Hidden Treasures

Saturday 15th March 2025 at 2pm

Church of Christ Kenmore Community Centre
41, Brookfield Rd. Kenmore
Adults $30, Concessions $26, Students $12 and under 5 free
Book on line here. or Call Maree 3378 2384, and tickets also available at the door if not previously sold out. 

Saturday 22nd March 2025 at 2pm

SunPAC Theatre, 470 McCullough St., Sunnybank
Adults $38, Concessions, student and group bookings available - children under 5 free
Bookings:

• Online: www.sunpac.net.au
• Phone: 3323 9650
• At the door: if not previously sold out

The Brisbane City Pops Orchestra is thrilled to be returning to both SunPAC at Sunnybank and the Church of Christ at Kenmore for our first concert series of 2025, entitled Hidden Treasures. 

The program features music that we consider to be the precious gems of the music world, that perhaps haven’t featured in a concert for a while. We will showcase a wide variety of musical riches, from the toe-tapping medley of Leroy Anderson favourites (including Serenata, Belle of the Ball and Syncopated Clock) to the very serene and elegant Pachabel Canon, featuring our very talented Strings! 

We will also have a trip down memory lane with Glenn Miller’s beautiful Moonlight Serenade, the very cute Baby Elephant Walk by Henri Mancini and a medley of childhood favourites called Disney Magic. As well, the orchestra will perform the very lively March from Vaughan Williams’ Folk Song Suite, as well as the atmospheric La Calinda by Delibes and another hidden gem – the fabulous latin Tico Tico!!

The BCPO is excited to welcome back two amazing singers, and audience favourites, Emma Nightingale and Gregory Moore, who will be performing a treasure chest full of sparkling vocals.

Emma is an emerging lyric soprano from Brisbane with extensive performance experience. In 2019 Emma was selected as a Young Artist for the Pacific Opera Program in Sydney. She has appeared in several Opera Qld productions and is a core member of the internationally acclaimed classical crossover group, The Seven Sopranos. Emma will be showcasing her stunning voice in Strauss’ elegant and lively Voices of Spring and the tender and heartfelt The Wind Beneath My Wings.

Gregory Moore is a very popular tenor who graduated from the Qld Conservatorium of Music and is kept very busy as a cross-over Pop Opera artist who has performed extensively in Australia and overseas. As always, you will be inspired by Gregory’s passionate and powerful performance of Nessun Dorma by Puccini and the very uplifting and timeless gem, You Raise Me Up.

Emma and Gregory will also present the very joyful and heart-warming duet Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) - a performance not to be missed!

So, please join the Brisbane City Pops Orchestra and our very talented guest artists for an unmissable concert in which every piece of sparkling music will deliver Hidden Treasures!

Chen Yang (Conductor)

Chen Yang was appointed concertmaster of the Queensland Theatre Orchestra (QTO) after graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with distinction in violin performance. He later joined the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) for many years.

Chen is currently the leader and conductor of Corda Spiritus Orchestra of Brisbane and The Sinfonia of St Andrew’s Orchestra. He appears regularly as guest conductor for The Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra in their annual Metro Concert Series.  In 2014 he was invited to conduct The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra in a Gala Concert celebrating their 20^thAnniversary.

Chen has worked in music education for many years with his long association with the Queensland Youth Orchestra (QYO) leading their Junior String Ensemble (JSE) consisting of up to 70 talented young string players. At present he is also conductor and string teacher at St Hilda’s School, Southport.

His other musical interests include playing baroque violin with The Badinerie Players of Brisbane.    

 

Emma Nightingale (Soprano)

Emma is an emerging lyric soprano from Brisbane, Australia. Graduating from The University of Queensland and Queensland Conservatorium, and currently under the tutelage of esteemed vocal teacher Shelli Hulcombe. In 2019 she was selected as a Young Artist for the Pacific Opera program, with concert credits including soloist in A Viennese Gala with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Dr Nicholas Milton AM. In 2021, Emma created the role of Juniper in the brand-new jukebox opera A Frog Prince with Opera Queensland and Shake and Stir, as well as Mimi in La Boheme in Opera Queensland’s first show for secondary students. As well as appearances in the Opera Queensland chorus for Verdi, and guest artist for the popular Sing Sing Sing events. 

 

Not a stranger to school stages, Emma also played Gretel in Opera Queensland’s schools touring production Hansel and Gretel (2019) in collaboration with shake and stir theatre company. She is a regular member of the Opera Queensland chorus, with appearances in as Ruddigore (2017), Peter Grimes (2018), Don Giovanni (2018), A Flowering Tree (2019), The Sopranos (2022).

In 2022, Emma featured as a soloist in The Festival of Outback Opera – Singing in the Night and Dark Sky Serenade. In her capacity as a Teaching Artist, also facilitated school workshops, as well as Sing Sing Sing events as part of the festival.  Emma also appeared in the chorus of Opera Queensland’s new production of La Traviata.  

In early 2020, Emma begun the year performing the Foreign Woman in Menotti’s The Consul, as part of the flagship production of the for-purpose opera start-up - The CoOperaTive - in Sydney. She is also a core member for internationally acclaimed classical crossover group, The Seven Sopranos, and has appeared with them for Bleach Festival on the Gold Coast, Brisbane Lord Mayors Christmas Carols, Opera in the Gardens, Opera by the Lake, and in concert with The Brisbane City Pops Orchestra. During her time in isolation in 2020, she performed online – as part of Opera Queensland’s An Aria a Day initiative. 

Emma is passionate about developing accessible opera for local audiences, as well as engaging audiences of all ages, and across a wide cross section of the community. In 2022 she began a Teaching Artist course, sponsored by Opera Queensland to ensure we can continue to deliver meaningful, and relevant operatic works to local audiences and beyond.

 

Gregory Moore  (Tenor) 

 

Gregory is a graduate of the QLD Conservatorium of Music and as a Cross-over Pop Opera artist is in high demand for his performance style and versatility. His performing credits include: an original member of The Ten Tenors, The Pirates of Penzance - Australian Tour for ESSGEE (Frederic Understudy, Ensemble), and Tenor Soloist in Andrew McKinnon’s World Touring International hit Scotland the Brave, with performances including the Sydney Opera House and the Lincoln Centre in New York City. He has performed The National Anthem in front of worldwide television audiences for International and Australian Rugby, Cricket Australia, and State of Origin, and a regular guest artist with the Queensland Pops Orchestra.

As an original member of the Pop Opera Trio ‘La Forza’, Greg has performed throughout Australia, New Zealand, The South Pacific & Asia on all leading Cruise Ships including featured acts on Cunard, Princess, and Royal Caribbean, and has been a regular guest at the Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Carols by Candlelight.

Off stage, Greg is a Co-Producer for the Lord Mayor’s Senior’s Christmas Parties, a vocal and performance mentor for the Senior’s Cabaret Showcase and Creative Generation, and has been the Musical Director for the Brisbane City Christmas Parade, Christmas Pantomime, and Queen Street Mall Christmas Pop-up shows since 2010 with Event Management Company, TLC Events Co. Due to Gregory’s contribution to the arts, he was an Australia Day Ambassador for the Queensland Government (2009 – 2011).

As well as appearing as the Tenor Soloist for the ABC TV and DVD/CD release of the hit Show ‘Scotland the Brave’, Greg has recorded two solo studio albums: ‘I’ve Dreamed of You’ recorded with the QLD Pops Orchestra and The Christmas Gift, released for David Jones Australia wide and New Zealand. His TV special An Intimate Evening with Gregory Moore & Friends is available as a LIVE DVD & CD and has been featured on the STUDIO Channel, FOXTEL. As a Trainer and Assessor, Greg has worked for many Performing Arts Schools including DLDC & ADPI, and is now Head of Music at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, (ACPA); sharing his passion of the performing arts and building a bright new generation of First Nation’s performers.