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Bruce Addison
Bruce is currently Director of
the Social and Environmental Studies at Brisbane Girls Grammar School where he
teaches economics. After graduating in 1984, Bruce worked in the banking sector
for a number of years until completing his Diploma in Education in 1990. He
holds degrees in business (economics and public policy) arts (modern history)
and education and has completed a PhD in educational sociology from the
University of Queensland.
Besides a passion for choral music, Bruce is a cricket tragic and enjoys concert
going, gardening and cooking.
Bruce commenced his interest in choral music singing in his father’s parish
choir. In 1973 he joined the St John’s Cathedral Choir, where he was Head
Chorister in 1977, commencing a thirty-year association with the choir. As an
adult, Bruce learned singing for five years completing Year 8 AMEB studies in
1990. He has sung in a number of choral groups in Brisbane including the
Quodlibet Singers, Cantilena, Canticum and Schola, the semi-professional
ensemble of St Stephen’s Cathedral. He is a foundation member of the Brisbane
Chamber Choir. In addition, Bruce has held the post of Director of Choral Music
at St John’s College (University of Queensland) and was on the part time staff
of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (Mackay Campus) where he conducted the
Conservatorium Chorale. In a former life, Bruce was a clarinettist and
Bandmaster of the Queensland University Regiment. He has served two terms as
President of the Chamber Choir.
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Ben Fletcher Ben works in Information Technology as a Systems Engineer and
Lawyer. He specialises in web hosting and internet related technologies.
He has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of
Queensland. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, also holds a Graduate
Diploma in Legal Practice.
Ben is a avid soccer follower who supports the Queensland Roar and Fulham.
Previously he played in the Queensland Soccer Federation for Oxley until injury forced him to take an extended break from playing.
Ben has been singing in choirs from an early age. A foundation member of the Queensland Conservatorium Music School Choir at age 9 (now the Young Conservatorium), he continued his choral journey in the St Peters Chorale under Graeme Morton.
As foundation member of The Australian Voices under Graeme Morton and Stephen Leek,
he has participated in 5 international performance tours. Ben sang in the Brisbane Chamber Choir in 2000 and 2001, and returned in 2006 to sing Tenor.
He is a serving chamber choir committee member.
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Peter Garret
Peter is a Civil Engineer and a graduate of the University of
Queensland with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil). He lives and works for an
engineering consultancy located on the Gold Coast involved in the design and
construction of residential and waterfront developments including civil
roadworks, infrastructure and golf courses.
He grew up playing tennis but gave up when it started getting too hard to see
the ball at night and joined a choir, so he could follow all those black dots
instead! He dreams of giving up work one day, travelling the world and trying to
work out how he could make a difference.
Peter has been studying voice since 1994, completing his AMEB Eighth Grade.
After previously singing with his local church and community choirs, Peter
joined the Brisbane Chamber Choir in mid 2002. He well remembers his first
performance with the group, filling in at a concert in the wonderful acoustic of
St John's Cathedral and singing in French for the first time ever. Thankfully,
he has grown to love singing in French! He also sings with The Lucian Singers
under the direction of Graeme Morton and recently participated in the RSCM
Singers under the direction of visiting Canadian Tony Funk.
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Fraser Kendall
After studying Business at Griffith University Fraser moved into
marketing, and has held senior marketing roles with companies such as Epson,
Sony, and the Brisbane Bronco, and is currently an International Product
Marketing Manager for a Swiss engineering company.
Fraser began singing at an early age after being encouraged by a teacher at
primary school. He found enjoyment in piano, theory and voice. This same teacher
then encouraged Fraser to sing in outside choirs, and this lead to Fraser
joining St Stephens Cathedral Choir, and singing in various opera companies in
child roles. While still at primary school, Fraser became a member of the
Queensland Conservatorium Music School amongst others.
After this, Fraser attended St Peters and continued fitting school in around music wherever possible. After school Fraser studied voice at the Queensland Conservatorium with an eye to a career in music. However, he had the first of
many mid life crises and changed disciplines to study business. Since then he
has lived in the Queensland outback, Sydney, Brisbane and currently lives out of
a suitcase in an airline lounge.
With far too many hobbies to be considered healthy, Fraser's main interests are
Rugby League, military history and music.
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Morgan Roberts
Morgan makes coffee as a day job, and is the company photographer
for the Brisbane based physical theatre company Zen Zen Zo. He has also begun to
take on some freelance work as a portrait and theatre/performance photographer.
Morgan enjoys street photography, and is currently developing a collection of
photographs taken around Brisbane since 2005. He also enjoys watching films (the
pianist, Amelie and requiem for a dream rank among his favourites), listening to
all kinds of music (just no country/western please) and developing film (it's
remedial, seriously...), preferably eating pizza and drinking beer while doing
all of the above.
Morgan has been singing with Graeme Morton since 2001, when he joined the St.
Peters Chorale as a mere ninth grader. Towards the end of that first year, he
went through some hard times and thought he was a bass, but he soon saw the
light and is a tenor to this day. Morgan also acts as the chambers choir's
in-house photographer.
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Joseph Twist
Joe is a young composer who has written for many chamber
groups and orchestras, but his true passion lies in choral composition. Joe has
written music for performances and recordings with The National Youth Choir of
Australia, The Australian Voices, The Song Company and Chanticleer after winning
the Chanticleer Student Composer Competition.
Apart from composing music for his PhD at the University of Queensland, Joe
spends a lot of his time singing in several groups, such as The National Youth
Choir of Australia, Canticum and also a vocal quartet called " Guido’s Hand "
with his good friend and fellow composer, Paul-Antoni Bonetti. Joe also has an
unhealthy obsession with Superman and the Superman films, having recently
watched "Superman Returns" five times at the cinema. When he grows up he hopes
to develop a secret identity so he can pursue his other life-long ambition to
become a lion tamer.
Joe Twist is has sung with the Brisbane Chamber Choir since the beginning of
2003 and has written several pieces especially for The Brisbane Chamber Choir
since 2003. He is a serving chamber choir committee member. | | |
Noel Wilmott
Noel works in the Australian Taxation Office, where his work
involves the provision of written advice about aspects of income tax law.
His hobbies are stamp collecting, recreational cycling, social issues, the odd
piece of fiction and especially reading history. He also enjoys browsing in
second hand bookshops and searching out LP records to add to a growing
collection.
Noel has been involved in choral music for over 30 years, singing with such
groups as QUMS, ANU Choral Society (SCUNA), Canberra Choral Society, the Bach
Society, the University of Queensland Choir and the Quodlibet Singers. He
performed with the Canberra Opera Society in its productions of "Aida" (1981)
and "The Pilgrim's Progress" (1980). In addition he convened two Intervarsity
Choral Festivals (1986 and 1993). He is also a current member of Canticum, with
whom he toured Japan in 2005. He currently holds the position of Treasurer..
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