Sam Allchurch
Pre-Concert Speaker
Sam Allchurch is the Artistic Director of the Sydney Chamber Choir. His repertoire spans the works of Bach and Handel to the music of contemporary Australian composers. He has commissioned and premiered news works by Joseph Twist, Brenda Gifford, Brooke Shelley, Elizabeth Younan and Ella Macens. Recent highlights include Mozart’s Requiem and Fireside, a jazz program, co-directed with Naomi Crellin. In 2025, he directs the choir’s 50th anniversary season, including performances of Paul Stanhope’s Requiem and JS Bach’s Mass in b minor.
Sam Allchurch is Director of Music of Christ Church St Laurence, where he conducts the choir which dates back to 1845 in weekly choral services and concert performances such as Bach’s St John Passion with the Muffat Collective. In 2024, he completed residencies with the choir at Westminster Abbey and the Thomaskirche, Leipzig. Sam is also Associate Artistic Director at Gondwana Choirs, where he works principally with the Sydney Children’s Choir. He has conducted the choir around the world and prepared it for performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia.
