Tallis Festival Tallis Festival The Tallis Festival, hosted by Exmoor Singers of London, forms the Tallis Festival Choir for just one weekend every 12 to 18 months. The Festival always includes Thomas Tallis' Spem in Alium for 40-part choir, but in addition has commissioned new 40-part works by modern composers, as companion pieces to Spem in Alium. In 2007 the Festival was recognised by the BBC for its contribution to new music and highlights from the Festival were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 28 October 2007. The Festival originated from "Tallis Performance Weekends", held periodically over a number of years. The
Sonja Tallis in "Home and Away" and "McLeod's Daughters". Tallis has taught drama, both privately and in a number of schools in Sydney. Sonja Tallis Sonja Tallis (born 24 September 1943) is an Australian actress, singer and drama teacher. Tallis began her showbiz career as a folk singer, touring as part of a duo called "Sean & Sonja", before moving onto acting. After acting in serial "The Young Doctors", she had a small role in "Sons and Daughters", before going onto her best-known role, as top dog, Nora Flynn, in "Prisoner" which she played for six months between May and November 1985.