2025 ended in the customary manner with the Service of Readings and Carols at the Church of the Resurrection, Macedon, when the children had the experience of singing with a substantial adult choir that included singers from the Australian Chamber Choir, along with pipe organ and solo flute. The service commenced with our soloist Arthur McArdle singing the first verse of the processional carol Once in royal David’s city in a program that embraced English, German, Russian and

In January 2026 Young Voices of Macedon was pleased to welcome Rosie Cocklin as Artistic Director, replacing Jessica Demare, who has taken up a position at Sacred Heart College, Kyneton. As a highly qualified singer, with experience in opera, musicals, recitals and choirs, and with great energy and enthusiasm to lead and inspire children in choral singing, Rosie has quickly become established as an excellent Artistic Director of our choir. The children have performed at 2 far

Young Voices of Macedon finished 2022 with great joy in singing with the choir of the Anglican Parish of Gisborne, members of the Australian Chamber Choir and organist John Giacchi in the annual Service of Readings and Carols at the Church of the Resurrection, Macedon. On this occasion our young Vivo group delighted the congregation with The Carol of the cat and mouse, while the older Cantabile group performed the beautiful Ukrainian Carol of the bells. Our children also had

Il parajito by Joel Raney, sung at Choralfest at the Abbotsford Convent, May, 2026. It don’t mean a thing, by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills, sung at Choralfest at the Abbotsford Convent, May, 2026.

Young Voices of Macedon can look back on 2024 as a busy and very rewarding year of choral singing. Highlights included a performance at Choralfest@Montsalvat, workshops and performances with the Bendigo Youth Choir and Yarra Voices (from Fitzroy), and the annual concert in Macedon at which the older children were especially privileged to perform Messe brève by 19th-century French composer Léo Delibes with the Bendigo Youth Choir, string ensemble and pipe organ. This work was

In a concert programme entitled Heavenly voices the children of Young Voices of Macedon and Bendigo Youth Choir entranced a large audience on Sunday 15 September at the Church of the Resurrection, Macedon. Messe brève by Léo Delibes opened the programme, with the combined choirs directed by Jess Demare and accompanied by Alan Grinton (pipe organ) and a string ensemble. This substantial work, comprising Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, O salutaris hostia and Agnus Dei was performed by

At the time of writing everyone at Young Voices is busy preparing for the annual Service of Readings and Carols on 17 December at the Church of the Resurrection, Macedon. In addition, a group of our Cantabiles have recently been involved in 2 other major projects. The first was a recording session in the studio of local sound engineer Angus Davidson, in which 7 of our girls provided backing vocals to the John Lennon song Merry Christmas (War is over), performed by 18 year-old

At the end of a typically very cold day in Woodend on Friday 9 June Young Voices of Macedon marked the beginning of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival with an outdoor performance outside the Buffalo Sports Stadium. Performing on the back of a large truck, the choir warmed the hearts of bystanders with a programme of a capella music, the only accompaniment being body percussion executed by the singers themselves. The choir drew on its extensive repertoire of favourite rounds, al