Corde, UNSW's chamber choir has existed as an advanced choir in UNSW's choral program since around 1985. Its membership consists of a small number of handpicked, auditioned singers (12-18), made up of undergraduate and postgraduate students, alumni and staff. Corde presents a small annual recital each year, performing challenging, unaccompanied repertoire in concert and also alongside the Collegium Musicum Choir. In recent years, the chamber choir's repertoire has included Copland's In the Beginning, Britten’s Sacred and Profane, Palestrina’s Missa Aeterna Christi Munera, Wesley-Smith's Who Killed Cock Robin? and Debussy's Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans. The evening program also includes the premiere performance of the Willgoss Choral Composition Prize.
Membership of Corde is by audition, and is based almost entirely on sight-singing, experience and vocal quality. Singers tend to be experienced choristers with high-level music literacy.
Members of Corde are eligible for the Willgoss Choral Prize each year.
Amy Andresson, soprano
Luna Wenshuo Bao, bass
Jonathan Billingham, tenor
Sam Brew, tenor
Oliver Brunsdon, tenor
Lisa Chao, soprano
Abigail Connolly, soprano
Ella Fisk, soprano
Jake Henderson, bass
Adina Herz, soprano
Laverne Ho, alto
Duong Serena Hoang, soprano
Thomas Lee, bass
Taj Mace, tenor
Selena Madrio, alto
Seetha Nathan, alto
Sylvie Nolf, alto
Alexander Pham, tenor
Katya Valentine, alto
Daniel Shieff, bass
Sam Zheng, bass
Rehearsals
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm Monday, during term
Location: Sir John Clancy Auditorium
Auditions
Registrations to audition for Corde 2026 are now open!
Click Here to register to audition.
For more information, please email cmc@unsw.edu.au.
For academic or enrolment enquiries, please email the School of the Arts & Media sam@unsw.edu.au.
Census date for academic enrolment is Tuesday 12 March 2025.
Corde 2019 (formally known as Burgundian Consort)
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