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Musical Directors: Andrew Byrne & John McCaughey
The new and
the unusual from Australia and beyond.
Astra Concerts - The Astra Choir - Astra Publications
ASTRA IS MUSIC - for voices, instruments and other media.
From an 80-year history in choral and orchestral music, the journey continues through music of the times, its relation to other forms of art and to the wider world.
Astra '26
What times are these, where…
Six concerts with choir, solo vocalists and
a wide spectrum of other performers
experiment and new compositions
cooperations across cultures
environments with technology
past narratives in a radical present
Upcoming Concerts
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What Times Are These
Sunday 17 May, 5pm
Church of All Nations, Carlton
The Astra Choir presents choral trilogies by Australia’s senior composers Helen Gifford and George Dreyfus, alongside other works from Schütz and Alma Mahler to Stefan Wolpe and György Ligeti.
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Patterns of Plants 2
Saturday 13 June, 5:30pm & 8pm
The Hall at Northcote Uniting Church
Astra continues its collaboration with Japanese composer Mamoru Fujieda in Patterns of Plants 2. New works in the series add Astral Voices to the cross-cultural ensemble.