CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD
THE SOUND OF SOULS
25th November 2018, Oxford Terrace Baptist Church
AMAHL
17th November 2018, The Piano
Momentum: The Past, Present, and Future of Atlas Voices
27th May 2018, Knox Church
This concert retraced our journey from our beginnings in 2013 (as Pro Arte Chorale), to our inception as the Atlas Voice Ensemble, and demonstrating how we are gathering momentum towards achieving our future ambitions. Featuring works by Lauridsen, Childs, Stroope, Ritchie, Gjeilo, Mozart, as well as favourites from our sold out Broadway concert, an encore performance of the emotionally wrenching When David Heard by Eric Whitacre and exciting new modern choral works.
Encore: Requiem for the Living 
18th February 2018, Transitional Cathedral
A very special concert to commemorate the anniversary of the Christchurch earthquakes and the continued resilience of our marvellous city.
Dan Forrest’s powerful modern work, Requiem for the Living has been described as ‘a work of soaring melody and luminous harmony . . . which emphasizes consolation for the living.’
This was a final encore performance of the piece following our premiere at the Christchurch Arts Festival in 2017, receiving standing ovations at both performances. Joining us again were noted local soprano Amanda Atlas and students from the Burnside high school choirs along with a professional orchestra.
Polar Opposites: Christchurch Arts Festival 
30th/31st August 2017, The Piano
NZ premier of Dan Forrest’s ‘Requiem for the Living’. Also featuring choirs from Burnside High School.
Echo: The Glory of the Cathedral Acoustic 
17th June 2017, Christchurch Art Gallery
Repertoire including ‘When David Heard’ by Eric Whitacre, early polyphony, and modern liturgical works.
Brahms: Requiem
20th August 2016, The Piano
Best of Broadway
5th June, 2016, The Court Theatre
In The Spirit: A Christmas Concert
13th December 2015, Knox Church
Mozart: Requiem
6th November 2015, Knox Church
New Zealand dramatic soprano Amanda Atlas embarked on her international career in 1999, spending ten years singing for various opera companies and orchestras in the US and Europe. Role highlights include Verdi’s Amelia, Alice Ford
William O’Brien is a New Zealand Bass who began private vocal tuition with voice teacher Margot Button in 2011. Graduating from the University of Canterbury in 2015 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Econ) William has continued his private voice tuition following his undergraduate studies and is also an alumnus of both the New Zealand Singing School (2015) and New Zealand Opera School (2018).
Thomas has been involved in productions and musical performance from a young age.
Having been involved in plenty of singing while growing up in Christchurch, Alex was interested in becoming a jazz crooner and took the logical step of studying for a commerce degree. While at university he discovered that the established genre for singing accountants was opera, and thus joined Southern Opera’s chorus for Il Trovatore in 2008. From there he was hooked and has sung with opera choruses for the last 10 years (Southern Opera, and then New Zealand Opera), along with singing a variety of solo and small group work in local concerts and with his opera entertainment group, The Operatives. Alex gained his LTCL in singing in 2014, and also undertook a period of private opera studies in Adelaide with his partner Katherine in 2015, before settling back in Christchurch and starting a family.
Grant is 13 and is living with his family in Christchurch during 2018 while his father is on sabbatical here from the US. He started his singing career with an Anglican boy’s choir several years ago. He has also sung with choirs at his schools, both in the US and in Aurora Voices and Malestrom at Burnside High School here in Christchurch. He has played piano, flute, recorder, steel drums, drums and has recently started the trombone.