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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.


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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..