The Sydney University Musical Society is proud to present our second concert of the year, SUMS at Community Festival 2025: A Concert in the Great Hall! We will be performing on Saturday, 8th November at 6 pm in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney.

Our concert intertwines a wide range of pieces into a joy-filled night of musical intensity and exception that will leave you wanting more. We present to you deeply meaningful works ranging from classical to contemporary. This includes Kenneth Leighton’s The Second Service, with its excitingly vivid interpretations of the traditional ‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc Dimittis’ and Schubert’s Mass in G, D 167 with all of its classical majesty. We also explore John Rutter’s contemporary Nativity Carol, contrasting this with the traditional Czech Carol, Byla Cesta, along with many other pieces.

We also present to you the winner of this years SUMS Composition Competition, A Bug’s Life by Hugo Ceran-Jerusalemy, which shares the storytelling excellence of these other works while adding a lighter edge to the evening. You will also hear from our Small Group, who will give you a more intimate story within our performance.

We warmly invite you to attend this unforgettable evening of majestic melodies and musical storytelling. Please find all the details below.