Ku-ring-gai Male Choir

10 September 2023 2:30PM Hornsby RSL, 4 High Street, Hornsby, NSW, Australia.

The successful Ku-ring-gai Male Choir is one of the oldest performing male voice choirs in Australia and they are bringing their new show 'The joy of song" to Hornsby RSL Club. Founded by ex-servicemen in 1946, the choir has over 30 performing members. With an active concert schedule, their comprehensive repertoire spans opera, spirituals, traditional male voice pieces, comedy, and is led by Dr Paul Whiting OAM. In 2023 they will be accompanied on piano by Hank Xiang and are pleased to have Anita Kyle and Lucinda Beck as Associate Artists.

ANITA KYLE, Soprano

Lyric Soprano, Anita Kyle received her L.Mus.A Diploma while studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and attended international summer schools in Graz and Salzburg. She won the National Operatic Aria in Canberra and the 'MTO German-Australian Opera Grant' in Melbourne; a l2-month solo contract at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, Germany. Since returning to Sydney, Anita has performed as an oratorio soloist with the Sydney University Graduate Choir and Manly-Warringah Choir and in recitals for local classical music clubs.

LUCINDA BECK, Soprano

A classically trained singer, actor and voice artist, Lucinda has grown up performing everything from comedy, musicals, jazz, and opera. Lucinda's recent stage credits include the Sydney season of The Sound Of Music (Gordon Frost Organisation), playing a nun at The Capitol Theatre, and cabaret performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals as well as the London Underbelly Festival.

HANK XIANG, Accompanist

Hank graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with a B.Mus (Hons) and continued his studies at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St Petersburg, Russia. He was a finalist in the Australian National Piano Award of 2018 and most recently, was the third prize winner of the Maria Yudina International Piano Competition in 2019 in Russia. Hank has performed in iconic concert Halls across Australia and Europe and has worked as soloist with several orchestras in St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk. He is also an active chamber musician. As of 2019,Hank has settled in Sydney and has teaching studios in the Sutherland Shire and Glebe.

DR PAUL WHITING OAM, Musical Director

Dr Paul Whiting (MA (Hons);Dip Ed; LMus; ThC; PhD) studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the University of Sydney. He plays piano and organ, and has conducted the Ku-ring-gai Male Choir since 2000. Dr Whiting was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2015 Australia Day honours list for service to the community through choral music.