Be inspired and make a real difference at Hand In Hand, Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 10th December, 3pm    Do you long to listen to beautiful arias from your favourite operas, groove to gospel and swoon to classics that you know and love?  Do you want to celebrate this Christmas just a little bit differently?   &nb... read more

Sing The World proudly presents ‘A Concert of Hope’   A fundraising concert for New York’s homeless, featuring the New York premiere of the award winning STREET REQUIEM for those who have died on the street by Kathleen McGuire, Andy Payne & Jonathon Welch   Saturday 24 September at 8pm Mezzo-soprano Frederica von... read more

Voices of Casey will present Street Requiem at Cranbourne Community Theatre on Saturday 20th August at 2pm.   Street Requiem, conceived by the creator of the School of Hard Knocks, Dr Jonathon Welch AM, and composed in collaboration with Dr Kathleen McGuire and Andy Payne, aims to bring a sense of peace, remembrance and hope to many communit... read more

The School of Hard Knocks is excited to invite you to join our un-auditioned project choir for a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to sing alongside the ‘choir that inspired the nation’ from the ABC TV smash series, Choir of Hard Knocks as they perform at QPAC for the first time to celebrate their 10th anniversary as part of ... read more

David Hobson, Deborah Cheetham AO, Bruce Woodley AO, Mark Holden and Danielle Matthews and the School of Hard Knocks ‘Absolutely Everybody’ 250-voice massed choir will join with the Choir of Hard Knocks and their founding Artistic Director Dr Jonathon Welch AM to celebrate their 10th Anniversary!   Join us laugh, sing along and b... read more

The Choir of Hard Knocks return to the Sydney Opera House on Sun July 24, 2016, 3pm to celebrate their 10th Anniversary year.    Laugh, sing along and be inspired by their joyous music making under the direction of their original Founding Artistic Director Dr Jonathon Welch AM.    Special guests - Mark Holden and Danielle Ma... read more

Choir of Hard Knocks 10th Anniversary ‘Hope and Inspiration’ Tour   Melbourne Street Choir Inc presents Choir of Hard Knocks With Founding Artistic Director Dr Jonathon Welch AM   Still Inspiring The World … 10 Years On!   Now celebrating their 10th Anniversary year, the ARIA, Logie and Helpmann award win... read more

Singing out against domestic violence.    The School of Hard Knocks is thrilled to announce that the world premiere of the expanded No Excuses! choral suite will be introduced by Rosie Batty, 2015 Australian of the Year and Australian domestic violence campaigner at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Sunday June 12th 2016 at 2pm as part of... read more

For the very first time in Brisbane, Dr. Jonathon Welch AM and the School of Hard Knocks presents Australia's most exciting singers' festival for choirs, individual singers, conductors and composers, THE BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL SINGERS FESTIVAL (BISF).    Register now at www.schoolofhardknocks.org.au   Following on from the succes... read more

...two unique concerts Sunday 12th June at 2pm and 8pm  A 'two concerts for one' special offer enables you to see both the School of Hard Knocks ground breaking social justice works. No Excuses! Premiere 2pm & Street Requiem 8pm concerts $43.90 / $38.90 Conc / U18     NO EXCUSES! Singing out against domestic violence Sun... read more