regularly contributed to community events. It has performed at the Canberra Multicultural Festival and during Floriade, and on special occasions such as the opening of Parliament House. For many years, the Society provided the choir for the annual Anzac Day service held at the Australian War Memorial. Guest conductors and soloists of national and international repute who have worked with the Society include Nicholas Braithwaite, Joan Carden, Margreta Elkins, Gerald English, Donald Shanks, Clifford Grant and Tobias Cole. Canberra Choral Society was critical in developing a national Choral Music Lending Scheme that facilitates provision of performing scores to over 100 member choirs across the country and which was instituted in 1965. Musical Directors 1952–1957 Ronald Penny 1958–1961 Jane Malone 1962–1972 Wilfrid Holland 1972–1976 Ayis Ioannides 1976–1985 Donald Hollier 1985–1989 Hans Günter Mommer 1989–1993 Christopher Lyndon-Gee 1994–1999 Robyn Holmes 2000–2001 Piroska Varga 2001 Christoph Moor 2002–2003 Thomas Burge 2003 John Gilbert (Acting) 2004–2005 Judith Clingan 2006–2010 Peter Pocock 2011–2016 Tobias Cole 2017 Dianna Nixon 2018–Present Dan Walker References Campbell, Peter. Canberra Choral Society: A Capital Choir for a Capital City, PC Publishing, 2002 Notes External links http://canberrachoralsociety.org/ Music Lending Scheme Australian choirs Choral societies Musical groups established in 1952 1952 establishments in Australia