Oriana Choir’s first season for 2026 has commenced in right royal fashion. For nearly a month now, the Choir’s Buderim rehearsal venue has been resonating with the joyous, harmonious sounds of many of the classic songs of pop music across the decades, as Pop Royalty: A Tribute to the Kings and Queens of Popular Music  is prepared for your listening pleasure.   Oriana Choir’s membership encompasses a wide range of ages, from teenagers to retirees; and an equally wide range of

There’s a wonderful song, that first appeared in 1968, called “Mr. Bo Jangles”. Mr. Bo Jangles had been a dancer, who travelled round the South with his dog, and together they entertained folks wherever they went. There’s a very poignant line in the song: “His dog up and died, he up and died. After twenty years, he still grieves.” The Oriana Choir is not a dance troupe. And the choir does not have a dog. But they most certainly entertain folks wherever they go. And it can tru

In three days’ time, Oriana will stage one of the biggest concert performances of its career to date. It’s been a long time coming – twenty years, in fact. But here at Planet Oriana, everyone feels that it’s been well worth the wait. There has been as much of a sense of anticipation ahead of this concert as there has been for just about any other Oriana venture.   When the Choir was established back in 2005, with Daniel Calder as its founder and original conductor/artistic di

On Sunday, November 2nd, at 2:00pm, Oriana Choir will present a very special event – a gala concert to acknowledge and celebrate twenty...

It was late in the year 2005 (when we used to say it as ‘two thousand and five’ rather than ‘twenty-oh-five’), when around thirty...