The 21st Intervarsity Choral Festival: MELBOURNE, 17 May-31 May 1970

Patron: Sir Robert Menzies, Most Revd Dr Frank Woods<<BR>>
Chorusmaster: Rex Hobcroft<<BR>>
Accompanist: John McCaughey, James Cotterell<<BR>>
Camp Venue: Guest houses and hotels in Queenscliff<<BR>>
Participatin Choirs: AUCS, SCUNA, FUCS, JCUNQCS, MMM, MUCS, MonUCS, NUCollMus UNCS, QUMS, SUMS, TUCS, UWAUCS

=== COMMITTEE ===
Convenor: Andrew Bunting<<BR>>
Secretary: Elspeth Macracken<<BR>>
Treasurer: John Olney<<BR>>
ConMan: Andrew Yuncken<<BR>>
Publicity: David Vines<<BR>>
Librarian: James Cotterell<<BR>>
Transport: Desmond Fitzgerald<<BR>>
Billeting: Andrew Lecky<<BR>>
Billeting: Liz Hastings<<BR>>
Social Sec: Anne Balfe<<BR>>
Minutes: Gerri Savage<<BR>>
MonUCS Rep: Jenni Kirby

=== CONCERT 1 ===
8pm, 21 May, Queenscliff Town Hall<<BR>>
Program: included Bartók Four Slovak Folk Songs (QUMS)<<BR>>
Notes: Individual items concert

=== CONCERT 2 ===
8.15pm, 29 May, Dallas Brooks Hall<<BR>>
Conductor: 	Rex Hobcroft; David Carolane<<BR>>
Soloists: 	Lauris Elms; Nance Grant, Brian Hansford<<BR>>
Program: 	Brahms Alto Rhapsody; German Requiem<<BR>>
Reviews: 	John Sinclair, Herald, 30 May 1970. “But I heard (unfortunately) the Deutsche [sic] Requiem, with all those choruses that struggle laboriously upwards only to collapse like punctured tyres. But the performance under David Carolane did all that could be done to rescue the work from its own banality. The choral singing was accurate, sensitive and nicely shaped …”. Linda Phillips, “University Choirs in Brahms Program”, Sun, 30 May 1970. “Despite his sincere treatment and skilled direction, Mr Carolane seemed disinclined to move the work on a little as it progressed. The choral singing was very musical and clear, though the words could have been better articulated …”

=== OTHER COMMENTS ===
This concert marked the 21st Intervarsity Choral Festival. Held under the auspices of the National Union of Australian University Students Aquarius Foundation, which was in turn in receipt of assistance from the Australia Council for the Arts. Photograph in the Sun, 27 May 1970, p.36; photograph of Janet Draper (SUMS), Age, 19 May 1970, p.3.

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