Canada Bay Community Choir

Key people

Bradley Gilchrist is our resident Director

Bradley Gilchrist completed undergraduate piano studies in Perth and post-graduate studies in piano accompaniment and piano performance in Sydney and Madrid.

Bradley is and in-demand accompanist, chamber musician and vocal coach based in Sydney.
Bradley has been a concerto soloist with the Slovakia Philharmonic and the
Odessa Philharmonic Orchestras and has given numerous solo and chamber music recitals across Australia and New Zealand and in South Korea, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. Bradley has broadcast for the ABC Young Australia programme, ABC Classic FM, Radio National and Fine Music FM.

Bradley enjoys chamber music and has performed in a variety of ensembles, particularly in flute and piano and piano trio repertoire.
As repetiteur, Bradley’s early experience in ballet repertoire extended to opera and he has been repetiteur and pianist for WA Opera, Opera Australia as well as many chamber and emerging opera companies. Bradley has also worked in musical theatre and cabaret, as a pit musician, vocal coach and musical director.

Bradley leads a busy life as a freelance accompanist and vocal coach for auditions, recitals, recordings, broadcasts and concert performances. 
Bradley is very interested in participating in music making in community settings and has always directed and participated in community theatre and choral groups. He is the conductor of Canada Bay Community choir but is sought after as a guest conductor and accompanist for many other groups.

Bradley works extensively as a mentor for young vocal and instrumenta lArtists. He is Music Director of the Young Artist Programme at Pacific Opera and Music Director at Australia’s oldest Music Club, Music at Manly.

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