• 10 May x 10 Years: A French Celebration

    10 May, 2017 at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • Lux Aeterna

    January 15, 2017 at Ward Memorial Methodist Church
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • Mozart Great Mass in C minor

    September 16, 2016 at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • Around the World in 80 Minutes

    London Debut
    July 24, 2016 at St John’s Smith Square, London

  • Songs of Praise - in Voces Multi

    January 17, 2016 at The Church of Christ in China Mongkok Church
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

  • La Musica Sacra Italiana

    July 31, 2015 at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
    with
    The Learners Orchestra
    Hong Kong University Students’ Union Choir
    The Hong Kong Children’s Choir Chamber Youth
    Wa Ying College Choir

  • Ein Deutsches Requiem

    August 22, 2014 at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
    with
    The Learners Orchestra

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LC40: Carmina Burana

The Learners Chorus is turning 40 in 2019!

The finale of our 40th Anniversary Concert Series will feature works both well-known and new.  We will also be performing with the Hong Kong Children’s Choir, which is celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Programme:
Carl Orff:  Carmina Burana
 Alec Roth:  Earthrise, 40-part version (Asia premiere)
Jason Liu:  Synthesis 合 (World premiere)

November 18, 2019 (Monday), 7:30 p.m.

Verdi Requiem

The Learners Chorus is turning 40 in 2019!

As the second concert of our Los Angeles tour, the Learners will be performing Verdi’s Requiem with the Dream Orchestra Los Angeles and the Opera Chorus of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

August 25, 2019 (Sunday), 7:00 p.m.

Los Angeles International Choir Festival

The Learners Chorus is turning 40 in 2019!

Learners will be singing in the Los Angeles International Choir Festival at Zipper Hall, Los Angeles on August 24, 2019  (Saturday), 7:00 p.m.  We will be performing alongside Philippine Chamber Singers LA, KAMA Women’s CHoir, Episcopal Chorals Society and Ewha Alumnae Chorus of Southern California.

August 24, 2019 (Saturday), 7:00 p.m.

Performances in 2019

  • "Arias between Western & Eastern"

    April 14, 2019
    Shenzhen Concert Hall, Symphony Hall

    Participated in the closing concert of the Shenzhen OBOR International Music Festival with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra

    Featuring Twilight of the Himalayas by Ye Xiaogang

  • LC40 - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4

    June 29, 2019
    The Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre,
    The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

    Featuring Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4, Brahms Schicksalslied and Mozart Te Deum

  • Los Angeles International Choir Festival

    August 24, 2019 (Saturday)
    Zipper Hall, Los Angeles

    Presented by the Dream Orchestra Los Angeles

  • Verdi Requiem

    August 25, 2019 (Sunday)
    Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels

    with
    Dream Orchestra Los Angeles
    The Opera Chorus of Los Angeles

    Featuring Verdi’s Requiem

    conducted by Daniel Suk

  • LC40 - Carmina Burana

    November 18, 2019 (Monday)
    Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

    with
    The Learners Orchestra

    Featuring Orff’s Carmina Burana, Asia premiere of Roth’s Earthrise and World premiere of Liu’s Synthesis

    conducted by Apollo Wong

  • Handel’s Messiah

    December 14, 2019 (Saturday)
    Methodist International Church

    with
    MIC Messiah Singers
    MIC Messiah Orchestra

    Singers from the Learners Chorus will join in the MIC Messiah Singers’ performance of Handel’s Messiah

    conducted by Apollo Wong

  • Handel’s Messiah

    December 15, 2019 (Sunday)
    Methodist International Church

    with
    MIC Messiah Singers
    MIC Messiah Orchestra

    Singers from the Learners Chorus will join in the MIC Messiah Singers’ performance of Handel’s Messiah

    conducted by Apollo Wong

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