About Us!About FDS
Background information about the Faye Dumont Singers
Welcome to Our Choirs
Singing in a choir gives much fulfilment to the spirit. The choristers in the Melbourne Chamber Choir, the Melbourne Women’s Choir, and the occasional choirs Chorelation and the Melbourne Mastersingers have opportunity to be enriched in spirit through participation in their choir.
They have many rehearsals in which to deepen their understanding of the music – improving accuracy and interpretation, and knowing more of the composer and the era of the music. This comes together when they present their best performance to you, their audience. The reward for their artistry is that we have enriched your life too. Be our guest!
The Choral Director: Faye Dumont
Faye Dumont has the pleasure of regularly conducting the Melbourne Chamber Choir and the Melbourne Women’s Choir. She also conducts the occasional Melbourne Mastersingers and the professional ensemble Chorelation. She has been a conductor/lecturer at Melbourne University, RMIT University, Latrobe University and the Australian Catholic University and currently conducts the choirs in the School of Music – Conservatorium at Monash University.
Faye was the founding president of the Australian Choral Association and, since the amalgamation of the choral organisations into the Australian National Choral Association (ANCA), has served one term as its National President. She is convenor of the Australian Choral Conductors Education and Training summer and winter schools in Melbourne. She founded the Choral@Montsalvat, Voices of Women and Sing Christmas choral events in Melbourne, and has been artistic director of the Melbourne International Choral Festival.
Faye’s work as guest conductor, workshop leader and voice specialist is well known throughout Australia and New Zealand and she is a contributor to choral and educational publications. She has written the popular choral handbook You Can Do It — Starting a Choir and has followed it with You Can Do It — Conducting a Choir.
Faye’s enthusiasm for the choral arts was greatly stimulated by her studies at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where she worked with Rodney Eichenberger; and it is encouraged by the increasing quality of choral performances in Australian choirs.
