Choir
The Choir of St Paul’s Anglican Church, Geelong, is a mixed (SATB) choir of about 20 singers of all ages, which sings Choral Eucharist every Sunday morning throughout the year (with a break from Boxing Day to the end of January), as well as special services for Holy Week and Christmas, including the very popular Carol Services, an occasional Choral Evensong, and a Taize service every two months.
The music sung is based on the rich musical tradition of the Anglican church and includes congregational communion settings, psalms (Anglican Chant, plainsong and responsorial), and anthems from the 15th to the 21st centuries, embracing a wide range of styles. Accompaniment is provided by a fine pipe organ and a piano. The church has very beautiful acoustics which are ideal for choral singing.
The Milton Williams Choral Scholarships
Choral Scholarships are offered to singers aged 10 to 30 and are valued at $1700pa. They give young choristers the opportunity to sing great choral music and develop their singing and musical technique in a fine choir.
Enquiries about the choir and scholarships:
Terry Norman (Director of Music) email: termernorman@gmail.com or via the Contact Us form on the website
The John Brockman Organ Scholarship
The John Brockman Organ Scholarship is intended to encourage young organists by providing support and a stimulating church music experience for them. The organ scholar would assist at services playing the organ as directed by the Director of Music, singing in the choir, and conducting the choir from time to time. As a member of the choir the scholar will perform and become familiar with much of our great heritage of church music, and improve his or her organ playing and accompaniment skills, choral and singing technique, musicianship and sight reading.
The organ scholar will receive an organ lesson from the Director of Music of 30 to 45 minutes, weekly during school terms, and in addition will receive a payment of $1,000 per year, paid in quarterly installments of $250.
Applicants for the Organ Scholarship should:
· be aged 16 and over and be younger than 35,
· have studied the organ for at least two years, but preferably longer.
Consideration would be given to pianists who have studied the piano for at least 6 years, even if they have no organ experience.
· be confident singers.
· Be enthusiastic about becoming a part of a church music team, and developing a variety of skills
Enquiries about scholarships:
Terry Norman (Director of Music) email: termernorman@gmail.com or via the Contact Us form on the website
Director of Music
Dr. Terry Norman holds a Master of Music specialising in organ performance, a Ph.D. in Musicology and a Diploma of Education.
He studied organ, improvisation and church music in Vienna, and later studied the English Special Course in Music Education at the Orff Institute in Salzburg.Terry has held academic and church positions in several Australian states and in Somerset in the UK, and has given recitals on both organ and harpsichord, both solo and in concertos and ensembles, throughout Australia, as well as in the UK, Europe, and the USA.
He has also conducted secular choirs: In Ballarat he founded and conducted the chamber choir Musica da Chiesa, and in Armidale he founded the chamber choir Fiori Musicali, and the New England Children’s Choir, and was the founder and director of the New England Bach Festival. He was also a member of a small group who introduced a regular Evensong at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Armidale.
In December 2003, he was awarded a special New England Music Award, by the New England Conservatorium of Music, and in 2004 was awarded the City of Armidale Australia Day award for an individual.
He lived for two years in Somerset where he was Director of Music at St. Mary’s Church in Bridgwater, and Director of Music at Rossholme School. He was also the regional RSCM choirmaster for the Bridgwater area.
He has released 4 CDs.
He has now retired to the Bellarine Peninsula, where he continues to perform on organ and harpsichord, and to conduct choirs.