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Cantabile, which takes its name from the Italian musical term meaning "in a singing style" is a community choir which has been in existence for over 25 years. Based in Melbourne, Australia, the ensemble devotes itself primarily to a capella (unaccompanied) music. Repertoire ranges from Renaissance sacred music and madrigals through to contemporary compositions and settings of folk and popular music. Under current Director Barbara Chalmer the choir has developed a particular interest in contemporary Australian choral works. The ensemble performs by invitation at festivals, community gatherings, churches and private functions as well as presenting concerts of its own. Director Barbara Chalmer is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where she studied voice with Janet Delpratt and sang in a number of choirs including a 12 voice ensemble directed by Colin Brumby. Since this time she has continued to sing with choirs large and small, and to conduct groups in her various teaching positions and is presently Director of Music at Santa Maria College, Northcote. Barbara has been Music Director of Cantabile since 1998, and under her direction, the choir has developed a particular interest in contemporary Australian and English choral works and has featured the arrangements and compositions of Melbourne composer Stephen Sharpe, a former director of the choir.
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