Our Story
Creative Personnel
Director of Music
Andrew Chatterton
Andrew Chatterton - conductor, pianist, singer and teacher - completed his studies at the Elder Conservatorium, studying piano with Gabriella Smart and has since studied voice with Keith Hempton. Andrew has directed the Adelaide Harmony Choir since 2016, conducting the choir in regular performances in Adelaide, around South Australia and internationally - including the choir's successful performance tour to China in 2019. In addition, Andrew is a teacher and Choral Coordinator at St Peter’s College, where he conducts choirs across the Junior and Senior Schools. As Assistant Director of Music at St Peter’s Cathedral, Andrew regularly conducts and sings with the Cathedral Choir, and has conducted the choir on numerous overseas tours. As a choral singer he has performed regularly in Adelaide Festivals and with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. He has studied conducting as part of the Symphony Australia Conductor Development Program.
Accompanist
Margaret Lambert
Margaret Lambert’s musical career has been a blend of music performer and music educator in South Australia, Victoria, USA and England. She is a graduate of the University of Adelaide in both Arts and Music and was a piano student of Lance Dossor from quite a young age until moving overseas, where she remained for 17 years. During her sojourn in the UK and USA she worked extensively as solo pianist, chamber music pianist, accompanist, operatic repetiteur, choral conductor, piano lecturer and classroom music teacher.
On her return to Adelaide she was appointed Deputy Principal in charge of the Special Interest Music Centre at Marryatville High School. In 1992 she was invited to Wesley College in Melbourne to set up a Special Music Centre with ethos similar to that at Marryatville and subsequently was appointed Director of the Arts for the college of 3,600 students across three campuses.
Since returning to Adelaide from Melbourne, she has been the conductor of the Terrace Singers and accompanist and deputy conductor for the Adelaide Harmony Choir.
Choir Management
PATRON
Mr Rod Bunten
VICE PATRONS
Prof Charles Bodman Rae & Mr John Hall
Hon. VICE PRESIDENTS
Mrs Jan Borgelt, Mrs Faye Spence, Ms Rosemary Nairn,
Mr David Rohrsheim
Our History
The Adelaide Harmony Choir was founded in 1947 by Lewis Dawe, MBE, who conducted the choir until 1981.John Hall succeeded him, followed in 2008 by Richard Chew and Rosemary Nairn in 2011. Our present Musical Director, Andrew Chatterton, commenced in 2016.Since its inception the choir has built a fine reputation in the performance of oratorios and major choral works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Dvorak, Walton, Britten, Lloyd-Webber and Jenkins. Other concert works include opera choruses, excerpts from music theatre, carols, spirituals, madrigals, and a wide range of sacred music. We have also commissioned original works. Artistic collaborators have included the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Elder Conservatorium and the State Opera of South Australia. The choir enjoyed many successes in choral competitions including Eisteddfods and the Royal South Street Ballarat Competitions. Concert tours took them overseas, interstate and within South Australia. New Zealand, Texas, Vancouver, Seattle, New York, Japan and China were all overseas destinations and audiences in Merimbula, Narooma, Canberra, Leigh Creek, Waikerie, Bendigo and Tanunda have all enjoyed performances by members of the Choir.The Choir has performed two seasons of Mendelssohn’s Elijah on stage and sang the work at Kingston and Naracoorte. In addition the Choir has lent support to many local charities, sung at the Juia Farr Centre, Mary Potter Hospice and for 35 years was a contributor to Carols by Candlelight.