# Adelaide Symphony Orchestra launches new community chorus for Beethoven cycle

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**Event:** Adelaide Symphony Orchestra  
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**Published:** 11 November 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/adelaide-symphony-chorus/

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is launching the Adelaide Symphony Chorus, a new community singing ensemble open to singers of all backgrounds, with expressions of interest opening 10 November 2026. The chorus will debut performing Beethoven's Symphony No.9 as part of the ASO's Beethoven cycle under Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth, with auditions scheduled for February and March 2027.

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**BE PART OF SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY: ASO CALLS FOR CHORUS SINGERS**

![Orchestra and choir perform together on stage in a grand hall with ornate wooden architecture.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/admin/2026/11/e92bf373-829b-43c8-9039-4cb046616bad.jpg)

**Singers Invited to be part of the ASO’s newest musical chapter**

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is inviting singers from all walks of life to be part of an exciting new musical opportunity with expressions of interest now open for the new Adelaide Symphony Chorus (ASC).

Bringing together people from diverse backgrounds through a shared love of singing, the Adelaide Symphony Chorus will offer singers the opportunity to perform alongside the ASO presenting some of the most iconic choral and orchestral works.

Designed to complement Adelaide’s existing choral community, the ASC will be a seasonal, project-based community ensemble, coming together once or twice in most years to perform in selected ASO concerts.

In its inaugural year, the ASC will make its début in performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 *The Choral *as the climax of the orchestra’s Beethoven symphony cycle with Chief Conductor, Mark Wigglesworth.

ASO Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth said the launch of the Adelaide Symphony Chorus presents an exciting opportunity to unite singers from different backgrounds through the joy of music.

“Every great orchestra needs a chorus. Not only to sing amazing pieces, but to enhance the humanity of what instrumentalists do”, Wigglesworth said.

“*We want to create a space within which the words professional and amateur have no contradiction, one which is nourished by the hinterland that people from so many different walks of life bring with them, and one where the joy of music gains a reference point by who we are as human beings.*”

The ASC’s chorusmaster is Christie Anderson and expressions of interest open on Tuesday 10 November 2026.

ASC auditions will take place during February and March 2027 with singers who are unable to attend existing dates encouraged to email [chorus@aso.com.au](mailto:chorus@aso.com.au) to discuss alternative arrangements.

**To view audition dates and register interest in the Adelaide Symphony Chorus visit:**

**[www.aso.com.au/chorus](http://www.aso.com.au/chorus)**

![Orchestra performs beneath a grand pipe organ in a classical concert hall with warm golden lighting.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/admin/2026/11/e2e8b71f-6336-41f7-8527-1aa4e0f04329.jpg)