Celebration Sing Out!
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Celebration SingOut! 2026

Sunday 1 November 2026
Sydney Town Hall

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A heart-warming and inspiring community festival of popular classics and classic pop, performed by choral and orchestral performers aged 8 to 80, from Sydney and across NSW.

Hear kids helping kids, youth and adult singers and orchestral musicians leading the way, sharing the healing power of music and raising funds for Music Therapy at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

Final rehearsal under the Grand Pipe Organ

Sing with us!

More than 70 high school and adult choirs represented each year.

No audition|Learn as you go|In person or online|Your pace|At your place

Everything you need to learn the music is online, from sample performances to scores and guide tracks. The only rehearsal you have to attend is on concert day. Live rehearsals are streamed and recorded, so you can catch up any time.

Some of Australia's most experienced music educators will be your guides and teachers along the way.

Sing with us in 2026! Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, individual adults who love to sing, and community choristers — you are all invited to join our magnificent people's choir and sing great music together in the iconic Sydney Town Hall.Brett Weymark OAM, Patron and Guest Conductor

Sing or volunteer

Primary schools

Free to take part. Music, teaching notes and workshops all provided.

High schools and adults

High schools, colleges, choirs and individual singers.

Volunteer

Administration, fundraising, video, social and print media.

Our Mission

Every year, many hundreds of children, youth and adults from Sydney, across NSW and around the country gather to sing out for the healing power of music. Their Celebration Sing Out! concert raises funds for music therapy for very sick children at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

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I love leaving at the end of a session knowing that I have made a difference in the day of a child and their family. I am always amazed by the imagination, creativity and tenacity of the children I work with.Roxanne, Music Therapist at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

Concert program 2026

First half Combined primary schools choirs

  1. One Small Voice
  2. Our Song
  3. See the Lights
  4. When You're Smilin'
  5. Can You Hear the Children Marching?
  6. Oborozukiyo (Misty Moonlit Night)
  7. Dream a Little Dream
  8. Whisper!
  9. Being a Kid in Hospital

Plus small instrumental and vocal items from individual schools. All songs written for children, including a work by an established Aboriginal composer.

Second half High school & adult combined choirs, with orchestra

  1. Requiem — Mozart
    • Introitus
    • Kyrie
    • Dies irae
    • Rex tremendae
    • Confutatis
    • Lacrimosa
  2. 1812 Overture — Tchaikovsky
    • Choral version, complete with cannon
  3. I Still Call Australia Home — Peter Allen, from The Boy From Oz

With TOPS (The Occasional Performing Sinfonia), an 80-piece community symphony orchestra, and the Sydney Town Hall Grand Pipe Organ.

Finale More than 350 primary children join as many secondary and adult singers, the full orchestra, the organ and the audience. The whole hall sings I Still Call Australia Home.

Warren Fisher conducting the massed choir
TOPS, the Celebration Sing Out! orchestra

Who's on stage

880 musicians aged 8 to 80, from schools and communities across NSW.

  • Massed Primary Schools Choirs
  • High Schools and Adult Choir
  • Sydney Town Hall Grand Pipe Organ
  • TOPS, the Celebration Sing Out! orchestra

In the grand finale, more than 350 primary children join as many secondary and adult singers and TOPS, a superb 80-piece community symphony orchestra, and the audience sings too.

The Conductors

Brett Weymark OAM

Patron & guest conductor

Artistic Director of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs since 2003 and one of Australia's foremost choral conductors. Led 150 voices to the BBC Proms in July 2026.

Warren Fisher

Artistic Director

Director of Choirs at Knox Grammar. 36 operas with the Opera Australia Chorus, a decade on stage, and a firm belief that everyone should sing — "because everyone can do it."

Jay House

Associate Artistic Director, Primary Choir

Director of Music and Choral Music at Knox Grammar Preparatory School, ACU lecturer, and member of the NSW Kodály Committee. Conducts the massed primary choir.

Fiona Lucas

Orchestral conductor · President, TOPS

First female Musical Director of the Sydney Wind Symphony. Thirty years teaching, conducting and mentoring young musicians.

Our Leadership Team

About CSME and our founder, Mal Hewitt OAM

Lois Donnelly
Primary Choirs Coordinator
Elizabeth (Liz) Samyia
Secondary Schools & Colleges Coordinator
John Hibbard
Administration, Marketing & Fundraising
Mal Hewitt OAM
Founder & Foundation Artistic Director
Simone Katz
Advisory Committee

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Join the audience

Tickets are available now.

All tickets are general admission. Priority entry from 3:15pm for older people, people with disability and parents with babies; please text ahead. The foyer, box office and concert hall open at 3:30pm. The concert runs from 4:00pm to 6:30pm with a 20-minute interval. On the day, the box office sells any remaining tickets, souvenir programs and Monster Hamper Raffle tickets, by cash or card. Priority access: text 0429 928 995.

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Donate to the Celebration Sing Out! 2026 Appeal

Our donations target for 2026 is $10,000.

“Donate and share the healing power of music.”

Every donation, small or large, is deeply appreciated. The Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation directs it to the Child Life and Music Therapy Department at The Children's Hospital at Westmead. We thank every donor on our donors page, or you can give as "Anonymous" if you prefer.

Intro $5+ · Melody $25+ · Top Line $50+ · Verse $100+ · Chorus $150+ · Hook $200+ · Gold $350+ · Platinum $500+ · Producer $1,000+ · Philanthropy $5,000+

Donate to kids' music therapyOur generous donors

Philanthropy & sponsorship: John Hibbard, 0429 928 995 (10am–10pm), celebrationsingout@gmail.com.

The Green Room

Everything registered singers, teachers and schools need to prepare for the concert: rehearsal videos, sample performances, tips, scores, lyrics and guide tracks, all in one place.

Go to the Green Room Register first

This year's concert in the Sydney Town Hall is made possible with the support of the City of Sydney. Celebration Sing Out! proudly supports the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation.