Press releaseMontsalvat Press Release 2010
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Choral@Montsalvat Press Release 2010
Event date: 2 May 2010
Time: from 12 noon - 5 pm
Creativity and musical craft at Montsalvat
In three acoustically excellent art galleries at Melbourne’s famous artist colony Montsalvat, patrons can hear five choral concerts in five hours on Sunday 2 May.
Each hour from 12 noon to 5 pm concerts will be performed simultaneously in three galleries. Guests are able to wander the beautiful grounds, and leisurely attend concerts of their choice, while enjoying the casual atmosphere with family and friends.
‘Beautiful choral singing will be performed in spaces to inspire the singer and give pleasure to the listener’ says Faye Dumont, Artistic Director of Choral@Montsalvat.
‘A special feature of this seventh Choral@Montsalvat will be the premiere of five works written for choirs especially for this event. The composers May Andrewartha, Saska Ayris, Timothy Lawrence, Robyn Murphy and Martine Wengrow will also hear their works for the first time. Dr Elliot Gyger of Melbourne University will bring together the processes of composition with the performance of the new works.’
Thirteen choirs, eight of them community based and five of them youth ensembles, will sing works a cappella and accompanied and across sacred and secular, classical, culture-specific, gospel, folk and modern music. There is music for all tastes, and the delight of hearing singers of all life stages.
The host choir, the Melbourne Chamber Choir, will sing a dextrous and humorous programme whose centre-piece will be Martin Wesley-Smith’s Who Killed Cock Robin?, and the choir will also sing the premiere of Pied Chorale by May Andrewartha; and the co-host, the Melbourne Women’s Choir will sing gipsy and folk music of many countries. The beautiful, Romantic Gipsy Songs of Antonin Dvorak will be a feature.
Choral@Montsalvat 2010 has received welcome support from the Australia Council.
Gates of Montsalvat open at 9 am for those wishing to enjoy Montsalvat café or wanting to picnic in the grounds before the concerts begin.
Further information about the festival, interviews and pictures:
Nikki Ralston phone 0418 141 972
Note for listing editors:
Event: Choral@Montsalvat
Date: Sunday 2 May 2010, from 12 noon – 5 pm
Venue: Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Wltham, 3095. (Melway ref: Map 22 A8)
Participating choirs: Australian Welsh Male Choir
Cranbourne Chorale
Greenhills Primary School Choir
La La La French Choir
Majellan Singers
Melbourne Chamber Choir
Melbourne Women’s Choir
Methodist Ladies’ College Choir
OLSH Choir
Watsonia North Primary School Choir
Yarra Gospel Choir
Yarra Valley Singers
Young Voices of Melbourne
Each hour from 12 noon to 5 pm concerts will be performed simultaneously in three galleries. Guests are able to wander the beautiful grounds, and leisurely attend concerts of their choice, while enjoying the casual atmosphere with family and friends.
‘Beautiful choral singing will be performed in spaces to inspire the singer and give pleasure to the listener’ says Faye Dumont, Artistic Director of Choral@Montsalvat.
‘A special feature of this seventh Choral@Montsalvat will be the premiere of five works written for choirs especially for this event. The composers May Andrewartha, Saska Ayris, Timothy Lawrence, Robyn Murphy and Martine Wengrow will also hear their works for the first time. Dr Elliot Gyger of Melbourne University will bring together the processes of composition with the performance of the new works.’
Thirteen choirs, eight of them community based and five of them youth ensembles, will sing works a cappella and accompanied and across sacred and secular, classical, culture-specific, gospel, folk and modern music. There is music for all tastes, and the delight of hearing singers of all life stages.
The host choir, the Melbourne Chamber Choir, will sing a dextrous and humorous programme whose centre-piece will be Martin Wesley-Smith’s Who Killed Cock Robin?, and the choir will also sing the premiere of Pied Chorale by May Andrewartha; and the co-host, the Melbourne Women’s Choir will sing gipsy and folk music of many countries. The beautiful, Romantic Gipsy Songs of Antonin Dvorak will be a feature.
Choral@Montsalvat 2010 has received welcome support from the Australia Council.
Gates of Montsalvat open at 9 am for those wishing to enjoy Montsalvat café or wanting to picnic in the grounds before the concerts begin.
Further information about the festival, interviews and pictures:
Nikki Ralston phone 0418 141 972
Note for listing editors:
Event: Choral@Montsalvat
Date: Sunday 2 May 2010, from 12 noon – 5 pm
Venue: Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Wltham, 3095. (Melway ref: Map 22 A8)
Participating choirs: Australian Welsh Male Choir
Cranbourne Chorale
Greenhills Primary School Choir
La La La French Choir
Majellan Singers
Melbourne Chamber Choir
Melbourne Women’s Choir
Methodist Ladies’ College Choir
OLSH Choir
Watsonia North Primary School Choir
Yarra Gospel Choir
Yarra Valley Singers
Young Voices of Melbourne
Tickets:
$65 family (2 adults, 2 children)
$30 full; $24 concession (student, pension, health care card)
$12 children under 16 years
Tel: 0419 141 972
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Choral@Montsalvat is presented by the Faye Dumont Singers Inc., at arts association incorporated in 1983. It currently administers four choirs: the Melbourne Chamber Choir, the Melbourne Women’s Choir, Chorelation and the Melbourne Mastersingers. It has an associated FDS Charitable Donations Trust. Its choirs are auditioned, and prospective choristers are welcome throughout the year. For auditions please contact the Music Director Faye Dumont on 03 9818 1296 for further information.
