concert – Secondary Choral Festival
Students have the opportunity to perform a range of significant choral works in a dazzling choral and instrumental music showcase. Teachers engage in quality professional learning delivered by experts.
The In Concert – Secondary Choral Festival sees the Combined Secondary Schools Choir annually joining forces with The Arts Unit's premier instrumental music ensembles. These concerts provide secondary students with the opportunity to sing in a massed choir with more than 500 other students and perform a range of significant choral works.
Applications for 2025 are now closed.
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2025 concert
The NSW Department of Education will present 1 concert at the Sydney Opera House. School choirs made up of students from Stages 4 to 6 will form part of a combined choir of 750 voices for this concert. All choirs and music classes from public high schools are welcome to join.
Date: Monday 18 August 2025
Tickets
Tickets are not available for 2025 at this stage.
Repertoire
The 2025 repertoire will include a variety of genres and includes compositions by Australian musicians. Repertoire can be linked to curriculum topics for Stages 4 to 6.
Rehearsals
Teacher workshop
Monday 3 March 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at The Arts Unit, Lewisham Public School
Metropolitan schools rehearsals
Please note these preliminary rehearsals are for Metropolitan schools and held at Salvation Army Congress Hall, Elizabeth Street.
Cluster rehearsals for rural and remote schools will be organised with participating schools in late March.
First preliminary rehearsal (Salvation Army Hall)
- Monday 5 May 2025
- Tuesday 6 May 2025
Second preliminary rehearsal (Netball Central, Homebush)
- Wednesday 6 August 2025
All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If support is required to participate in In Concert – Secondary Choral Festival, please email jacqueline.shaw@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.
