The 35th Intervarsity Choral Festival: PERTH, 21 January-5 February 1984

Patron: Sir Frank Callaway, David Measham
Chorusmaster: Bevan Leviston
Accompanists: Marie-Louise Sermon, Lorentz Lossius
Camp Venue: Muresk Agricultural College, via Northam
Participants: AUCS, FUCS, GUMS, LaTUCS, MUS, MUCS, MonUCS, MurdUCS, QUMS, SCUNA, SUMS, TUMS, PUCS

COMMITTEE

Convenor: Serena Kay
Secretary: Jane Slack-Smith
Treasurer: Paul Quartermaine
ConMan: Meredith Lane
Publicity: Michelle Mearns
Librarian: Ros Lawson
Camp Officer: Alan Hodgkin
Transport/Billeting: Jeff Kepert
Social Sec: Digby Hill
Liaison Officer: Claire Whitaker
Liaison Officer: Peter Fallon
Fundraising: Robert Kay

CONCERT

4 February, Winthrop Hall, University of Western Australia
Conductor: Robert Kay; Faye Dumont
Soloists: Elaine Flint, Julie Daniel, John Nairn
Program: Gaudeamus igitur, D. Scarlatti Stabat Mater, Berger Brazilian Psalm; Fanshawe African Sanctus
Reviews: Barbara Yates-Rothwell, “African music rouses”, West Australian, 6 February 1984. “… the big mixed choir, composed mainly of young people, was conducted by Faye Dumont, who bridged the musical gap between African and Australian musical styles with grace, style and confidence … The choir … met the requirements of the work with flexibility".
Alan True, Music Maker, Jan./Feb. 1984. “The programme … started with a confident performance of the unaccompanied Brazilian Psalm … the choir confidently handled the complex cross-rhythms of the Latin-American music … Winthrop Hall resounded to a genuinely enthusiastic audience response.”

OTHER COMMENTS

Also published a guidebook called “IVCF Traditions”. Organised a trip to Margaret River after IV.