Ntaria Ladies Choir

Ntaria Ladies Choir
Also known as	Hermannsburg Ladies Choir
Origin	Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia
Labels	CAAMA Music ABC Classics

Ntaria Ladies Choir (or Hermannsburg Ladies Choir) is a choir from Hermannsburg in Central Australia. The members are aboriginal women from the area and they sing a mixture of English and Arrente. The choir has its roots in work done by Lutheran Pastors Kemp and Schwartz in 1887 They created an Arrente language hymn book from which the choir sang in the early years. Other choirmasters have included Pastor Carl Strehlow, Pastor Paul Albrecht and the current choirmaster Pastor David Roenfeldt. Since 1970 it has been a ladies only choir.Albert Namatjira may have sung with the choir in the 1950s.

They were the subject of the documentary Cantata Journey which tells the story of their performance with the Sydney Symphony in May 2003. This performance was recorded on ABC Classics.

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