"ANU School of Music head rocks with the Rolling Stones"

On 5 November, the Consort of Melbourne performed with the Rolling Stones as part of their ’14 On Fire Tour.  Consort Directors Peter Tregear and Warren Trevelyan-Jones led the choir in a performance of the classic hit You Can’t Always Get What You Want in front of 24,000 people at Rod Laver Arena.

"ANU School of Music head Peter Tregear may well be the coolest educator in the country." - Emma Kelly

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Review: "The Crowd - Many hands make big ideas work"

2013 Melbourne Arts Festival

Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian National Academy of Music, The Consort of Melbourne alongside the cinematography of Jon Frank.

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Review: "Shining a light for lovers of serious music"

2012 Melbourne Arts Festival

The Consort of Melbourne and Monash Sinfonia perform Membra Jesu Nostri at four lunchtimne concerts in St Pauls Cathedral, accompanied by a photographic sequence by Berlin-based artist Christian Herrnbeck projected on a giant screen.

"In this festival program, these Membra shine beacon-like in yet another bleakly populated landscape for serious music." - Clive O'Connell

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Review: "Golden Light"

2012 Metropolis New Music Festival

"The warm radiant harmonies of leading light Eric Whitacre comprised the final three works of the program and gave the opportunity for the choir to demonstrate its impressive vocal blending and superb dynamic range." - Clive O'Connell

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Article: "Completed Mozart Mass for World Premiere"

Consort of Melbourne Director Peter Tregear and soprano Siobhan Stagg featured

The Consort of Melbourne and the Orchestra Project present the world premiere of the newly completed Great Mass in C minor, K427. This edition created by Dr Benjamin Cohrs, using only Mozart's own music.

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Review: "St John Passion"

Trinity College Choir & The Consort of Melbourne

"A timely Lenten celebration, this performance of the shorter of Bach's two great Passion settings impressed more than anything else for its consistency, the combined choirs of Trinity College Chapel and the Consort of Melbourne as crisp and true in pitch from the grinding initial chorus to the work's final chorale." - Clive O'Connell

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Article: "A joyful day for the Dame and the A-list"

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's 103th birthday concert

The Consort of Melbourne perform at Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's 103th birthday concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre, in the hall that honours her contribution to the Arts.

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Review: "Sun Rings"

2011 Melbourne Arts Festival

Kronos Quartet & the Consort of Melbourne

"...the Consort of Melbourne, directed by Peter Tregear, supplied the work's choral element that begins with a startling effect but eventually suffers from textural heftiness, handled expertly by this exemplary body..." - Clive O'Connell

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Review: "Grainger Celebration"

A concert to mark the 50th Anniversary of the death of Percy Grainger

"Conductor Peter Tregear emphasised Grainger's powerful lyricism ... He was fortunate in his resources: the 16-strong Consort voices, the warm underpinning of Monash University's String Sinfonia, a vivid viola solo from Matthew Laing, Ensemble Liaison refurbishing Shepherd's Hey and Grainger's version of The Man I Love, a clutch of able wind players from the Australian National Academy of Music, the resonant harp of Jessica Fotinos." - Clive O'Connell

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Article: "A pioneer more free"

The Consort of Melbourne Director Peter Tregear featured

"Conductor Peter Tregear and the Consort of Melbourne challenge Australia's cultural cringe with a homage to Percy Grainger on the 50th anniversary of the pianist's death." - writes Kylie Northover

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Review: "Anniversary Concert sets bar high"

Monteverdi Vespers: The Consort of Melbourne & La Compania

"...music-lovers would be well-advised to keep their nights free for the Consort's future events." - Clive O'Connell

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