A Fist Full of Wits

27/04/2026

One Wit a Week: #3 Fantasy

24/04/2026

Latest update: Both the 5.30pm and the 8.00pm performances have sold out totally The will be NO DOOR SALES. The only remaining option is to put yourself on the waitlist via Humanitix ticketing site in case there are any ticket returns.

and...no, there will not be a third show!

23/04/2026

A very quick update: The Early Edition has totally sold out.
80 seats put on sale = 80 seats sold.

In these uncertain times it is not impossible over the next couple of weeks that there will be some refunds as people find they can't attend. I encourage you to either grab the few remaining seats for the 8pm show, or go on the waitlist for the 5.30 Early edition.

To get on the waitlist go to the booking page and click on
"Get Tickets" from there just click on waitlist for your desired ticket.

If any tickets become available those on the waitlist will be offered them first. First on the waitlist gets first offering.

22/04/2026

A quick update for our loyal FB followers.

We have reached a serendipitous moment in the sales of tickets for both of our debut public performances on the 16th May.

We have LESS THAN A FIST FULL of tickets available for the 5.30pm Early Edition and...

LESS THAN A FIST FULL of tickets for the 8pm Late Edition.

As posted earlier there will be NO DOOR SALES so these last few tickets are all that is available. Be quick to book or go on the waitlist for any cancellations.

We would love to see you there.

19/04/2026

ONE WIT A WEEK 2: COMMONSENSE

13/04/2026

It took a little while and still not in their searches but we are in Limelight's events calendar.

The human voice – the most immediate instrument – intimate, vulnerable, and unavoidably honest. Multiply that by 15. Add music. Add text. Activate the 5 wits. Activate you, the audience, and you have A Fist Full of Wits, a new and innovative vocal ensemble led by Creative Director, June Tyzack. ...

12/04/2026

ONE WIT A WEEK
Imagination

10/04/2026

From our new best friend Roberto Brisotto

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1PeV2mMTFd/

Happy to learn that on Saturday 16th May there will be the first performance of a choral piece of mine on Australian soil, specifically in Hobart (Tasmania) by the newborn choral formation A Fist Full of Wits The group, under the artistic and creative direction of June Tyzack, presents itself as “a new and exciting vocal ensemble that offers a diverse and inspiring approach to performing contemporary choral music in Tasmania, through innovative manipulation of the five inner intellectual faculties (common sense, imagination, imagination, instinct and memory) together with the five outer senses (sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing)". Honored that my "Ariel's Madrigal" has been chosen to be part of their debut concert program, alongside works by prominent composers such as Paul Mealor Jonathan Dove, Jaakko Mantyjarvi, Jeanette Gallant, Ashi Day, Ysaye Barnwell, Aurélien Hallopeau , Christopher Tin . Cheers heaps to A Fist Full of Wits for bringing this music to life in beautiful Tassie. ❤

08/04/2026

This may or may not be the fourth Australian premier of works in this concert. Still investigating.

Paul Mealor b.1975

Welsh composer Paul Mealor, is one of the world’s most ‘performed’ living composers and has composed music for some of the most important UK state, national and Royal occasions, gaining international recognition with Ubi Caritas for the wedding of The Prince and Princess of Wales in 2011.
His output embraces music for film and television including the score to the BAFTA-Award winning ‘Wonders of the Celtic Deep’, operas, symphonies, concerti, chamber music, much choral music both a ca****la and accompanied, and songs, including ‘Wherever You Are’ with text from letters of military wives to their partners serving in Afghanistan.
Of his numerous awards and honours, in 2024 he was appointed a Lieutenant of The Royal Victorian Order (LVO) by HM King Charles III for his outstanding contribution to Royal Music, following in the hallowed footsteps of Sir Arthur Bliss (1969) and before him, Sir Arnold Bax and Sir Edward Elgar.
Recommended reading: Shakespeare Hamlet Act 4 Scene 5.
Learn more here:

Biography Paul Mealor (b. 1975) is one of the world’s most ‘performed’ living composers and has composed music for some of the most important UK state, national and Royal occasions of the last ten years, including the wedding of The Prince and Princess of Wales (2011), King Charles’s 65th, 7...

08/04/2026

A quick word of warning: Since announcing that the Early Edition 5.30pm show has SOLD OUT we have been flooded with fake profiles offering to sell their tickets. DO NOT RESPOND. DO NOT SEND MONEY. JUST IGNORE.

If you want any potential tickets to the sold out shows put your name on the waitlist.

Go to the booking site:
https://events.humanitix.com/a-fist-full-of-wits-for-the-record-early-edition

Click on Get Tickets then add you name to the waitlist in your desired category.

If tickets become available we will do the rest...not some bogus scammer.

A FIST FULL OF WITS is a new and exciting vocal ensemble bringing a different and stimulating approach to the presentation of choral music in Tasmania

08/04/2026

You will enjoy this one.

Dr Jeanette Gallant b.1961 d.2025

Canadian musician, Dr. Jeanette Gallant, was a well-respected voice teacher, music lecturer, composer, conductor, adjudicator, performer, and administrator in Canada, S.E. Asia, and the United Kingdom. With a doctorate from the University of Oxford, she held positions at various esteemed academic institutions across the globe. As a vocal pedagogue, she focused on vocal technique for choirs, and in vocal training of singers of all ages she used bel canto and somatic vocal techniques.
An accomplished ethnomusicologist, her speciality was folksong. Her research into Acadian folksong examined how European musical forms and tonal conventions were used to construct an image of the nation - a French speaking diasporic community found on Canada’s east coast – but how the performance of Acadian patriotic song aided in the recognition of their identity.
Recommended reading: https://jsis.washington.edu/canada/music-collection/acadian-music/
Learn more here: https://www.jeanettegallant.com/about-me

05/04/2026

UPDATE -
A Fist Full of Wits - for the record - Early Edition - SOLD OUT Waitlist available

Tickets still available for the 8.00pm show.