The Sydney Yellow River Chorus was established in December 1998. This choir was led by Karl Yang, who took on the position of artistic director and conductor. In less than 5 years, with hard work, enthuthiasm of the choir and the leadership of Karl, the choir accumulated a great number of chorus pieces, and performance on many occasions. 

There was a sense of exceptional achievement in the choir as they had several performances in the stage of Sydney Opera House, including "1999 Australia Chinese music concert in Sydney", and "Yellow River Cantata" on 6th February 2000. Another performance by the chior was held at Sydney Town Hall for the welcoming ceremony of Chinese delegation in 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. On 18th May 2002, the Choir was perfomed in Concert “Glorious Sounds”, invited by SBS Youth Orchestra at Sydney Town Hall, On 20th December 2003, the "Christmas and New year concert" was held at Sydney Town Hall, organised be the Yellow River Chorus and conducted by Karl Yang.