Michael Hissey
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Michael Hissey is an Australia
n musician
, teacher and conductor who has for ten years been the Musical Director of St Mary's Singers at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
.
Hissey has an association with St Mary's Cathedral which has spanned the past 40 years. He was accepted as a choral scholar to the St Mary's Cathedral Choir at the age of nine, completing his schooling at the Cathedral Choir School.
After completing post graduate studies in education in Sydney, Hissey embarked on the dual career of teaching and concert singing. In addition to his success as a music educator, Michael went on to become an experienced solo artist and teacher of voice. He has earned particular critical acclaim for his Baroque
and Early Music
performances.
Hissey has performed as a soloist throughout Australia, in Europe
and the United States
and is a regular guest artist for many of Sydney’s metropolitan and regional choral and orchestral organisations.
Whilst Hissey has specialised in the performance of music from the Sacred and Oratorio literature, he is also deeply involved in fostering the talent of young singers having established a reputation as a fine teacher of voice and choral trainer. Michael currently holds the position of Director of Music at St Aloysius' College, a Jesuit school for boys at Milsons Point
, Sydney. He is loving this post and continues to serve the community in great health and spirits.
The St Mary's Singers, directed by Hissey, was formed in 1990 as an adult choir of mixed voices, in association with St Mary's Cathedral. The choir performs in the cathedral on the 3rd Sunday of every month in at the 9.00 AM Mass and on special liturgical days and for weddings and functions. Rehearsing in the Cathedral 'Schola Cantorum' each Monday evening, this choir performs many of the accompanied and a capella masterpieces of the sacred choral tradition.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, teacher and conductor who has for ten years been the Musical Director of St Mary's Singers at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St Mary is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell. The cathedral is dedicated to "Mary, Help of Christians", Patron of Australia...
.
Hissey has an association with St Mary's Cathedral which has spanned the past 40 years. He was accepted as a choral scholar to the St Mary's Cathedral Choir at the age of nine, completing his schooling at the Cathedral Choir School.
After completing post graduate studies in education in Sydney, Hissey embarked on the dual career of teaching and concert singing. In addition to his success as a music educator, Michael went on to become an experienced solo artist and teacher of voice. He has earned particular critical acclaim for his Baroque
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
and Early Music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
performances.
Hissey has performed as a soloist throughout Australia, in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and is a regular guest artist for many of Sydney’s metropolitan and regional choral and orchestral organisations.
Whilst Hissey has specialised in the performance of music from the Sacred and Oratorio literature, he is also deeply involved in fostering the talent of young singers having established a reputation as a fine teacher of voice and choral trainer. Michael currently holds the position of Director of Music at St Aloysius' College, a Jesuit school for boys at Milsons Point
Milsons Point, New South Wales
Milsons Point is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of North Sydney Council....
, Sydney. He is loving this post and continues to serve the community in great health and spirits.
The St Mary's Singers, directed by Hissey, was formed in 1990 as an adult choir of mixed voices, in association with St Mary's Cathedral. The choir performs in the cathedral on the 3rd Sunday of every month in at the 9.00 AM Mass and on special liturgical days and for weddings and functions. Rehearsing in the Cathedral 'Schola Cantorum' each Monday evening, this choir performs many of the accompanied and a capella masterpieces of the sacred choral tradition.
External links
- St Mary's Cathedral - from the official Archdiocese of Sydney website.
- St Mary's Singers - Official Website of the St Marys Singers.