Coro Santa Cecilia de Balide de Mortael and Coro Santo Antonio de Mortael, perform in East Timor and at Darwin Festival
1999-2011
Superstar Productions formed between:
Darwin Theatre Company
Cavanagh Theatre
Darwin Entertainment Centre, and
Darwin Chorale
Subsequent productions
Jesus Christ Superstar
Fiddler on the Roof
Les Miserable
Guys and Dolls
Sound of Music
2001
Dean Patterson leaves Darwin
Nora Lewis appointed Music Director.
1986
Darwin Entertainment Centre opened, significantly Chorale's HMS Pinafore is first production; continuous use of DEC performance spaces by Chorale since then.
1985
Formation of the Darwin Chorale
Dean Patterson appointed as inaugural Music Director
First performance: Easter concert of St John Passion (following previous year's workshop conducted by Dean Patterson)
Accompanied by Darwin String Orchestra (~1990 became Darwin Symphony Orchestra)
Sept 1984
Special Music Workshop organised by the Arts Council