Series 8 - Melbourne Chorale Promotional Material (Posters, Flyers and Brochures)


Date Range1965 - 1993
ProvenanceVal J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Description

This series contains a broad chronological selection of posters, flyers and series brochures for performances of The Melbourne Chorale from 1965 to 1993. Many of these items were produced with stunning graphics in an attempt to attract potential subscribers and ticket sales. Of particular interest in this series is the flyer for The Melbourne Chorale's debut concert "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" at The Assembly Hall on 21 December 1965. Other items in this series include copies of The Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book from 1980 which contains recipes by members of the chorale and inscriptions by Val Pyers.


Inventory Listing

Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1965

This inventory item contains:

1x Flyer "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (The Melbourne Chorale Debut Concert). The Assembly Hall, Tuesday 21 December 1965. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1965    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000354 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1966

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Card 1966. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Photocopied subscriber brochure 1966. Collected by John Hamilton and Joyce Edwards;
1x Subscriber Brochure 1966. Collected from Joyce Edwards and John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1966    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000129 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1967

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1967. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Flyer "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Melba Hall, Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 December 1967. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1967    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000130 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1968

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x 1968 Concert Season Brochure. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer for "Sacred and Secular Music of the Nineteenth Century". Collected from John Hamilton and Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer for The Melbourne Chorale performance at Benalla Town Hall, Saturday 10 August 1968. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000131 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1969

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1969. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Press release for concert "Sacred Music". Camberwell City Hall, Saturday 21 June 1969. Collected from John Hamilton and Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer "Sacred Music". Camberwell City Hall, Saturday 21 June 1969. Collected from John Hamilton and Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer "Vaughan Williams". Camberwell City Hall, Saturday 8 November 1969. Collected from John Hamilton and Joyce Edwards;
1 x Flyer "Handel's Messiah". Camberwell , Saturday 20 December 1969. Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1969    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000132 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1970

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1970. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer Purcell "My Heart is Inditing", JS Bach "Christ Lag ain Todesbanden" and Haydn "Harmoniemesse". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 28 November 1970. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "We Wish You A Merry Christmas". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 19 December & Sunday 20 December 1970. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1970    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000133 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1971

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1971. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Ticket "Program of Sacred Folk Music". Myer Music Bowl , Sunday 28 February 1971. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Splendour of Handel". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 3 April 1971 . Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer " A contrast of Composers". Dallas Brooks, Saturday 10 July 1971 Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Poster (also includes a flyer) of "4 World Premiers". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 16 October 1971 . Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Music of Sundry Kinds". J.McD Taylor High School, Warrnambool, Saturday 23 October 1971. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Poster "Monteverdi Vespers". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 18 December 1971. Collected from Barry Clarke.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1971    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000134 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1972

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1972. Collected from Rosemary Jones;
1x Subscriber Season Ticket. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Moomba Booking Brochure 1972. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Subscriber Booking Forms (one purple and one orange) for the last 4 concerts of 1972. Collected from Rosemary Jones and Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer "Bruckner-Mass in E min, Verdi-Three sacred Pieces". St. Paul's Cathedral, Saturday 29 April 1972 Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer from The Echuca Music Group for a Melbourne Chorale concert at St. Mary's Hall Echuca, Sunday 6 August 1972. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer "R. Vaughan Williams Centenary Concert". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 25 November 1972. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Last Month of the Year". Sydney Myer Music Bowl, Saturday 16 December 1972. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Order Form "Chorale Christmas Carol Recording" and tickets for "Vaughan Williams Centenary Concert". Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Order Form "Chorale Christmas Carol Recording". Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1972    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000135 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1973

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1973. Collected from Rosemary Jones;
2x Newspaper Advertisements for Messiah Concert, 7 April 1973. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Newspaper Advertisement for ABC Red Series All Brahms Program (German Requiem). Conducted by Fritz Rieger. 28 April 1973, 30 April 1973 & 1 May 1973. Collected from an unknown donor;
1x Flyer "Messiah". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 7 April 1973. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Palestrina, Bruckner, Haydn, Stravinsky, Poulenc". Dallas Brooks Hall , Saturday 23 June 1973. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Sing Me Your Song O!" Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 25 August 1973. Collected from Barry Clarke;
2x Flyer (one large, one small) "Four Recent Works - Barber, Bernstein,Britten, Austin-Phillips". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 20 October 1973. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Advertisement from National Trust Newslatter for Como Camerata Concert by The Melbourne Chorale, 4 November 1973. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
2x Flyers (one green one purple) "A Day for Dancing" for two performances on Saturday 22 December 1973. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster (and one flyer) "A Day For Dancing (Music for the Christmas Season)". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 22 December 1973. Collected from Joyce Edwards, Bruce Macrae and Barry Clarke.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1973    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000136 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1974

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

2x Flyers (one brown and one white) "Handel - Semele ". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 1 June 1974. Collected from John Hamilton and Barry Clarke;
1x Season Ticket 1974. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Season Brochure 1974 (also includes information concerning the start of the Monash Series using Robert Blackwood Hall). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer Subscription Series (detailing all concerts from June 1 and containing all venues and prices). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer printed late 1974 (detailing audition procedures, upcoming choral events over summer and into 1975. Reverse side of flyer contains photo of Chamber Singers concert and a Sinclair review excerpt). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer for Music in the Round 1974. Werribee Park. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Poster "Musicke of Sundrie Kindes". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 20 April 1974. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Poster "Handel - Semele". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 1 June 1974. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Handel - Semele". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 1 June 1974. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Photo insert from the Semele program of The Chamber Singers "Late-Victorian Music Room" concert. 1974. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer "Much Besides Music". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 12 October 1974. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer for "Exultate Deo". St. Patrick's Cathedral, Saturday 16 November 1974. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "L'Enfance du Christ". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 21 December 1974. Collected from Gordon Hawley.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1974    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000137 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1975

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1975 (also includes two-sided insert containing list of past works and a subscriber booking form). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Subscriber Booking Form Season Two (September -December). Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Subscriber ticket (for Season Two). Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer describing change in Subscription Series using Robert Blackwood Hall. 1975. Collected from an unknown donor;
1x Flyer "The Proms" (also includes Melbourne Chorale concert "Belshazzar's Feast" Saturday 8 March, Melbourne Town Hall). Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer "Handel - Alexander's Feast". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 12 April 1975. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "A Contrast of Composers". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 23 August 1975. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "The Fairy Queen". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 20 September 1975. Collected from Barry Clarke;
2x Flyers (one large and brown; one small and blue) "A Contrast of Composers". Malvern Town Hall, Wednesday 1 October 1975. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer "A Contrast of Composers". Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Saturday 4 October 1975. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer "The Sydney Philharmonia Choir". Dallas Brooks Hall , Saturday 11 October 1975. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Vivaldi - Gloria, Dixit Dominus". St. Patrick's Cathedral, Saturday 1 November 1975. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Sing We Now Of Christmas." Dallas Brookes Hall Saturday 20 December 1975 and Camberwell Civic Centre Sunday 21 December 1975. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Christmas Card (fundraiser) from The Melbourne Chorale (headed "Come on and sing Noel". Card has been annotated with 'different name on program" to indicate that the Christmas Program that year was called "Sing we now of Christmas"). Collected from Joyce Edwards.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000138 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1976

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Season Brochure 1976 (also includes subscriber booking form). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Subscriber Booking Form April 1976. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Subscriber Booking Form May 1976 (one blue and one buff). Collected from Barry Clarke and Rowan Streiff;
1x Subscriber Booking Form (Season Two). Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer (and one poster) "andel - Messiah". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 24 April 1976. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Poster (and five differently coloured flyers) "Verdi Requiem". Dallas Brooks Hall, Monday 10 May 1976. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Poster (and one flyer) "The Voyces of Men". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 19 June 1976. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "The Map Sings". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 7 August 1976. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer for seven country concerts "The Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers". July - November 1976. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "From the French". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 25 September 1976. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Poster (and one flyer) " A Tribute To Grainger ". Dallas Brooks Hall , Saturday 30 October 1976 . Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer for two concerts "Composers' Christmas" and "Hodie / The Death of The Bishop Of Brindisi". 1976. Collected from Barry Clarke.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1976    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000139 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1977

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

2x Season Brochures 1977 (one green and one blue) (also includes subscriber booking form). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer for two concerts "Music For Holy Week" and "The Splendour of Handel - Zadok the Priest / Israel in Egypt". Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Haydn: The Creation" . Dallas Brooks Hall, Sunday 29 May 1977. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Songs of Love ". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 2 July 1977. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Ticket "Songs of Love". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 2 July 1977. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1 x Flyer Berlioz "Requiem" Robert Blackwood Hall, 6-7 August 1977. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer for Season Two 1977. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Come Ye Sons Of Art / Dido & Aeneas". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 24 September 1977. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer (and one poster) "A Carol For To Sing" and "A Festival Of Britten". December 1977. Collected from Barry Clarke.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1977    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000140 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1978

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Subscription Season Brochure and booking form 1978. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Press release to school music teachers for "A Children's Songbook". Dallas Brookes Hall, Saturday 17 June 1978. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Poster (and one flyer) for "A Children's Songbook". Dallas Brookes Hall, Saturday 17 June 1978. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Poster "Lola Montez - Music Of Her Life And Times". Victoria Theatre Sovereign Hill, Saturday 1 July 1978. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Poster "A Serenade To Music: 3 Choral Works by Vaughan Williams ". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 26 August 1978. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "A Serenade To Music: 3 Choral Works by Vaughan Williams". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 26 August 1978. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer "Some Folks". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 21 October. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1 x Brochure "Music in the Round". Abbotsford Convent, 4-5 November 1978. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Brochure Castlemaine State Festival 1978, "Lola Montez", Saturday 11 November. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer "A Day for Dancing". Robert Blackwood Hall Saturday 2 December 1978 and Dallas Brookes Hall 16 December 1978. Collected from Gordon Hawley.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1978    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000141 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1979

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Subscription Season Brochure 1979. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Season Booking Forms (one showing postal delay / extended booking time) 1979. Collected from John Hamilton, Bruce Macrae and Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster "Haydn - The Seasons". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 7 July 1979. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Flyer "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" and "An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan" August 1979. Collected from Anne Pyers;
2x Flyers "Goldfields Ball". Fitzroy Town Hall, Saturday 13 October 1979 (both are amended to Hawthorn Town Hall and date altered to 13 September 1979). Collected from Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and "The Happy Prince". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 10 November 1979. Collected from Rowan Streiff.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1979    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000142 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1980

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

3x Subscription Season Brochures (one blue, one red and one yellow) 1980. Collected from John Hamilton and Rosemary Jones;
1x Flyer "Music for Voices, Organ & Brass" . Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 2 August 1980. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Poster "Let The Choirs Sing". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 20 September 1980. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
2x Flyers (one yellow and one buff) "The Comic & The Curious". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 1 November 1980. Collected from John Hamilton, Joyce Edwards & Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer "Shout For Joy". Daylesford Town Hall, Saturday 13 December 1980. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Flyers (one green and one khaki) "Shout For Joy". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 20 December 1980. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Flyers (one pink and one buff) "The Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book". Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Window decals (sticky backed) worded with "Experience the Involvement of Concert - The Melbourne Chorale 1980". Collected from Bruce Macrae.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000143 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
The Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book 1980

This inventory item contains:

3x Copies of The Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book, two of which are inscribed as gifts by Val Pyers and one unmarked. These books include recipes provided by members of the choir, line drawings by Ann James, cover art by Nola Ryan, a candid reflection by Jim Dooley (Val's brother-in-law) about his fifteen years' experience of The Melbourne Chorale, a selection of printed material from the Chorale Christmas archives, and 25 original carol settings by Melbourne composer Christopher Willcock. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Hoffnung Poster "The Festival Chorus" (possibly used as an idea for the artwork on the front cover of The Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book). Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1980    Quantity 4 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000351 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1981

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Subscription Season Brochure 1981. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Poster "Elizabethan Evening". Old Customs House, Saturday 30 May 1981. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Let The Choirs Sing". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 26 September 1981. Collected from John Hamilton;
3x Flyers (one green, one grey and one tan) "Handel - Solomon". Dallas Brooks Hall, Sunday 22 November 1981. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Poster "Christmas 1881" . Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 19 December 1981. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Christmas 1881" . Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 19 December 1981. Collected from Rowan Streiff.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1981    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000144 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1982

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Subscription Season Brochure 1982 (also contains booking form and a brochure for the Centenary Celebration Concerts for Percy Grainger). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Application form Subcription Series July-December 1982. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Poster Subscription Season 1982. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "The Melbourne Chorale Book Fair" October 1982 (call for books). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "A Nineteenth Century American Song Book" for concerts in Melbourne and regional Victoria 1982. Collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer "Composers' Christmas". Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 18 December 1982. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1982    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000145 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters Part One 1983

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Subscription Season Brochure 1983. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Poster Central Highlands Series 1983. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Brochure "Operatta and the Bowl" Sounds of Summer at the Music Bowl. 4 February 1983;
1x Flyer "Handel - Messiah". Melbourne Concert Hall, Tuesday 29 March 1983. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "A Contrast of Composers". Dallas Brooks Hall, Saturday 13 August 1983. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "A Contrast of Composers". Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Saturday 10 September 1983;
1 x Flyer for the Chorale's last three concerts and the Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book. 1983. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Poster "A Scottish Song Book" . Dallas Brooks Hall, Wednesday 30 November 1983. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Flyers (one purple and one red) "A Scottish Song Book". Daylesford Town Hall, Saturday 3 December 1983. Collected from Joyce Edwards & Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer "The Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book" (Reprint edition). Collected from Bruce Macrae.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1983    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000146 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters Part Two 1983

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

2x Large Posters "A Contrast of Composers" . Dallas Brooks Hall , Saturday 13 August 1983. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Large Poster "Music of Gustav Holst & Ralph Vaughan Williams". Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 30 April 1983. Collected from John Hamilton;
2x Large Posters "Stravinsky - Les Noces" . Melbourne Concert Hall, Friday 3 June 1983 and Saturday 4 June 1983. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Control (in postal tube)
Date range 1983    Quantity 5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000147 Series Box Number Tube Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1984

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Subscription series poster 1984. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Poster Bach "St. Matthew Passion". Melbourne Concert Hall, Thursday 19 April 1984. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer Bach "St. Matthew Passion". Melbourne Concert Hall, Thursday 19 April 1984. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer Rachmaninov "The Bells". Conducted by Christopher Lyndon Gee. Melbourne Concert Hall, Wednesday 30 May 1984. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer Rachmaninov "The Bells". Conducted by Christopher Lyndon Gee. Melbourne Concert Hall, Wednesday 30 May 1984 (reverse side contains a history of the work). Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer "Let The Choirs Sing Sacred Music". St. Patrick's Cathedral, Thursday 4 October 1984 and Wednesday 10 October 1984. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer "A Scottish Song Book" . Great Hall, National Gallery Friday, 30 November 1984. Collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer "Victorian Christmases". Great Hall, National Gallery, Thursday 20 December 1984, Friday 21 December 1984 and Saturday 22 December 1984. Collected from Joyce Edwards.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1984    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000148 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1985

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Flyer to Friends promoting 1985 Subscription Season. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Subscription series poster 1985. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Subscription series poster 1985 (with annotations that the Berlioz / Honegger concert in November was cancelled and replaced by Benefit Concert "Scotland the Brave"). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Schools Concert- Stanley Black" . Melbourne Concert Hall, Wednesday 10 April 1985 and Thursday 11 April 1985. Collected from an unknown donor;
1x Poster "The Romps". Promoted by the Victorian Arts Centre including Melbourne Chorale performance of Mozart "Requiem" on 29 May 1985. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster Beethoven "Choral Symphony". Conducted by William Reid. Melbourne Concert Hall, Friday 11 October 1985. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer Beethoven "Choral Symphony". Conducted by William Reid. Melbourne Concert Hall, Friday 11 October 1985. Collected from Tony and Maria Radford;
1x Flyer " Scotland The Brave". Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 30 November 1985. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Flyer (and one poster) Age Carol Concert "Sing We Now Of Christmas". Melbourne Concert Hall, Sunday 22 December 1985. Collected from Joyce Edwards.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1985    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000149 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1986

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Subscription Series brochure 1986. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "An Evening of Schubert". Great Hall, National Gallery of Victoria, Saturday 21 June 1986. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster "Behold The Sea Itself". Music by Bax, Elgar and Vaughan Williams. Melbourne Concert Hall, Friday 26 September 1986. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer "Behold The Sea Itself". Music by Bax, Elgar and Vaughan Williams. Melbourne Concert Hall, Friday 26 September 1986 (reverse side has rehearsal information for choir members and details of future concerts). Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer "Let The Choirs Sing Festival of Sacred Folk Music". St. Patrick's Cathedral, Wednesday 19 November 1986 and Thursday 20 November 1986. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
3x Flyers (one yellow, one green and one blue) for "Scotland The Brave". Melbourne Concert Hall, Sunday 30 November 1986 (a promotion for "The Age Carol Concert" appears on the reverse side of the yellow and green flyers). Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer Melbourne Town Hall Free Concert Series "All Stops Out" (containing details of Carol Concert from The Melbourne Chorale 17 December 1986). Collected from Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer "Come on and Sing Noel" . Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 20 December 1986. Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1986    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000150 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1987

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Flyer "The Wearin' of the Green" (Continuing Choir & Chamber Singers). Melbourne Concert Hall, March 1987. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster (and one flyer) "Around Easter". St.Patrick's Cathedral, Wednesday 8 April 1987. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer "William Tell" (Concert Version) (Occasional Choir). Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 30 May 1987. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster Haydn "The Creation" (Occasional Choir). Melbourne Concert Hall, Thursday 27 August 1987. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer Rossini "Little Solemn Mass". The Great Hall, National Gallery of Victoria, Saturday 24 October 1987. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster (and one flyer) "Scotland the Brave" (Continuing Choir & Chamber Singers). Melbourne Concert Hall, Sunday 29 November 1987. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer "Joy To The World" (Continuing Choir & Chamber Singers). Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 19 December 1987. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Promotional card of the choir's 1987 season with newspaper crits by Kenneth Hince, Harvey Mitchell and Jeremy Vincent (card is headed with "Have you seen what they have been saying about us lately?"). Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1987    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000151 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1988

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Spoleto Festival Brochure 1987. Chorale not mentioned in the brochure but took part in Scriabin - "Prometheus - The Poem of Fire" , Melbourne Concert Hall , Tuesday 13 September 1988. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x 1988 Concert Season brochure. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Exultate Deo" (Chamber Singers). St. Patricks Cathedral, Wednesday 19 October 1988. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer Handel "Messiah". Conducted by Richard Divall. Melbourne Concert Hall, Friday 9 December 1988 and Saturday 10 December 1988. Collected from Gordon Hawley.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1988    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000152 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1989

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Concert Season brochure and booking forms 1989. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Brochure from Quit Foundation and Vic Health Foundation (who funded the 1989 Melbourne Chorale Suburban and Country Concerts). Collected from Rosemary Jones;
2x Flyers (and one poster) " The Comic and the Curious " . Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 3 June 1989. Collected from Joyce Edwards, Bruce Macrae, and John Hamilton;
1x Flyer Honegger "Joan of Arc at the Stake". Melbourne Concert Hall, 21-23 September 1989 (Part of Spoleto Festival). Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer " Masterworks for Double Chorus " . Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, Saturday 28 October 1989. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1989    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000153 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1990

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Concert Season postal booking form 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer headed "Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Concert Season". Collected from Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer Concert Season 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "For the Fallen" (Occasional Choir). Conducted by Barry Bignell. Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday 1 July 1990. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer "Dido & Aeneas" and "Come Ye Sons of Art" (Chamber Singers). Conducted by Andrew Greene. Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 7 July 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer for recital "Combined Concert with The Stockton Chorale". Dallas Brooks Hall Thursday, 19 July 1990 (reverse side advertises Winter Sunday Series "Grainger - A Pig Went Out To Dig"). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer (and one poster) for recital "Combined Concert with The Stockton Chorale". Dallas Brooks Hall, Thursday 19 July 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer Winter Sunday Series "Grainger - A Pig Went Out To Dig". Brighton Town Hall, Sunday 22 July 1990. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Flyer Winter Sunday Series "Grainger - A Pig Went Out To Dig". Fitzroy Town Hall, Sunday 29 July 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Songs from Great Stage Shows" (The Melbourne Chorale Barnstormers). Isobel Younger Ross Hall, Sunday 11 November 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Songs from Great Stage Shows" (The Melbourne Chorale Barnstormers). Daylesford Town Hall, Saturday 13 October 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "St. Andrew's Day Celebration". Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 1 December 1990 (reverseside has order form "Christmas Cakes 1990"). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "A Song of Scotland". Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 1 December 1990. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Invitation Flyer for 25th Anniversary Picnic. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sunday 16 December 1990. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Poster The Melbourne Chorale 25th Anniversary Celebration Picnic. Royal Botanic Gardens, 16 December 1990. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer The Age Carol Concert. Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 22 December 1990 (reverse side has "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" Chamber Singers, Assembly Hall, Collins Street, Friday 21 December 1990). Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1990    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000154 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1991

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Flyer First Winter festival of Hymn Singing". Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday 25 August 1991. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "Folk Singing Folk" (Continuing Choir & Chamber Singers). St. Patrick's Cathedral, Wednesday 9 October 1991 and Daylesford Town Hall, Saturday 12 October 1991. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Double flyer for "Five Choirs Festival". Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday 27 October 1991. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Brochure and booking form Cruden Farm "St Andrew’s Day Picnic and Recital" (also contains a hand written letter of thanks to Val Pyers from Dame Elizabeth Murdoch). 1991. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Flyer "The Age Carol Concert". Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 21 December 1991.
Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1991    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000155 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1992

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Flyer Highlights of 1992 Concert Season. Collected from an unknown donor;
1x Booking Form 1992 Concert Season. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Magazine advertisement Rossini "Petite Messe Solennelle". Conducted by Richard Divall. Wesley Uniting Church, Ballarat, Good Friday 17 April 1992. Collected from Tony and Maria Radford;
1x Poster "A Concert for Anzac Day" . Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 25 April 1992. Collected from Rowan Streiff;
1x Flyer "A Concert for Anzac Day". Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 25 April 1992. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Flyer "Verdi Requiem". Melbourne Concert Hall, Friday 26 June 1992 . Collected from Bruce Macrae;
1x Flyer for Bethlehem Hospital "Messiah". Collins Street Baptist Church, BYO Score for sing-a-long performance, Sunday 16 August 1992. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Brochure and booking form Cruden Farm "St Andrew’s Day Picnic and Recital". Sunday 29 November 1992. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Age Carol Concert Poster. Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 19 December 1992. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1992    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier P00000156 Series Box Number 11 Series 8
Melbourne Chorale Flyers, Brochures and Posters 1993

This inventory item contains the following promotional material of Melbourne Chorale performances:

1x Flyer "Another Openin" Another Show!" Daylesford Town Hall, 10 April 1993. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Flyer Wombat Park Garden Viewing "Autumn Picnic and Concert". Wombat Park, Daylesford , Saturday 10 April 1993. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Flyer "Grand Variety Concert". Melbourne Town Hall, Thursday 10 June 1993 (reverse side has handwritten list of item which may have appeared on the program). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Flyer "A Bright and Crimson Flower". HMAS Lonsdale, Albert Park, 27 August 1993 - 5 September 1993. Collected from Joyce Edwards.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1993    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000157 Series Box Number 11 Series 8

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