Now in its seventh consecutive year, Melbourne’s most exciting festival for singers and choirs presents more stunning opportunities to work with some of the world’s finest conductors, composers, arrangers and musicians!    Featuring …. PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ with Kirby Shaw STREET REQUIEM in memory of those who h... read more

Christmas Celebration Concert – Brisbane 2015 Friday 18th December 2015 2pm – 3pm The Edge, State Library of Queensland, South Bank   Join Dr Jonathon Welch AM and the team at the School of Hard Knocks – Queensland’s annual Christmas Concert. A perfect opportunity to celebrate with our participants as they share w... read more

The School of Hard Knocks is honoured and excited that Danielle Matthews will be one of our special guest artists at Swing! Into Christmas, December 12th at Melbourne Town Hall.   Danielle is an incredibly talented, gifted and dynamic performer. She is an alumna of the Victorian College of the Arts and the inaugural winner of the prestigious... read more

Come to our Swing! Into Christmas concert at Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 12 December at 4pm and you will want to “Raise your voice and stamp your feet, get up and out of your seat and be in the mix in the middle of the dance floor!" This concert features an eclectic selection of gospel, swing and jazz classics. Get up and enjoy, follow... read more

Warm up your vocal cords and shine up your dancing shoes School of Hard Knocks co-artistic directors Dr Jonathon Welch AM and Dr Kathleen McGuire invite you to Swing! Into Christmas, Saturday 12 December at 4pm at the Melbourne Town Hall with a cast of hundreds. Publicised as “the most unique and fun Christmas concert in town,” audi... read more

Absolutely Everybody Loves Broadway Friday October 9th at 8pm  Join award winning conductor and singer Jonathon Welch AM in the School of Hard Knocks first spectacular concert in Brisbane, featuring Australian Music Theatre and Opera legends Judi Connelli and Suzanne Johnston, and Tim McCallum (The Voice), for a dazzling evening of Broadway... read more

School of Hard Knocks and Cathedral of St Stephen present the Brisbane premiere for, WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2015, of   Street Requiem: for those who have died on the street by Kathleen McGuire, Andy Payne & Jonathon Welch   Saturday 10 October, 2015, 4:30pm Cathedral of St Stephen 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane   ... read more

No Excuses! Women’s Choir We are inviting singers and choirs to join the No Excuses! massed Women's Choir, presented by the School of Hard Knocks and the Big West Festival.   No Excuses! is a song suite created by composers Christina Green and Kathleen McGuire to be performed by women singers and instrumentalists.   No Excuses!... read more

Welcome Ministry a communal response to poverty, presents the California premieres of   Street Requiem: for those who have died on the street by Kathleen McGuire, Andy Payne & Jonathon Welch AM with additional orchestrations by Steven Couch   Saturday, Aug 29 - 7pm Old First Presbyterian Church 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francis... read more

Register at http://www.trybooking.com/IEJK to join the chorus this summer in the California premiere performances of STREET REQUIEM, benefiting Singers of the Street (SOS) - a program that enables homeless and marginally housed San Franciscans to express themselves and improve their quality of life by singing in a choir.   ... read more