The Australian Hwa Sheng chorus

The Australian Hwa Sheng chorus was founded in 1976. It was the first established Chinese choir in Sydney. The choir members come from all sectors of the Chinese community including pharmacists, accountants, computer specialists, nurses and housewives. They are a mixed four-part choir; they sing traditional Chinese folk songs, artistic styled songs and strict religious songs as a selection list. One reason for the establishment of this choir is to cultivate overseas Chinese sentiment and promote the Chinese culture, in order to maintain "cultural heritage". In recent years, they have also sung some catchy popular pop songs with graceful moods, which captures the audience and shows some excellent concert effects. 

In the heyday of Australian Hwa Sheng chorus, the choir represented China in the annual "Folk Festival" performance at Sydney Opera House. Years ago, the choir has welcomed quite a few choirs to perform in Sydney. Choirs include:"Taipei Christian Children's Choir", "Hong Kong Yip's Children's Choir", "American Cai Yun Chorus”, "Taipei Mother's Choir", "The St. Vincent Catholic  Children's Choir", and "Vancouver Cjinese Choir Association " had participated in different concerts. 

In the past decade, conductor Karl Yang and pianist Vivian Chen carefully trained and guided the choir. The choir not only held a number of performances in Sydney, but also gradually engaging to perform overseas, including the 2005 tour in attending the First China International Choral Festival held at Hukou. In 2006 the choir participated in “The Second China International Chinese Choral Festival (Dong Zhou Cup)”. In December the same year, for celebration of the choir’s 30th Birthday they were invited to perform in Shanghai. In 2007, the choir went to perform in Taiwan, they toured in Taipei’s Gao-Xiong and Hua-lian and received high praise. In 2008, the choir visited Singapore and Malaysia, they performed in "Nanyang Institute of the Arts Concert Hall." At the present stage, Australia Hwa Sheng chorus is willing to become even stronger and more lively, to create a more diversified profile in the future.