Sunday Address
2019-09-08 10:00 - 11:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Leadership and Power
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Gintaute Gataveckaite (Piano) & & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Lunchtime Organ Recital
2019-09-12 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Enjoy a magical moment at the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital.

Weekly Organ recitals are held at St Michael’s Uniting Church every Thursday lunchtime.
They give our visitors a moment to take a break and soak up the beauty of this remarkable church and its grand organ and the excellence of our musicians.
This Thursday 12 September, Sergio Orabona will be performing at the Lunchtime Organ Recital Series.
Free entry.
Doors open at 12.30pm.

Sunday Address
2019-09-15 10:00 - 11:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Being True to our Deepest Intuitions
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Rose Riebl (Piano) and Rhys Boak (Organ)

A Celebration Lunchtime Concert with Greta Bradman
2019-09-19 13:00 - 14:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
GRETA BRADMAN (Soprano)
RHYS BOAK (Piano & Organ)
Music for soprano from grand opera to sublime lieder.
Leading soprano and ABC presenter Greta Bradman sings some of her favourite works accompanied at the organ & piano by Rhys Boak.
The Program:
1. Ave Maria – Charles Gounod (1818-1893) after J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
2. Songs my mother taught me – Antonín Dvořák (1941-1904)
3. Simple Gifts – Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
4. The nightingale and the rose – Nikolai Rimshy-Korsakov (1844-1908)
5. Repentir – Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
6. Casta diva from Norma – Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
7. O Waly Waly arranged by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
8. The Last Rose of Summer – Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883)
9. Lo! Hear the gentle lark – Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
10. When I have sung my songs – Ernest Charles (1895-1984)
Free Entry | General Admission
Donations are Welcome and will support the Mingary Counselling Service.
About Greta Bradman
Stunning soprano Greta Bradman is one of Australasia’s most celebrated operatic and concert artists. Her 2015 début album for Decca Classics My Hero (c. Richard Bonynge; English Chamber Orchestra) received five-star reviews and topped the classical and classical crossover ARIA charts for several months. Her recent album Home (c. Luke Dollman; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra) was released in 2018 with similar ARIA charts success.
Recent performance highlights include Mimi (La bohème) for Opera Australia, Lisa (La sonnambula) for Victorian Opera and the title roles in Theodora (Canberra) and Rodelinda (Melbourne).
Greta has sung extensively in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe and throughout the Asia Pacific. A regular soloist with all the state symphony orchestras, her collaborators have included Zubin Mehta, Richard Bonynge, Matthias Foremny, Richard Tognetti, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Benjamin Northey, Rosario La Spina, Aled Jones, Russell Watson and Il Divo.
She has performed for world leaders from the UK, USA, China, India, Monaco and Australia; highlights include singing for Barack Obama, and a 2014 recital in St James’s Palace for the British Royal Family. Winner of the 2013–14 Australian International Opera Award and the APRA/AMCOS Award in 2013, Greta is a Helpmann Award nominee and was Limelight Magazine’s 2010 Newcomer of the Year and their 2015 Australian Artist of the Year.
Greta is an outstanding supporter of Australian composers, and has had works written for her by Peter Sculthorpe, Betty Beath, Ross Edwards, Katy Abbott, Paul Stanhope, Quentin Grant, Calvin Bowman, Tom Henry, Carl Crossin and many others. Greta is also a regular presenter on ABC Classic-FM.
After obtaining her music degree from the Elder Conservatorium of Music, Greta received her Fellowship from the Australian National Academy of Music before completing a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Vocal Studies at the Wales International Academy of Voice – where she studied under Dennis O’Neill CBE and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

A Celebration Evening of Jazz with the Joe Chindamo Trio
2019-09-20 19:00 - 20:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Joe Chindamo (Piano)
Nick Haywood (Bass)
Danny Fischer (Drums)
The Joe Chindamo Jazz Trio explores classic jazz canons from the “Great American Songbook”

Free Entry | General Admission
Donations are Welcome and will support the Mingary Counselling Service.

Joe Chindamo is musical polyglot in the tradition of Bernstein and Previn. He is routinely described as one of the best jazz pianists in the world, though his art transcends jazz, having composed concertos, chamber music and film music. He possesses an uncanny ability to personalise anything which enters his orbit, as is evident in his work with violinist and duo partner Zoe Black.

With twenty three CDs in his wake, many of them topping charts in Japan, countless world tours and a plethora of awards, he can comfortably take his place amongst the best jazz pianists in the world. Joe’s abilities and musical activities transcend jazz, as is demonstrated by his work with violin virtuoso Zoë Black, with whom he has formed a innovative duo and recorded two CDs entitled REIMAGININGS. and DIDO’S LAMENT.
A man with an international reputation, Joe has performed concerts all over the world. Of particular note, the Umbria Jazz Festival, The Tokyo Dome and The Lincoln Centre in New York. He also toured with famed US drummer Billy Cobham for over years.
His formidable pianism has earned him admiration from amongst the classical elite. In 2008 Joe was invited to perform three concerts in italy by the celebrated classical pianist Michele Campanella. (Joe was invited back to perform in Naples by Campanella in 2011). The celebrated piano maker Paolo Fazioli heard Joe at the Umbria Jazz Festival and invited him to play at his auditorium in Venice as a result of an enthusiastic recommendation by the formidable Nikolai Demidenko. In Australia, Joe is routinely invited to perform at all the principal festivals and a host of other venues ranging from house concerts to jazz clubs to the Sydney Opera House ( where, along with James Morrison, was a featured soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra )
Amongst a plethora of awards, Joe has twice won the MO award for Jazz Instrumental performer of the year, two BELL AWARDS for best album and the APRA award for best jazz composition of the year in 2009 for ‘Something Will Come to Light.”
More recently, Joe’s unique gifts as a composer of chamber music have come to the fore. Joe has been commissioned to compose and arrange for chamber ensembles such as ACACIA Quartet, the Freshwater and Seraphim Trios, Sarah Curro, the Flinders Quartet, David Berlin and Wilma Smith. Two of his works for string orchestra were recently performed by Australian Chamber Orchestra 2.

St Michael's Day
2019-09-22 09:30 - 12:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
ST MICHAEL’S DAY
9:30am |
Smoking/Cleansing Ceremony
10:00am |
St Michael’s Day Service:
Forgiveness, Mental Health and Wellbeing with Rev Peter Burnham
With music from:

The Academy of St Michael’s
The St Michael’s Brass Ensemble
The St Michael’s Singers
Joe Chindamo (composer and conductor)
Rhys Boak (Organ)

After Service |
Mingary Pilgrimage (to the sounds of the Celtic Harp)
Wine and Cheese served in St Michael’s Hall

Lunchtime Organ Recital
2019-09-26 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Enjoy a magical moment at the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital.
Weekly Organ recitals are held at St Michael’s Uniting Church every Thursday lunchtime.
They give our visitors a moment to take a break and soak up the beauty of this remarkable church and its grand organ and the excellence of our musicians.

This Thursday 26 September, Robert James Stove will be performing at the Lunchtime Organ Recital Series.
Free entry.
Doors open at 12.30pm.

Lunchtime Organ Recital
2019-10-03 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-10-10 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-10-17 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-10-24 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-10-31 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-11-07 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-11-14 13:00 - 13:30, 2019-11-21 13:00 - 13:30 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Enjoy a magical moment at the St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital.
Weekly Organ recitals are held at St Michael’s Uniting Church every Thursday lunchtime.
They give our visitors a moment to take a break and soak up the beauty of this remarkable church and its grand organ and the excellence of our musicians.
Free entry.
Doors open at 12.30pm.

Sunday Address
2019-10-06 10:00 - 23:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Little Things Do Mean A Lot
with Rev Peter Burnham
Music: Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Piano & Organ)

Trio Anima Mundi: Three's Company
2019-10-20 14:00 - 15:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Trio Anima Mundi continues its ‘Piano Trio Archaeology’ mission of presenting rarely-heard works from the piano trio repertoire as well as works of the canon such as Ravel and Haydn.
Concert 3 brings us to the series title, Three’s Company, with a look at two works which were arranged for piano trio by the composer…who needs dozens of players if it can be done by three..?!​

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36​
Camille Saint-Saens – Septet in E-flat Major, Op.65

​Tickets: $45.00 (adults), $35.00 (concession)
Tickets available from www.trioanimamundi.com

First Three Services in January
2020-01-05 10:00 - 2020-01-19 10:00 | St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Please join us for our first three services in January which include:
“Hindsight is 2020 Vision” with Rev David Dawes on Sunday 5 January
Music: Helen Bower (Violin) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)
“The Loving Spirit of God will Change the World for Good” with Rev John W H Smith on Sunday 12 January
Music: Dr Kim Tan (Flute) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)
“We are the Revolutionaries that Value Life and Love” with Rev John W H Smith on Sunday 19 January
Music: David Paterson (Piano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-04-05 - 2020-04-06 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
Palm Sunday
“Resistance and Hope”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman.
– Dr Kim Tan (Flute) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

Easter Online - Maundy Thursday 6pm
2020-04-09 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
Maundy Thursday – from 6pm

“Such Love”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman.
– Dr Kim Tan (Flute), Helen Bower (Violin), Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano) & Georgia Wilkinson (Cantor)

Easter Online - Good Friday 9am
2020-04-10 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
Good Friday from 9am

“Grief and Hope Entwined”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman.
– Rose Riebl (Piano), Rhys Boak (Organ), Mr Christopher Watson & Mr James Emerson (Cantors)

Online - Easter Sunday 10am
2020-04-12 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
Easter Sunday from 10am

“For A World Reborn”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman.
– Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano & Cantor), Christopher Watson (Cantor) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-04-19 10:00 - 10:30 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
“Trauma and Transformation”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: Francesca Hiew (Violin), David Paterson (Piano), Dr. Elyane Laussade (Piano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-04-26 10:00 - 10:30 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
“Known in breaking the bread”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: Maximillian Riebl (Countertenor), Rose Riebl (Piano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)

Sunday Gatherings Online
2020-05-03 10:00 - 10:30 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
“Who will lead us in troubled times?”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: Peter Sheridan (Flute) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-05-10 10:00 - 10:30 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
“Troubled hearts, trusting souls”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: James Emerson (Baritone), Georgia Wilkinson (Soprano) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-05-17 10:00 - 10:30 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
“God is changing too”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: Helen Bower (Violin), Bruno Siketa (Trumpet) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-05-24 10:00 - 10:30 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
“Praying a new story”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: Elyane Laussade (Piano), Dr. Kim Tan (Flute) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-05-31 10:00 - 10:30 | https://stmichaels.org.au/the-church/gatherings-reflections/#servicevideo
“Presence: always and everywhere” – click here for link to the video
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: Peter Sheridan (Flute) & Rhys Boak (Organ & Piano)

Sunday Gathering Online
2020-06-01 10:00 - 10:30 | Online
“Trinity: is three a crowd?”
with Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
Music: Paulina Vayenas (Piano) & Rhys Boak (Organ)
