| Date Range | 1965 - 2007 |
| Provenance | Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd |
| Description | This series contains various and multiple copies of membership lists of The Melbourne Chorale choristers from 1965 until 1992. Also included are lists (some hand written by Val Pyers) of individuals invited to sing in particular concerts. Other lists in this series include lists of which members had and hadn't paid their membership fees, and lists relating to billeting arrangements for country concerts. Seating plans (arranging choristers in concert positions, sometimes by vocal lines and sometimes in SATB formation) are also included in this series, as well as an audition application for the Chamber Singers. In addition, two months before the passing of Val Pyers in 2007, a reunion of choristers was held at Hepburn Springs, and a list of attendees (unfortunately incomplete) can be found in this series. |
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Melbourne Chorale Compilation Membership Lists 1965-1982
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This inventory item contains: 1x Melbourne Chorale membership list 1965-1975, compiled by Joyce Edwards in 2013. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Melbourne Chorale membership list 1975-1977, compiled by Joyce Edwards in 2011. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Melbourne Chorale membership list 1978-1982, compiled by Joyce Edwards in 2011. Collected from Joyce Edwards.
Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1965 - 1982
Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000158
Series Box Number 13
Series 10
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Melbourne Chorale Membership Lists 1970-1976
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This inventory item contains: 1x Melbourne Chorale Personnel List May 1970. Collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Membership List 1971. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Membership List October 1972. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Membership List March 1973. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Membership List April 1974. Collected from Barry Clarke;
1x Melbourne Chorale Occasional Choir Personnel Feb-March 1975. Collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers 1975. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
2x Membership Lists Occasional Choir, both annotated (differently), February 1975. One collected from Barry Clarke, one collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Membership List Occasional Choir, November-December 1976. Collected from Joyce Edwards.
Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1965 - 1990
Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000159
Series Box Number 13
Series 10
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Melbourne Chorale Performance Lists 1970-1994
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This inventory item contains: 1x Dancer List and Planning Sheet for "The Eternal Dance," "The Dance of Fulfilment" (Sue Tweg soprano solo) and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", December 1970. Collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Traralgon Billeting List September 1972. Collected form Bruce Macrae;
1x Performance List Tallis "Spem in Alium" for Moomba, March 1973 (handwritten by Val Pyers). Collected from an unknown donor;
1x Handwritten list of singers (SATB) for unnamed concert 1973. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Transport Arrangements for "Much Besides Music", Stawell/Castlemaine, September 1974. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Seating Plan #2 for semi-chorus, Berlioz "L'Enfance du Christ", December 1974 (handwritten by Val Pyers). Collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Transport Arrangements Albury-Wangaratta Weekend 31 July and 1 August 1976. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Proposed Wedding Guest List of Chorale members for Pietruschka wedding, September 1976. Collected from Bruce Macrae;
1x Japanese Choir Billet List, July 1979. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Singapore Youth Choir Billet List, July 1979. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Seating Plan for "Contrast of Composers", August, 1983 (handwritten by Val Pyers). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Performance List for Stravinsky "Les Noces" and Xenakis "Oresteia". June 1983. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Performance List and Rehearsal Schedule for performance of Bach "St. John Passion", 26 March 1986. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Mezzo Sopranos Performance List for Schoenberg "Gurrelieder", September 1987. Collected from Bruce Macrae;
1x Contact List (mainly Victorian State Opera) for Melbourne Chorale and VSO combined performance of "Joan of Arc at the Stake", 5 September 1989;
1x Performance List for Honegger "Joan of Arc at the Stake" ,5 September 1989. Collected from Joan Edwards;
1x Performance List (SATB), undated but notated as possibly 1989, and probably for Occasional Choir performance. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Chorus 1 Performance List for Bach "St Matthew Passion", April 1990 (handwritten by Val Pyers). Collected from Joyce Edwards and Bruce Macrae;
1x Performance list and rehearsal schedule for Mozart Requiem , 13 &14 April 1991. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Performance list dated 10 March 1992 for Rossini Choir for Ballarat Good Friday Concert and Anzac Day Concert 1992. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Performance List for Mahler Symphony 2 January 1994 (handwritten by Val Pyers). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Performance List for Dvorak "Rusalka", March 1994. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Performance List (cut from a program) of members of Continuing Choir and Occasional Choir, undated but probably 1980s. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Chamber Singers Performance List, undated but probably 1970s. Collected from John Hamilton.
Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1970 - 1994
Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000162
Series Box Number 13
Series 10
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Melbourne Chorale Membership Lists c1985-2007
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This inventory item contains: 1x Chamber Singers Membership List, c1985. Collected from Gordon Hawley;
1x Membership List, May 1987 (also includes a back page of Parlato newsletter). Collected from Bruce Macrae;
1x The Melbourne Chorale Membership List for 1989 and fees paid list 1989-1990. Collected from Joyce Edwards;
1x Membership list with annotations, June 1992. Approximately 375 names (page 1 is possibly missing). Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Choir List, undated but probably 1990s. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Chorale Members Mailing List (heavily annotated), dated 12 August 1991 (used as a means of contacting people for the Hepburn Springs Reunion for Val Pyers, Saturday 27 January 2007). Collected from Joyce Edwards.
Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range c. 1985 - 2007
Inventory Identifier P00000160
Series Box Number 13
Series 10
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Melbourne Chorale Audition Application 1992
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This inventory item contains: 1x Audition Application to join Chamber Singers as a soprano from Patricia Broadhead 1992. Collected from John Hamilton.
Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1992
Inventory Identifier P00000161
Series Box Number 13
Series 10
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