Well, Christmas is a busy time for everyone. We had concerts at Inner City Blue Care, and St Gerard Majella plus a slightly more relaxed concert at the Gap Village shopping centre. In amongst those, we also had our end-of-year social at the Arana Hills leagues club. See the write ups on our Recent Events …
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An SATB Community Choir based in The Gap, Brisbane, Australia
Serenata – Lions Concert
Memories – Popular and Patriotic A large and appreciative audience enjoyed the 2018 Serenata Singers Annual Gala Concert at The Gap Uniting Church on Saturday evening 3 November. The concert theme was “Memories – Popular and Patriotic” and included a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. The commemoration …
Voices of Remembrance
As part of our usual gala concert this year, we have joined with many other choirs in supporting the Queensland Music Festival's Voices of Remembrance (see QMF Site). Leading up to our concert on the 4th November various members of the choir were interviewed by the ABC. Lois spoke with Rebecca Levingstone and Craig Zonca (I'll …
Mitchie Day concert
Once again, an intrepid group of singers ventured over to Mitchelton. The choir, led by Sue and accompanied by the ever patient Prue sang a selection of popular numbers from musicals such as Les Miserables, and medleys of Cole Porter amongst others...
Annual Gala Concert 2018: Memories – Popular and Patriotic
The Serenata Singers Annual Gala Concert for 2018, presented in conjunction with the Ashgrove/The Gap Lions Club, will include a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. The commemoration is part of Voices of Remembrance, a statewide choral program that encourages communities across Queensland to commemorate the centenary of …
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Busy Times
The Singers are busy - with another mid-week concert delivered, this time at St Joseph's (see recent events). With our own concert coming ever closer, and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, we have a number of ladies preparing poppies. Keep an eye open for our fliers, and join us …
Concert at Aveo, Newmarket
Hi All, I've updated our list of recent events with a picture from our concert at Aveo in Newmarket. See it here … Recent Events In other interesting news, I have found this amazing video of a singer (Baritone if you want to be specific), taken with an MRI (as in scanner from hospital). It …
Bellevue – Ferny Hills
After a busy week, we journeyed to Ferny Hills to entertain the residents at Bellevue. The mixture of musicals, popular classic numbers, and the occasional oddity (such as a Stanley Holloway monologue), had everyone smiling as we left for lunch. The residents and staff enjoyed the morning of entertainment, as much as we did! See …
4MBS Concert Sunday 20th May
The Serenata Singers will be performing alongside other Brisbane musicians on Sunday May 20th. Come along to enjoy our singers and all the other acts at their 4MBS Performance Studio, 384 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo. See the 4MBS Website for more details: 4MBS Website Also check out our latest events from the tabs, above Recent Events.
The Gap Uniting Church Autumn Fair
The weather has been kind to us at The Gap today. After yesterday's rain, this morning dawned bright and clear (by the time I got up). The Serenata Singers did a 20 minute segment between the very talented groups of youngsters from The Gap state and high schools. The future of music looks good - …
Concert season has started
We had our first concert of 2018 at Tri-Care in Stafford Heights. With some of our new recruits doing their first concert, we had a great concert and look forward to coming back and seeing the team at Tri Care next time! See the Recent Events page for more details. We've also confirmed a performance …
Open Evening
Had our open evening last week and welcomed four new visitors to our practice session. Had a bit of fun, with Lois leading us through our preparation for the first concert on March 18th. We’ve been really lucky this year and we have welcomed three new members already – how about you come and join …
It’s Starting: 2018…
Welcome back everyone! - It's all underway: planning has been frenetic as we approach our start up dates! We're back on our rehearsal schedule on Monday 28th January straight after Australia Day (see our Calendar for details). The calendar is becoming more full every week! We're also having an Open evening in February so if …
Look back at 2017
Well, 2017 has come and gone. It was another busy year with Lois and Margaret busy juggling the availability of themselves, choir members and repertoire. The year started with our usual bevy of mid-week and weekend concerts. The venues are mainly Aged-care and retirement villages - and they enjoy the time we put into singing …
The Gap Uniting Church Autumn Fair
The Serenata Singers provided a light entertainment interlude at The Gap Uniting Church autumn fair. It was a superb morning, and the fair was buzzing with activity. Lois led the choir, ably accompanied by Brandon. We did a selection of light bouncy music appropriate for the fair atmosphere!
First Concert of 2016
Well, we just started our year with a concert at Tri-Care Stafford. We had a hot stuffy day with all the over-cast conditions, but it all went without a major hitch. Ian (MC) mis-read the programme, and that set the scene for a light hearted run through of some lovely songs, ranging from Irving Berlin, …
Catch up on Last Year!
Well, as I prepared our first post of the year we have no photos! It was then I recalled that I had some from the concert last year that I hadn't published... So here they are (Sorry for the delay). Elle and Alex: Brandon - our ever-patient accompanist! The 'quartet' And of course, the whole …
Soloists for our November 7th Concert
Hi all, We are happy to welcome back to of Brisbane's talented teenagers from QACI - Elle Noye (flautist) and Alex Korenevski (pianist). They will be joining us for our annual concert in support of the Ashgrove and The Gap Lions! Come and listen to their talents...
School of Hard Knocks
Six of our Choir members are currently practising together with the Choir of Hard Knocks and their conductor Jonathan Welch (AM) in Brisbane’s first ever ‘Absolutely Everybody Loves Broadway’ concert (QPAC, Concert Hall, Fri 9, 8pm). Tickets are available from http://www.qpac.com.au/event/everybody_loves_broadway_15.aspx. The concert includes great performers such as Suzanne Johnston, Judi Connelli and Tim McCallum. It will also host a …
Serenata Singers’ Annual Concert “Sing, Sing, Sing”
Serenata Singers are pleased to announce that they will be celebrating their Annual Concert "Sing, Sing, Sing", together with the support of the Ashgrove and The Gap Lions Club on November 7th 2015. This year's concert will include some of our favourite pieces together with some new ones. We'll also be supported by some wonderful …
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