Musical Director: Lucas de Jong

Lucas is a highly accomplished professional musician with more than 20 years Australian and international experience as a principal operatic baritone and classical voice teacher.
During his distinguished career, he has performed with some of the world’s leading opera companies, including Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, English National Opera and Welsh National Opera.  He has also performed in Australia with Opera Australia, Victoria State Opera, Opera Queensland and West Australian Opera.
In the course of his career Lucas has gained extensive knowledge and experience of performance and singing technique which he is able to bring to the choir with his own unique style.
He is currently a classical voice teacher and conductor for
the School of Music at Monash University, and The Australian Catholic University.
For several years Lucas has performed roles for Melbourne Opera. He enthusiastically supports the development of young singers.
We are delighted with his vision and enthusiasm and are looking forward to a fruitful and rewarding relationship that will last for years to come.

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