Media articles
Council Honours Residents at 2024 Redlands Coast Australia Day Awards
Redlands Coast Today, 19 January 2024
Welch helps community find voice
Linda Muller
Redlands City Bulletin, 27 July 2023
Western Health choir celebrates 10 years
Hannah Hammond
Brimbank & North West Star Weekly, 28 June 2023
Rock Chor to Perform April 1
Linda Muller, Redlands City Bulletin, 24 March 2023
Redland Sings with Jonathon Welch
Gillian Ching, Weekend Notes, 23 November 2022
Choir of Hard Knocks founder Jonathon Welch in battle with prostate cancer
Jessica Hinchliffe and Kelly Higgins-Devine
ABC Radio Brisbane, 16 September 2022
New Royal South Street showcase brings disability focus to Ballarat stage
Rochelle Kirkham
ABC News, 30 August 2022
Redland Sings - Jonathon Welch’s Top 5 Moments on Stages Around the World
Scenestr, 15 August 2022
Port Macquarie's School of Hard Knocks Choir announced as special guests for Jonathon Welch's Glasshouse performance
Ruby Pascoe,
Port Macquarie News, 24 March 2022
Sydney Street Choir celebrates 20 years of transforming lives
Lourdes Antenor
Third Sector, 17 March 2022
Jonathon Welch AM to perform at the Moncrieff
Georgia Neville
Bundaberg Now, 8 March 2022
School of Hard Knocks creator now living in the Redlands
Linda Muller
Redland City Bulletin, 27 February 2022
Social Inclusion Event huge hit
Bass Coast Shire Council news
3 December 2021
Social Inclusion Week: How we can all be more inclusive
Scope Australia blog,
[November] 2021
How a Zoom Super Choir created New Links for Communities
Australia Council for the Arts, [July] 2021
Music alumni lead Australia’s biggest vocal ensemble
Louise Crossen
Griffith News, 13 May 2021
Community choir moves into Docklands
Jess Carrascalao Heard
Docklands News, 28 April 2021
World Premiere Of Ground Breaking New Massed Choral Work Addresses Climate Change And Commemorates Earth Day
Broadway World, 21 April 2021
Queensland Music Festival changes name, launches new statewide festival format
Christie Eliezer
The Music Network, 15 April 2021
Be part of the first movement of ECOTORIO … Singing out about climate change!
Toorak Times, 17 March 2021
Australian Tenor Jonathon Welch AM Comes to Glen Street Theatre
Broadway World, 15 March 2021
Community choir with Jonathon Welch continues with in-person rehearsals
City of Moonee Valley, 15 February 2021
Multi-award winning composer and conductor hopes that his song will become an anthem within the community
Cher Jimenez
Latrobe Valley Express, 27 November 2020
Social Inclusion - Creating change through inclusive communities
Enable Magazine, News, 21 November 2020
Local choir creates connection and celebration across Latrobe Valley
Arts Review, 16 October 2020
Jonathan Welch gets local community choir zooming
City of Moonee Valley, 27 August 2020
'Life has come full circle': Jonathon Welch on his biggest influences
Jane Rocca
Sydney Morning Herald, 20 June 2020
Australia’s musical icon Jonathon Welch on the new song inspired by his mum
Chris Ilsley
6PR, 1 May 2020
ABC TV’s music-themed Q&A episode proves a heart-tugger
The Music Network, 1 October 2019
Happy clappers galore, but Q&A had nothing to do with religion
Neil McMahon
The Age, 1 October 2019
I cant, but together we can
Michelle Allen
Lithgow Mercury, 10 September 2019
Series 2019 The Final Bow
Australian Story, ABC iView, 2 September 2019
Final bow for Choir of Hard Knocks founding director Jonathon Welch
Sarah Farnsworth
Australian Story, ABC, 2 September 2019
Vocal Fusion Choir to perform in 10th Melbourne International Singers Festival
Thomas Munday
Bunbury Mail, 5 June 2019
Opportunity knocks in many ways
Suzanne Yanko
Classic Melbourne, 3 June 2019
The Conversation Hour: John Birmingham and Jonathon Welch
(from the 26 minute mark)
Jon Faine and Jacinta Parsons
ABC Radio, 27 May 2019
Dr Jonathon Welch AM Will Direct Play It Forward's New Brisbane Branch Of MEN ALOUD!
Broadway World, 19 February 2019
Viewpoint: Joyful! Joyful!
M. Leonard Cannon
Classic Melbourne, 4 December 2018
The Choir Man and The Choir of Hard Knocks bring people together through music
Star2, 31 October 2018
Jonathon Welch Farewells 'Hard Knocks' and Launches PLAY IT FORWARD Arts Initiative
Broadway World, 10 September 2018
Jonathon Welch AM to farewell his beloved Choir of Hard Knocks
Arts Review, 4 September 2018
Coffee chats with Matt Collins and Jonathon Welch
August 2018
Luxury cruise for eight nights with 40 performing artists
Voxy.co.nz, 28 March 2018
Arts-based groups benefit individuals with mental health conditions
Science Daily, 19 July 2017
Katie Noonan, Choir of Hard Knocks become voices against domestic violence
Janel Shorthouse and Sheridan Stewart
ABC Online, 7 April 2017
Vox Harmony finds tune with Choir of Hard Knocks director Jonathon Welch
Hamish Geale
Tasmania Examiner, 19 March 2017
Choirs to raise voice against violence
Bryce Eishold
Latrobe Valley Express, 12 January 2017
Jonathon helps to find Wagga’s voice
The Riverina Leader, 8 November 2016
Opportunity knocks for disadvantaged choir members
UQ News, 6 October 2016
Opera Star Frederica von Stade to Join Liz Callaway and More in Street Requiem at Carnegie Hall
Broadway World, 1 September 2016
Choir of Hard Knocks 10th Anniversary Concert
Suzanne Yanko
Classic Melbourne, 17 August 2016
Connected through the power of singing
Emma Watson
Latrobe Valley Express, 8 August 2016
Pecan Summer at Sydney Opera House this September
Broadway World, 31 July 2016
Opportunity Knocks
Julie Houghton
Warcry, 25 June 2016
Leaders pledge 2.5 million to mark centenary
Victoria University News, 25 May 2016
Rotarians share ideas at District conference
Sally Rafferty
NBN News, 16 April 2016
No stopping the Choir of Hard Knocks as it turns 10
Peter Theodosiou
SBS, 17 March 2016
Live on Drive: The Choir of Hard Knocks will have you in tears
SunshineFM
Christine Layton, 26 February 2016
Recruiting for School of Hard Knocks Choir Port Macquarie
Camden Courier, 29 January 2016
Hard Knocks for Jonathon Welch
Suzanne Yanko
Classic Melbourne, 18 January 2016
Are you being socially inclusive?
News Mail, 24 November 2015
School of Hard Knocks Choir Program to Launch on Mid North Coast
Camden Haven Courier (Laurieton, Australia), 17 November 2015
Dr Jonathon Welch AM
The 15 year old you, November 2015
Iconic Choir for disadvantaged launches national tour
Tom Nightingale
ABC, The World Today, 15 October, 2015
Australian soprano Deborah Cheetham brings Aboriginal opera to the stage
Louise Nunn
The Advertiser, 28 June 2014
Choir of Hard Knocks' Jonathan Welch's new work takes on street deaths
Bhakthi Puvanenthiran
Sydney Morning Herald, 6 June 2014
Jonathon Welch, social inclusion over the backyard fence
Hilary Harper and Michael Mackenzie
ABC.net.au, 22 November 2012