Concert History

Nowadays, QUMS typically performs one major concert at the end of the university semester. 

This page gives a brief summary of previous QUMS concerts, listed by year. 
Concerts from 2017 and afterwards have their own pages, with full details of the programme - and recordings!

2024

Semester One – Songbirds — Voices of Australia Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ. Featuring works by Australian composers.

2023

Semester Two – Haydn's Creation.

Semester One – Bona Fide! Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ songs from the cult classic movie O Brother, Where Art Thou. Featuring Scarlett Road.

2022

Semester Two – Remembrance

Semester One – Bangers and Mash — comfort food for the chorister Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ.

2021

Semester Two – Carmina Burana

Semester One – Lost and Found

2019

Semester Two – And She Shall Have Music. Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ, this concert featured music exclusively by women composers. Guest appearance by Louise Denson and Martha Baartz. 

Semester One – Afternoon Delights (A Day at the Proms). Performed at St Andrew's Uniting Church on Creek St with Andrej Kuznetsov on organ. 

2018

Semester Two – A Celtic Odyssey. Performed at the Princess Theatre in Annerley. Traditional songs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales, songs from the diaspora in Canada and Australia, and modern songs too. This was Robert Stewart's first semester as conductor. Guest appearance from the City of Brisbane Pipe Band. 

Semester One – Colin Brumby - A Retrospective. Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ, this was a tribute to the late Dr. Colin Brumby, both a long-term QUMS conductor and Patron. Guest appearances from the 810 Clarinet Quartet, the Stuartholme Singers, the UQ Chamber Singers, and Michele de Courcy. This was Elspeth Sutherland's final performance as conductor. Also that semester we competed (to a limited extent) in the Queensland Eisteddfod at Ipswich.

2017

Semester Two – The Marksman and The Requiem. Performed at St Andrew's Uniting Church on Creek St in conjunction with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's, who performed music from Weber's Der Freischutz before we combined for Cherubini's Requiem Mass in C minor. Conducted by Adrian Head (Sinfonia). 

Semester One – Celestial. Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ. Songs of space and the sky. Guest appearance from the Brisbane Bells.

2016

Semester Two – Completely Classical. Haydn's Harmoniemesse, performed at St Andrew's Uniting Church on Creek St in conjunction with the Sinfonia of St Andrew's. Conducted by Adrian Head (Sinfonia). 

Semester One – Elemental. Performed at the Old Spring Hill Baths, with the Aqualina Swimmers. Also that semester a small group travelled to Toowoomba for the Queensland Eisteddfod. 

2015

Semester Two – Around the World in Eighty Minutes. Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ. First concert conducted by Elspeth Sutherland in her second term. Ramirez' Missa Criolla with guest appearances from Geoff Ahmet and UQ Taiko. 

Semester One – A Night on Broadway. Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ, conducted by Julie Sibley. Also that semester (and near-completely different repertoire) QUMS competed at the Queensland Eisteddfod, held at City Hall in Brisbane; this ended up being David Webster's final performance as conductor. 

2014

Semester Two – In Windsor Forest. Performed at St Andrew's Uniting Church on Creek St. This concert featured settings of Shakespearean texts. 

65th Inter-Varsity Choral Festival – Bach's Mass in B minor (City Hall) and Out of Darkness (St John's Cathedral; Duruflé's Requiem and other pieces). 

Semester One – Brahms' Requiem (and other works). Performed in the GHD Auditorium at UQ. Also featuring many items from our Queensland Eisteddfod performance at the Sunshine Coast. 

2013

Semester Two – Opera Favourites: A Bicentennial Celebration of Verdi & Wagner. Performed at City Hall. Joint concert with the Queensland Choir and the Sinfonia of St Andrew's; conducted by both Kevin Power (TQC) and David Webster (QUMS). 

Semester One – Coronatus! Performed at St John's Cathedral. A musical tribute on the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Also that semester the choir competed at the Queensland Eisteddfod over Easter.