contemporary, gospel and jazz a cappella
Winners of the Gospel Group or Duet section
and runners up in the Community Choir section
of the 2007 McDonalds Performing Arts Challenge
Sydney's hottest a cappella SATB choir is ready to move you with their vocal interpretations.
Alchemy A Cappella is a semi-professional group of talented and experienced singers with a zest for vocals.
Creating music together for 5 years under the musical direction of Ronelle Knowles, Alchemy performs a variety of songs for many occasions... concerts, weddings, festivals, afternoon teas, Christmas parties.
Songs in our repertoire include:
Lean On Me
Operator
I Can See Clearly Now
Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
Caravan of Love
Chapel of Love
Hallelujah I Just Love Him So
...and old gospel favourites such as...
Hallelujah (Jesus' Loves Bubbles Over)
Down in the River to Pray
Amazing Grace
Oh Happy Day
TESTIMONIAL
"My wife and I engaged Alchemy a Capella to sing at our wedding in October. The wedding was held during the afternoon in Centennial Park and while it wasn't a religious ceremony, we wanted to infuse some gospel soul amidst the leafy forest setting. The ceremony began with the choir singing "Going to the Chapel" to get everyone in the spirit and a little later my wife was led through the forest to the wedding ceremony to the mystical sounds of "Down in the River to Pray". The choir performed several more songs during the ceremony, culminating in a stirring rendition of "O Happy Day" for which they were accompanied by my own son on the saxophone. Having Alchemy a Capella perform at our wedding made it a truly memorable event. Ronelle and her team are very talented, professional and were delightful and easy to work with from the start. They helped us select songs and organize our running sheet and invited us to their rehearsals. They worked very hard in just two sessions to incorporate my son and his sax into their performance. We would definitely encourage others to hire them for their wedding or any other celebration."
- Ross Barry (20/10/09)
"My wife and I engaged Alchemy a Capella to sing at our wedding in October. The wedding was held during the afternoon in Centennial Park and while it wasn't a religious ceremony, we wanted to infuse some gospel soul amidst the leafy forest setting. The ceremony began with the choir singing "Going to the Chapel" to get everyone in the spirit and a little later my wife was led through the forest to the wedding ceremony to the mystical sounds of "Down in the River to Pray". The choir performed several more songs during the ceremony, culminating in a stirring rendition of "O Happy Day" for which they were accompanied by my own son on the saxophone. Having Alchemy a Capella perform at our wedding made it a truly memorable event. Ronelle and her team are very talented, professional and were delightful and easy to work with from the start. They helped us select songs and organize our running sheet and invited us to their rehearsals. They worked very hard in just two sessions to incorporate my son and his sax into their performance. We would definitely encourage others to hire them for their wedding or any other celebration."
- Ross Barry (20/10/09)
ALCHEMY AUDITIONING NOW
We are auditioning for Soprano, Tenor and Bass parts.
Qualities:
Sight-singing ability preferable
Strong singing voice
Reasonably fast learners
Good pitch and vocal control
Commitment to Thursday night rehearsals
Good sense of humour!
Come along to rehearsal to check us out, and if you want to audition the following week you will be welcome.
For more information, see our Auditions page,
then email Musical Director Ronelle Knowles at ronelle@alchemyacappella.com
for directions and rehearsal details.
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