Choral festival at Montsalvat

Last Updated on Monday, 27 February 2012 11:11

Fifteen Choirs at 2012 Festival Choral@Montsalvat

Sunday 6 May from 12 noon to 5 pm
Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham

Fifteen choirs will sing in the choral music-in-the-round festival in the three art galleries at Montsalvat. Over 600 choristers will sing varied programmes from folk to spiritual and gospel, classical to jazz, music theatre and popular arrangements; and they will premiere several works written for Choral@Montsalvat. Children, youth and adults will make the hills alive with music, and will provide enjoyment for music lovers and their families.

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Last Updated on Monday, 27 February 2012 09:16

Come sing with the Melbourne Chamber Choir and the Melbourne Women's Choir in 2012

The Melbourne Women's Choir sings in three to four parts - soprano 1, soprano 2, alto 1, alto 2.

Repertoire is classically based, with occasional forays into gospel, jazz and popular arrangements. This year the choir is singing a concert and premiering a work by Courtney Williams at Choral@Montsalvat, making a CD titled Heavenly Voices, singing a concert in homage of Claude Debussy for his 150th-year celebration, and singing carols in Trinity College Chapel for Christmas.

The Melbourne Women's Choir rehearses on Tuesday evenings in East Melbourne.

The Melbourne Chamber Choir, with its new conductor Mark Shiell, is singing a programme of sea songs at Choral@Montsalvat, and premiering a piece by Warren Lenthall; is singing a concert of choir and brass, including music of Gabrieli for his 400th-year celebration, and Magnificats from Gregorian to Monteverdi to Berio.

The choir sings in four-up-to-multiple soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts, and often incorporates choristers as soloists.

The Melbourne Chamber Choir rehearses on Thursday evenings in East Melbourne

Both choirs need choristers with good vocal development and sight-reading competence.