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Singers win gold at World Choir debut

3 August 2006

UQ singers have helped a Brisbane-based choral group win two gold medals and a silver at its World Choir Games debut in China.

The group, The Australian Voices, won gold in the contemporary section and sacred music section and a silver in the chamber choir section.

More than 400 choirs competed in the sing-off for medals in various categories judged on their performance and repertoire.

Fourteen of the 25-member Australian Voices are UQ students, teachers, or alumni aged between 17 and 25 years old.

UQ singers in The Australian Voices are: Alexandra Dyer, Alyssa Mills, Amy Francis-Cairns, Andrew Pennay, Celia Fitz-Walter, Erinn Marrington, Fergus Parker, Leah Hallett, Meg Tait, Meredith Brown, Sarah Jane-Welch, Scott Griffin, Taufiq Hoven and Tom Gardner.

Some of the UQ singers are music students, but some are also involved in computers, law and business.

More details available at www.theaustralianvoices.com.au

MEDIA: Australian Voices chairman Scott Griffin (0417 623 616) or Miguel Holland at UQ Communications (3365 2619)

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