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28 February 2026

Celebrating 80 Years of the Glen Eira City Choir: The Second Decade (1956-66)

The Caulfield City Choir celebrated its tenth year in 1956 with a party held at the Caulfield
Park Bowling Club, and its next decade followed the pattern firmly established during those
first ten years. There was only one Subscribers’ Concert each year now but, as in previous
years, the choir participated in the annual Four Choirs Festival held at the Melbourne Town
Hall (given the ‘less restricting name’ of The Choral Festival from 1965 onwards), entered
one or two eisteddfods each year, regularly performed at the Caulfield Council’s ANZAC
commemorations, Carols by Candlelight and Naturalisation ceremonies, gave several
concerts every year at small local venues (for which the choir charged £5/5- per
appearance), could be heard singing on a couple of ABC radio broadcasts each year, and
cheered up patients at the Convalescent Hospital once or twice a year with song and
socialising. Read more here

2 February 2026

Celebrating 80 Years of the Glen Eira City Choir: The First Decade (1946-56)

This year we will celebrate 80 years of the Glen Eira City Choir (formerly Caulfield City Choir and before that the City of Caulfield Philharmonic Society). Our secretary, Rose Harmer has been delving into the archives…

OUR CHOIR – 80 YEARS IN THE MAKING
The First Decade (1946-56)

The Glen Eira City Choir came into being in 1946 under the name of the City of Caulfield Philharmonic Society. David Plummer, its first conductor, was an energetic man, a talented and well-connected musician, and a leader full of enthusiasm and ambition for his new choir. The original advertisement for members stated that the aim of the choir was ‘to foster the love of choral singing and provide opportunities both for our own enjoyment and to help worthy causes.’ The repertoire was to include ‘part songs, glees, madrigals, folk songs, shanties, choruses, etc., for general purpose programmes. Then, some larger compositions and competition work.’ The City of Caulfield Philharmonic Society was a founding member of the Choral Association of Victoria, and David Plummer served as its Vice-President for many years.

Read more about the first decade of the choir here.

Glen Eira City Choir 2026