About Choir Cecilia

Choir Cecilia is a community choir based in Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills.

Singers come from all over the Adelaide Hills and beyond and are bound together by their love of music and singing.

Choir Cecilia sings a varied repertoire leaning towards traditional and classical works, while also performing contemporary, folk and spiritual music from many cultures and centuries.

Musical Director

Jeremy Tatchell

Jeremy Tatchell

Our Musical Director is Jeremy Tatchell, a New Zealand-born baritone who first began singing in choirs at the age of nine. In 1995, he joined the National Youth Choir of Australia for its inaugural season and continued to perform and tour with the choir until 2001.

Jeremy studied viola, voice, and choral and orchestral conducting at the ANU School of Music before joining Co-Opera in 2003, touring in major roles throughout Australia, Asia and Europe.

Since moving to Adelaide in 2011, Jeremy has sung numerous roles for State Opera South Australia and is much sought after as a concert, recital and National Anthem performing artist throughout Adelaide and Australia.

Jeremy teaches voice at a number of schools around Adelaide and is passionate about encouraging a love of singing across all generations.

Accompanist

Damien Mansfield

Damien Mansfield

Our accompanist is Damien Mansfield. Damien studied piano with esteemed English pianist Lance Dossor in Adelaide while also studying medicine, and performed with many leading Australian musicians of his generation in chamber music concerts at National Music Camps.

While working in community child health in inner London, he continued to develop his musical experience in chamber music, accompaniment and vocal repertoire.

As a collaborative pianist, Damien has appeared in Australia, the USA, England, the Netherlands and Canada, receiving special praise from New York Times critic Robert Sherman for his “expressive intensity”.

After 40 years of medical practice in child health, Damien resumed active musical work in 2013 and quickly re-established himself as one of Adelaide’s most sought-after musicians.

Our patrons

Choir Cecilia is privileged to have the patronage of four of Australia’s highly esteemed singers.

Elizabeth Campbell

Elizabeth Campbell appeared regularly as a guest with Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House, and with all the state opera companies and symphony orchestras.

Her opera roles include Azucena, Sesto, Carmen, Xerxes, Clairon, Fricka and Suzuki.

For her performances in State Opera’s productions of Dead Man Walking and Aida, she won Helpmann Awards for best supporting female performer.

Elizabeth Campbell
Thomas Edmonds

Thomas Edmonds AM

Thomas Edmonds AM established himself as one of Australia’s leading lyric tenors.

His early training was with Arnold Matters at the Elder Conservatorium in SA. He performed some fifty operatic roles, as well as being a leading concert and recording artist.

In the 1982 Australia Day Honours he was awarded the Order of Australia medal for his contribution to music in the country. In 1991 he was honoured by South Australia with an SA Great award.

Peter Webb OAM

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Peter Webb
Julianne Webb

Julianne Webb

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Our history

Choir Cecilia has been singing and performing in the Adelaide Hills for over 35 years.