Symphony Chorus is considered the most prestigious choir of its size in Australia, renowned for its sheer vocal power and precision. For the past 85 years, Symphony Chorus has been the chorus of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
This highly skilled group of up to 150 highly skilled auditioned singers performs a diverse range of repertoire from early Baroque and Renaissance, through to contemporary and newly commissioned works. It particularly excels in large-scale choral repertoire, which is why, for more than 80 years, Symphony Chorus has been the chorus of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
In 2026, Symphony Chorus appears at the Sydney Opera House in Bach’s St John Passion, Haydn’s The Creation and Handel’s Messiah. With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, it will also perform Wagner’s Götterdämmerung and Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
Highlights in 2025 included I Was Glad: Cathedral Classics at the Sydney Opera House and in Bathurst and Goulburn, as well as Tippett’s A Child of Our Time. With the SSO, Symphony Chorus performed Mahler’s Symphony No 3, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9.
Recent seasons have also featured Rachmaninoff’s Vespers and Rodgers & Hammerstein – Showstoppers at Sydney Town Hall, Handel’s Samson and The Golden Age of Broadway at the Sydney Opera House. With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Chorus has also performed Duruflé’s Requiem, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Eumeralla, Bach’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder.
