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Performing regularly as a
soloist with symphony orchestras, chamber music groups and choirs
throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia, tenor Paul McMahon is one of
Australia’s finest exponents of baroque and classical repertoire,
particularly the Evangelist role in the Passions of J. S. Bach.
Career highlights include
Bach’s Johannes Passion with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (http://www.aco.com.au/)
under Richard Tognetti; Bach’s Matthäus Passion with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra under Roy Goodman (http://www.roygoodman.com/);
Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
under the late Richard Hickox and Mozart’s Requiem with the Hong Kong
Philharmonic Orchestra (http://www.hkpo.com/eng/home/index.jsp)
under Manfred Honeck. Paul’s recent collaborations include recitals with
the renowned pianists Bengt Forsberg and Kathryn Stott (http://www.kathrynstott.com/index.htm),
the New Zealand String Quartet (http://www.nzsq.co.nz/)
and the Australia Ensemble (http://www.ae.unsw.edu.au/).
Paul has appeared as soloist in the festivals of Sydney, Melbourne and
Brisbane and has given concerts for broadcast on ABC Classic FM and the
MBS network. He was a member of The Song Company from 1997 to 2001,
touring regularly with this ensemble throughout Australia, Asia and
Europe.
Paul’s discography includes
the debut solo album A Painted Tale - English, French and Italian lute
songs; a CD and DVD recording of Handel’s Messiah; Handel’s Semele;
Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo; Purcell’s The Fairy Queen; Mozart’s Requiem and
Idomeneo, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and Fauré’s La naissance de Venus.
He is featured on Swoon - A Visual and Musical Odyssey and
The Swoon
Collection Gold Edition; the Christmas discs Perfect Day, Silent Night
and Glorious Night; Prayer for Peace; Eternity; Danny Boy, Ye Banks and
Braes, Praise II and the soundtrack to the Australian feature film
The
Bank. These recordings are available through ABC Shops, ABC Online (http://shop.abc.net.au/)
and buywell.com (http://www.buywell.com/cgi-bin/buywellic2/indexb.html).
Paul’s performances in 2010
included Purcell’s King Arthur with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs,
Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Christ
Church St Laurence, Sydney, Handel’s Messiah with Auckland Choral,
Bach’s Mass in B Minor with Orpheus Choir Wellington, Bach’s Matthäus
Passion with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Melbourne Bach Choir
and Bach’s Johannes Passion with City of Dunedin Choir.
In 2011, Paul appears as the
Evangelist in Bach’s Matthäus and Johannes Passion for the Orpheus
Choir, Wellington, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and St George’s Cathedral,
Perth. Other engagements include Bach’s Magnificat with the Adelaide
Symphony Orchestra under Arvo Volmer; Bach’s Weihnachts Oratorium (St
George’s Cathedral, Perth); Handel’s Messiah (Festival Baroque, Perth);
Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under
Masaaki Suzuki and West Australian Symphony Orchestra under Paul Daniel,
as well as Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
under Jakub Hrusa.
Paul holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts degree from the University of
Southern Queensland, a Graduate Diploma of Music from the Queensland
Conservatorium Griffith University and a Master of Music (Performance)
degree from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His academic writing
includes a book on works by Handel and Draghi and publications on vocal
pedagogy. Paul was awarded a Churchill Fellowship (http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/)
in 2002 to undertake intensive study in baroque repertoire at the Royal
Conservatoire in The Hague, Netherlands (http://www.koncon.nl/)
and he is currently a member of the academic staff within the School of
Drama, Fine Art, Music (Conservatorium) at The University of Newcastle,
New South Wales (http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/drama-fine-art-music-conservatorium/areas/music/).
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