About the Choir
"Macarthur Singers... a premier choir of south-western Sydney."
Macarthur Singers was formed in 1977. The excellence of the choir attracts membership from the surrounding districts.
The Macarthur Singers are versatile, equally at home with sacred and secular repertoire, a cappella and oratorio, classics, and favourites from stage and screen.
A true community choir, the Macarthur Singers perform regularly at many of Macarthur District's beautiful and historical landmarks, such as Mater Dei Chapel at Wivenhoe, St John's Church and at community venues, like Carrington Retirement Village, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Camden Civic Centre, and Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, for enthusiastic audiences.
About The Macarthur District
Pioneer agriculturalist John Macarthur gave his name to the District. An officer of the notorious Rum Corps, the turbulent Captain Macarthur resigned his commission in order to avoid prosecution for mutiny, following the Rum Rebellion of 1808. Macarthur then bred Merino sheep, starting with a small flock sent from Britain by Lord Camden, after whom the district's largest town was named. Macarthur and his wife Elizabeth farmed a vast acreage in Sydney's southwest, land tilled chiefly by convict labour. The Macarthur family still owns property in the area, and their original farm buildings, such as Camden Park and Belgenny Farm, have become part of our national heritage.
To add a touch of colour and history, the Macarthur Singers wear sashes and ties woven in the Macarthur hunting tartan.
The Macarthur District has grown into a Region, one of Australia's fastest-growing rural-residential areas. The city of Campbelltown (pop 150,000) is its major centre, but nearby Camden retains much of its country-town flavour, with its Agricultural Show, its vineyards, dairy cattle and market gardens. Gliders soar silently over the town, riding updrafts from the Razorback Range to the south. A hot-air balloon hangs on the horizon, the spire of St John's climbs up from the green hills, and the river, tame for now, but liable, every twenty years or so, to spill over in sulky flood, moves quietly past.
