Series 23 - Yallourn Madrigal Singers and Yallourn High School Choir Records


Date Range1950s - 2004
ProvenanceVal J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Description

This series contains records of the Yallourn Madrigal Singers and Yallourn High School Choir. In 1956, Val Pyers set new standards in repertoire and performance in the Latrobe Valley when he formed The Yallourn Madrigal Singers and, whilst teaching at Yallourn High School, became the director of the school choir. Records in this series include audio recordings, programs, flyers and press reviews, including two feature articles on Val Pyers and the Yallourn Madrigal Singers. Items in this series generally date from the 1950s to 1960s, however one feature article relating to the legacy left by the Yallourn Madrigal Singers is dated c2004.


Inventory Listing

Yallourn High School Choir Audio CDs of "Music Theatre" Recoding 1950s-1960s

This inventory item contains:

1x CD labelled "19" with a copy of a vinyl recording "Music Theatre" by Yallourn High School Choir conducted by Val Pyers in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x CD "Music Theatre" by Yallourn High School Choir conducted by Val Pyers in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1950s - 1960s
Inventory Identifier P00000356 Series Box Number 5 Series 23
Yallourn Madrigal Singers Audio CD of "Music is Our Pleasant Cheer" Recording 1950s-1960s

This inventory item contains:

1x CD labelled "9" with a copy of a vinyl recording "Music is Our Pleasant Cheer" by the Yallourn Madrigal Singers conducted by Val Pyers in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1956 - 1964
Inventory Identifier P00000358 Series Box Number 5 Series 23
Yallourn Madrigal Singers Audio CD of "Musicke of Sundrie Kindes" Recording 1950s-1960s

This inventory item contains:

1x CD labelled "20" with a copy of a vinyl recording "Musicke of Sundrie Kindes" by the Yallourn Madrigal Singers conducted by Val Pyers in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1956 - 1964
Inventory Identifier P00000357 Series Box Number 5 Series 23
Yallourn Madrigal Singers Programs c1957-1962

This inventory item contains:

11x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Let's Sing Carols" (venue and date unknown but pencilled annotation by JD -probably Jim Dooley- suggests date as 1957). Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Music Hath Charms", Kernot Hall, Yallourn, Friday 3 July 1959. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Concert", Kernot Hall, Yallourn, Saturday 7 May 1960. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Christmas Carol Concert", Kernot Hall, Yallourn, Saturday 3 December 1960. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Sing We Now Of Christmas" (venue and date unknown but certainly after 1960). Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Sweet Singing In The Choir" (venue and date unknown but certainly after 1960). Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Love Came Down At Christmas" (venue and date unknown but certainly after 1960). Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Program "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (venue and date unknown but certainly after 1960). Collected from Anne Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range c. 1957 - 1962    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000347 Series Box Number 21 Series 23
The Yallourn Madrigal Singers Audio Records 1957-1964

This inventory item contains:

4x The Yallourn Madrigal Singers vinyl recordings "Musicke Of Sundrie Kindes". Collected from Simon Colvin, Val Pyers and William Adams;
2x The Yallourn Madrigal Singers vinyl recordings "Music Is Our Pleasant Cheer". Collected from Val Pyers and William Adams;
2x The Yallourn Madrigal Singers vinyl recordings "Love Came Down at Christmas". Collected from William Adams and Simon Colvin;
2x The Yallourn Madrigal Group vinyl recordings of Madrigals and Carols. Recorded at Methodist Sunday School Hall, Yallourn, 28 November 1957, 5 December 1957. Recorded by W Adams on tape, transferred to vinvl disc by Eric Jones. Annotations on both covers. Collected from William Adams;
2x The Yallourn Madrigal Group vinyl recordings of madrigals, part songs and carols. One cover annotated with content. Collected from William Adams.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1957 - 1964
Inventory Identifier P00000395 Series Box Number 22 Series 23
Yallourn Madrigal Singers Press 1960s-2004

This inventory item contains:

1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers review by Eileen Geary (Catholic Advocate) of Sacred and Secular music shared with Yallourn Recorder Consort, Assembly Hall, early 1960's. Collected from Bruce Macrae and Anne Pyers;
4x Yallourn Madrigal Singers reviews by Linda Phillips, John Sinclair, and Dorian Le Gallienne of Christmas carols, Melba Hall, December 1962. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Christmas Card from the Yallourn Madrigal Singers with reviews by Linda Phillips of Christmas carols, Melba Hall, December 1962. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers review by Felix Werder of a Christmas concert, Assembly Hall, undated. Collected from Anne Pyers;
2x Reviews by John Sinclair of VSO Concert which "…prevented me from hearing more than a fraction of a concert given by Yallourn Madrigal Singers under Val Pyers in the Assembly Hall". Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Feature Article "Val Pyers The Voice Out Front" from a Gippsland newspaper, 1963. Collected from Anne Pyers;
1x Feature Article "Yallourn Madrigal Singers contributed to 'dynamic' community", Latrobe City Link Feature, undated but probably 2004.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1960s - 2004    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Formats Microscope Slides
Inventory Identifier P00000348 Series Box Number 21 Series 23
Yallourn Madrigal Singers and Yallourn High School Flyers 1963

This inventory item contains:

1x Yallourn High School Choir Flyer for "Music Theatre", Kernot Hall, Yallourn, Saturday 24 August 1963, Monday 26 August 1963 & Tuesday 27 August 1963. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Flyer "A Programme of Easter Songs", St. Luke's Methodist Church, Morwell, Wednesday 10 April 1963, and at St. John's Church of England, Yallourn, Wednesday 17 April 1963. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Yallourn Madrigal Singers Flyer "Love Came Down At Christmas / A Program of Christmas Music", Melba Hall, Saturday 14 December 1963. Collected from John Hamilton.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1963    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000346 Series Box Number 21 Series 23
Yallourn Madrigal Singers Audio Cassette Tape of "Shout For Joy" 1963

This inventory item contains:

1x Yallourn High School Choir Audio Cassette Tape of "Music Theatre", undated but possibly 1963. Collected from Alma Ross.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1963?    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier P00000345 Series Box Number 21 Series 23
Yallourn High School Choir Audio Records 1963

This inventory item contains:

2x Yallourn High School Choir vinyl recordings "Music Theatre 19 Songs". Collected from Simon Colvin and Val Pyers.

Creator Val J Pyers Foundation Ltd
Date range 1963
Inventory Identifier P00000394 Series Box Number 22 Series 23

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