The 3rd Intervarsity Choral Festival: BRISBANE, ? May-6 June 1952

Camp Venue: Tallebudgera National Fitness Camp, Gold Coast <<BR>>
Participating Choirs: SUMS, MUCS, QUMS, singers from Adelaide and UNE

=== COMMITTEE ===
QUMS Committee

=== CONCERT ===
8pm, 5 June, Brisbane City Hall
Conductors: Hugh Brandon; Percy Jones; David Barkla; Hugh Brandon; David Barkla; Hugh Brandon <<BR>>
Soloists: Anne Harris, Leslie Hollow, Anthony Helm <<BR>>
Program: 'God Save the Queen', 'Gaudeamus Igitur'; Ingigneri ''Vinea Mea'', Bach ''There is Nought of Soundness'' (MUCS); Bartlett ''Of all the Birds that I do Know'', Ward ''Hope of my Heart'', Weelkes ''Lady the Birds Right Fairly'' (SUMS); Dvorak ''Stabat Mater'' (choruses, QUMS); Vaughan Williams ''In Windsor Forest'' (SUMS); Armstrong Gibbs ''The Highwayman'' (QUMS); Parry ''Blessed Pair of Sirens'' (combined). <<BR>>
Notes: Piano: Ruth Ockenden, Margaret Delves, Alison Bradfield; Org: Noel Clark. 'Combined Universities Choral Festival concert'. <<BR>>
Review: E.B. 'Three Universities' Choral Festival', ''Canon'', July 1952: 597-98. 'The fresh young voices of the choristers were delightful, and the general co-ordination, so strongly apparent in the opening item … was thoughtfully sustained throughout this concert of enthusiastic and artistic response … The Sydney ensemble was conducted by David Barkla and gave a superb performance of madrigals, blending a limpid soprano line with clean inner parts and a firm and evenly moving bass line … The Massed choir … was outstanding for the surprisingly good diction and ensemble work, together with nicely shaded and rhythmical phrases.' <<BR>>
Robert Dalley-Scarlett, 'Choral concert was enjoyable', ''Courier-Mail'', 6 June 1951: 5. "As a finale the massed choirs sang Hubert Parry’s 'Blest Pair of Sirens'. Here were most of the essential points of choral training except perhaps imagination … Taking it all in all, this was a good and enjoyable programme, which should be repeated and developed in the future."

=== OTHER COMMENTS ===
Newspaper photograph , n.p., n.d., "First time festival held in Brisbane, at the town hall last night".

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