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25.01.2022 Got some spare time up your sleeve? Why not register as a volunteer Its FREE To register as a volunteer please follow the same link
25.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that Paul Holley OAM will be joining us for the Festival. Paul Holley is a choral conductor, educator and motivator. His personal warmth and passion for choral music have inspired many singers to discover and develop their skills as choral musicians. Presently, Paul is the Associate Director of Voices of Birralee and conducts two ensembles within this organisation, the Birralee Blokes and Resonance of Birralee. Both of these ensembles have toured na...tionally and internationally; most recently to France for Anzac commemorations, made numerous recordings and supported community events. He is also the principal conductor of the national youth choir Gondwana Chorale that this year toured the USA. In addition to these roles, Paul is a choral director and teacher at Brisbane Girls Grammar School. He has served on both the Queensland and National Councils for ANCA and he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in January 2016 for his services to choral music. We are looking forward to Paul leading the Community Big Sing and the massed choir next year. Be sure to look out for more news in the coming week!
22.01.2022 The Composition Masterclass has started in preparation for next years festival. We are privileged to have Paul Jarman guiding our composers over the coming week
15.01.2022 We have just extended the cut off date for our song writing workshop to September 30! Click on the link below to apply now! For more info feel free to contact us... http://menofsong.com.au/composition-masterclass-november-2/
15.01.2022 We have just confirmed our headline act!! The Festival Statesmen Formed in April 2009 by Musical Director and Educator Jonathan Bligh, The Festival Statesmen Chorus is a dynamic all-male a cappella vocal group. The chorus exists to provide a platform for young Adelaide singers to achieve vocal and performance excellence. Membership ranges from middle school through to young adults. Among the ranks of singers are several small ensembles.... With many awards from international and national competitions the Festival Statesmen sure know how to wow a crowd. For more info check out their website http://www.festivalstatesmen.com.au We can't wait to join in song with these great young men
14.01.2022 We are pleased to announce Adrian Pearson will be joining us from the UK!! I live in Lyme Regis, a small town on the south coast of England, where I was born in 1953. After attending Bristol and Reading Universities, I embarked on what has proved to be a long and rewarding career in music education, teaching both in schools and privately to individuals. The young people I have worked with range in age from toddlers to young adults, and in accomplishment from beginners to tale...nted students already on their way to careers in music. Work in schools has included directing orchestras and choirs, ensembles and stage shows, festivals and religious events. I have always prioritised singing as playing a big part in the lives of youngsters in my charge an activity I regard as immensely rewarding and naturally character-forming, while requiring relatively little technical mastery or independent practice and membership of the school choir has always been my expectation of them. Besides working with groups, I have also for many years taught instrumental lessons to individuals, piano being most popular, but also recorder, ukulele, accordion and trombone as well as voice, composition and harmony. My leisure activities include performing in and conducting the Lyme Regis Town Band, playing organ and directing the choir at the parish church and leading a local folk group, The Black Velvet Band. I also enjoy walking, travel and researching family history. Bringing music, fun and young people together has been an enormously important part of my life and I am very much looking forward to contributing to the Bunbury Festival. Adrian will be directing the treble voice festival choir and we are looking forward to what Adrian will bring from the UK!
14.01.2022 Thanks to City of Bunbury for supporting our Masterclass for the upcoming Male Voice Festival in September next year. Without local support we couldn’t bring the opportunity to the South West for composers to learn from one of Australia’s leading composers
10.01.2022 Do you have the urge to write your own music? Applications are still open for our Composition Masterclass with Paul Jarman For more information head to out website http://menofsong.com.au/composition-masterclass-november-2/
08.01.2022 We have some exciting news that we will announce tomorrow morning! Stay tuned
05.01.2022 Registrations are now open for the festival. Get in now to recevie early bird pricing!
05.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that William Prideaux will be joining us for the Festival William Prideaux is a native of Cornwall. He studied as an undergraduate at Liverpool University, where he gained first-class honours for his work in orchestration, historical performance and Baroque editing. He was also awarded the Oxford University Press Prize for Music Editing. He went on to the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied voice and choral conducting. In addition to Peterborou...gh Male Voice Choir, William also directs Peterborough Voices, Peterborough Youth Choir, and leads the singing strategy for Peterborough Music Hub. He is recognised nationally as a specialist in the male voice genre and has acted as consultant to a number of choirs. He was a guest speaker at the 2011 International Male Voice Choir Symposium. In May 2011 William Prideaux received a special award from the distinguished judging panel of the International Male Voice Choral Festival in recognition of his particular contribution to choral conducting, and in 2012 he was identified by Creative Peterborough as one of the city’s most influential people in the arts. In 2016 he recieved a Civic Award from Peterborough City Council for his outstanding contribution to arts and culture in the city. We are looking forward to see where William leads the Adult Festival Choir Be sure to look out for more news in the coming week!
04.01.2022 We are pleased to announce our 4th Guest Conductor is the one and only Paul Jarman! Paul Jarman is a widely acclaimed Australian composer, performer, musical director and educator. Paul is most well known as a lyricist and composer of choral music, a world music multi instrumentalist, and a facilitator of community inspired collaborations. As a cultural ambassador he has performed extensively throughout Australia, Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East and the Pacific w...Continue reading
