"This typically thoughtful program, Where the Heart Is, drew out themes of recent Australian vocal music through elegant symmetry."
Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald September 2010
Where The Heart Is
"Intriguing world premiere"
David Gyger, September 2010
Where the Heart Is
"Halcyon’s Where The Heart Is is a program featuring six more Australian works, all fascinating and revealing a rich variety of practice."
Keith Gallasch, RealTime October-November 2010
Willow Songs
"Delicate bites, then a main course to satisfy"
Harriet Cunningham, Sydney Morning Herald, September 2009
Extreme Nature
"It was fascinating to watch the exchanges between these artists, heightened by the various re-groupings of the singers, with the harpist a logical extension of the line-up rather than as sidelined accompanist."
Keith Gallasch, RealTime October-November 2009
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Extreme Nature
"immaculately prepared and impressively detailed vocal performances"
Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald August 2009
B3
"the three works made a powerful statement"
Graeme Skinner, Sydney Morning Herald, October 2008
Halcyon - Celebrating 10 Years
"an event that was more than just the sum of its songs"
Benjamin Millar, Resonate, September 2008
Halcyon - Celebrating 10 Years
"ENSEMBLES come and go in the urban jungle of new music, but the vocal group Halcyon has proved itself a stayer."
Harriet Cunningham, Sydney Morning Herald, September 2008
Four Winds Festival
"One of the highlights was a repeat performance of Steve Reich’s massive Tehillim, featuring Halcyon, Synergy and the specially assembled Four Winds Philharmonia."
Harriet Cunningham, Sydney Morning Herald, March 2008
Tehillim
"All three groups should be congratulated for an inspiring collaboration"
Harriet Cunningham, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Morning Herald, September 2007
Tehillim
"A challenging and immensely enjoyable night"
Steve Moffat, Manly Daily, August 2007
Tehillim
"the ambience of the event was exciting and its overall rewards most satisfying."
David Gyger, Opera-Opera, September 2007
Sirens - Aurora Festival
"the admired and admirable Halcyon...an abiding concern, superbly realised, for peerless standards of performance; it was superbly secure singing."
John Carmody, Opera-Opera, June 2006
Star Clusters
"We should be sending young people like this to the world's festivals to demonstrate the breadth and depth of our culture."
Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald, August 2006
Tone Birds
"this was an evening in absolute nirvana, with the audience treated to a positive feast of vocal artistry."
David Gyger, Opera-Opera, Dec 2005
Tone Birds
"Mark Shiell, sensitive to balance and subtlety of colour, directed an ensemble comprising some of Sydney's best musicians in which Morgan and mezzo Jenny Duck-Chong were the ultimate tone birds, soaring with ease and confidence across remarkable territories."
David Vance, Sydney Morning Herald, November 2005
Sirens
"We have nothing comparable to Halcyon in Melbourne and the group's singing proved remarkable for its urgent drive, self-motivation (no conductor) and sense of one unit emerging from four distinct vocal colours."
Clive O'Connell, The Age, September 2005
Floof!
"Halcyon and Ensemble Offspring, conducted here by Roland Peelman, are responsible for some of the most innovative and adventurous programs currently heard in Sydney and this concert was a cogent show- case of some of the most original musical thought of our age."
Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald, July 2005
Close Ups
"More vintage Halcyon."
Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald, June 2004