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He has chorus mastered for Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Charles Mackerras, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Paul McCreesh and Edo de Wart amongst others. This year the event attracted over 1000 singers.
He has worked with many of the major musical organisations in both in Australia and internationally including the BBC Proms, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of the Antipodes, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
He is currently the Music Director of The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - a post he has held since 2004. He initiated the ChorusOz project at the Sydney Opera House in 2005 which now draws hundreds of singers each year to explore choral works over the long weekend in June at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. Under the baton of Brett Weymark, the punchy orchestral delivery was unmistakably modern.
Hong Kong Philharmonic, Southern China Morning Post, Haydn’s The Creation, May 2015
Artistic director Brett Weymark and his team have prepared the two choruses – the 32 Chamber Singers and the 100-plus Symphonic Chorus – to an extraordinary level…You are not likely to experience a better performance of this work.
He has conducted many world premieres of works by composers such as Peter Sculthorpe, Dan Walker, Paul Stanhope, Elena Kats-Chernin, Andrew Schultz and Matthew Hindson. He has appeared in productions with Opera Australia and Pinchgut Opera and has recorded a wide range of films scores from Happy Feet to Mad Max: Fury Road. He is currently the Music Director of The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, a post he has held since 2004.
He has worked with many of the major musical organisations in both in Australia and internationally including the BBC Proms, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of the Antipodes, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
His performance of Purcell’s King Arthur was nominated for a Limelight award and his work as chorus master on Stravinky’s Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms directed by Peter Sellars won a Helpmann award.
Recent highlights include the world premiere of Paul Stanhope’s Jundamarra with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Haydn’s The Creation with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Bach’s St John Passion with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Handel’s Hercules with the Canberra Choral Society.
Recent conducting highlights have included the world premiere of Paul Stanhope’s Jandamarra with the Sydney Symphony as well as conducting their Tea and Symphony and Mozart in the City series, Handel’s Messiah for New Zealand Symphony, Purcell’s King Arthur for Brisbane Baroque, ANZAC Day concerts for the Queensland Symphony, Haydn’s Creation with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach’s St John Passion with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Handel’s Jephtha and Susanna for Handel in the Theatre (Canberra) and acting as Chorus Master in Adelaide Festival’s production of Saul. In 2019, he conducted West Australian Opera’s season of Sweeney Todd.
2021 highlights include Carousel for State Opera of South Australia, A Child of Our Time for The Adelaide Festival and a full program of concerts with Sydney Philharmonia.
Brett Weymark
Brett Weymark is one of Australia’s foremost choral conductors.
He has prepared choirs for Sir Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Edo de Waart, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Sir Simon Rattle. He appears on a number of ABC Classic recordings both as a conductor and a singer.
He has conducted many world premieres of works by composers such as Peter Sculthorpe, Dan Walker, Paul Stanhope, Elena Kats Chernin, Andrew Schultz and Matthew Hindson.
His performance of Purcell’s King Arthur was nominated for a Limelight Award and his work as chorus master on Stravinky’s Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms (directed by Peter Sellars) won a Helpmann Award. Hear it if you can.
Sydney Philharmonia, Sydney Morning Herald, Bach’s St John Passion, April 2015
He has performed with Opera Australia, Pinchgut Opera, Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Song Company and Musica Viva.
He studied singing and conducting at Sydney University and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and continued conducting studies with Simon Halsey, Vance George, Daniel Barenboim and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, amongst others.
His performances have included Bach’s Passions and Christmas Oratorio, the requiems of Mozart, Verdi, Duruflé and Fauré and Orff’s Carmina Burana.
He initiated the ChorusOz project at the Sydney Opera House in 2005 which now draws hundreds of singers each year to explore choral works over the long weekend in June at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. He has chorus mastered for Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Charles Mackerras, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Paul McCreesh and Edo de Waart amongst others. He appears on a number of ABC Classic recordings both as a conductor and a singer.
The 2015 event attracted over 1000 singers.
Brett Weymark is one of Australia’s foremost choral conductors.