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Victoria Welsh Male Choir
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25.01.2022 Vic Welsh with Carella Choir Cheltenham. 8th December 2019 On Sunday 8th December Carella Choir will host VicWelsh at a joint concert at the Southern Community Church of Christ, 2/12 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham at 3pm.... The Carella Choir is a community choir which has been singing since 2008. This choir covers diverse music genres such as gospel, Celtic, musicals, popular, choral, contemporary and classical in male and female four part harmony. The musical director, Rushan Hewawasam, is an accomplished singer, pianist and choir director, who has conducted choirs in Sri Lanka and Australia. He is a member of the Victoria Welsh Choir. Tickets available at the door for $20 (including refreshments)
25.01.2022 Singing into Summer joint concert with Geelong Welsh Ladies Choir at Auburn Uniting Church, Hawthorn at 3.00 pm on Sunday 24 November VicWelsh has performed with Geelong Ladies on a number of occasions, the last time being in 2017 at our St David’s Day concert. Musical Director Jeanette John has been with the choir for 21 years and is, like our Faleiry Koczkar (25 years) a native Welsh speaker. Come and hear the glorious sounds of six-part harmonies as these two outstanding choirs sing together. Tickets $30 through trybooking.com/BFYBW or pay at the door.
22.01.2022 St David's Day Concert seats - the circle at MRC has now been opened up so get on to melbournerecital.com.au or 9699 3333 for your best seating options. Tickets $30-$60.
22.01.2022 Concert with Carella Choir 8 December 2019 Rushan Hewawasam, a second tenor in Victoria Welsh Choir has also been the temporary Musical Director of the mixed Carella Choir, based in Beaumaris. Lorna Ogilvie similarly has been Carella’s accompanist as well as VicWelsh’s long-term pianist. As this was to be a farewell concert for them both with Carella, the idea of presenting a joint concert with VicWelsh came to pass at the Southern Community Church of Christ in Cheltenham. A...Continue reading
21.01.2022 Let Us All Sing Concert at Wendouree Arts Centre, Ballarat 13 October 2019 Celebrating the first ever joint Welsh/Sri Lankan concert, Victoria Welsh and ConChord Choirs powerfully combined on the opening number with Rushan Hewawasam conducting Let Us All Sing, which was the name of not only Sunday’s concert but also of ConChord’s recent triumphant tour of Sri Lanka. Co-compère John White introduced Lorna Ogilvie - the accompanist for both choirs - and Faleiry Koczkar, VicWels...Continue reading
20.01.2022 St David’s Day Wales & the World Concert 28 February 2020 Melbourne Recital Centre The concert kicked off in a typically rousing way with Faleiry Koczkar conducting Gwr Harlech with guests Eleri and Aled Edwards singing with the choir. With the house lights still up, patrons were exhorted to find their song sheets and sing along to the English verses which they did in full voice. Compère Drew Hopkins introduced the music team and our guest Welsh conductor Dilwyn Price who im...Continue reading
19.01.2022 Let Us All Sing Concert at Bunjil Theatre 20 October 2019 Celebrating the second ever joint Welsh/Sri Lankan concert, Victoria Welsh and ConChord Choirs powerfully combined on the opening number with Rushan Hewawasam conducting Let Us All Sing, which was the name of not only Sunday’s concert but also of ConChord’s recent triumphant tour of Sri Lanka. Co-compère Tony Davies introduced Lorna Ogilvie - the accompanist for both choirs - and Faleiry Koczkar, VicWelsh’s Musical Dir...Continue reading
17.01.2022 Melbourne Celtic Festival St Patrick's Day, 17th March Victoria Welsh will take part in the inaugural Melbourne Celtic Festival on St Patrick's Day, Tuesday 17th March, at the Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Docklands. The Festival will run from 9.30am to 11pm. The choir's performance will take place on the main stage, starting at 12 noon. Melbourne Celtic Festival is a family friendly event and all ticket proceeds will be directed to Community Mental Health progra...ms through Rotary Health, which will focus on the bushfire affected areas as well as supporting the important welfare work of the Mission to Seafarers. For more information about the festival go to https://www.melbournecelticfestival.com.au/ To buy tickets go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/melbourne-celtic-festival-t See more
16.01.2022 Choir Newsletter November 2020 Find out about what we've been doing during Covid and read about our oldest and youngest choristers. You can go to our website: www.vicwelshmenschoir.com.au Click on Coming Up and then Read Our Latest Newsletter. Enjoy!
16.01.2022 Members of VicWelsh describe what the choir means to them
11.01.2022 Concert this Sunday at 3.00 at Auburn Uniting Church. Don't miss this Singing into Summer joint concert with our old friends the Geelong Welsh Ladies Choir. Apart from their own brackets, they will combine on five numbers to offer soaring six-part harmonies. Tickets from TryBooking or $30 at the door.
05.01.2022 Singing through the shutdown. Like all other choirs, concerts have been cancelled or postponed and we have not been able to have our usual rehearsals in Blackburn, Bendigo and Ballarat. Weekly 'homework' has been emailed out by Faleiry for individual practice at home and committee work has continued via teleconferencing. Other interaction has taken place via Zoom and we are currently evaluating suitable rehearsal platforms. In the meantime, a specially commissioned promotional video has been produced and is posted here for general interest and to attract new members and hirers when normality returns.
04.01.2022 Choir activities on hold Under the Covid-19 restrictions, naturally no rehearsals or concerts have been possible. Scientific evidence shows that choirs will be among the last activities to resume, due to the risks inherent in the explosive forces behind the droplets expelled during singing. No firm date can be given at this time. Since the shut-down, however, choir members have been able to take part in regular video rehearsals, taken by Associate MD Rushan Hewawasam with rec...orded music laid down by accompanist Lorna Ogilvie, via Vimeo. Additionally, Mornington Peninsula-based chorister John Evans has recorded many of our songs by multilayering all four parts, sung entirely by himself. Fellow choristers are therefore able to sing along with the MP3 recording via Dropbox. MD Faleiry Koczkar sends out a weekly email, with birthday greetings for members and their partners plus a list of songs to practise at home. The choir’s almoners have also been phoning members on a regular basis in order to make sure that everyone is well. We are happy to report that, to date, nobody in the choir family has tested positive to the virus. The Bendigo group initiated Thursday night Zoom sessions in March and these have continued on a weekly basis. Additional sessions, involving choristers from all three chapters, also take place two or three times a week. Whereas it is too difficult to sing together, because of the various time lags, members are able to see and chat to each other and at least partially keep up the camaraderie which is such a strong feature of belonging to a choir.
03.01.2022 Book tickets now for St David’s Day Wales & the World Concert 28 February at MRC at 7.30 pm For the 12th continuous year at Melbourne Recital Centre, VicWelsh presents a concert steeped in the Welsh choral tradition but also adding tunes from around the world which reflect the multicultural origins of our choristers. Under the direction of Faleiry Koczkar OAM and accompanied by Lorna Ogilvie, the choir will be joined by three guests from Wales, courtesy of the Melbourne Welsh Church - conductor Dilwyn Price, mezzo soprano Eleri Owen Edwards and her husband baritone Aled Edwards. The theatre will soar with top quality solos, duets and four-part harmonies plus audience participation, to make this a night to remember. Tickets available now at melbournerecitalcentre.com.au or at 9699 3333.
02.01.2022 Lest We Forget Remembrance Service Springvale Botanical Cemetery 10 November 2019 The choir was once again involved in this annual service which, this year, also marked the start of World War Two. Proceedings were directed by MC Col. Jason Cooke, prayers led by Chaplain Mark Dunn AAC and the address given by Col. Michelle Campbell who spoke about the importance of women and families during war and peacetime. Accompanied by the City of Greater Dandenong Band, the choir led the... singing of O Valiant Hearts, Abide With Me, O God Our Help In Ages Past and Advance Australia Fair. As the service finished, the Band played a medley of wartime favourite tunes which choristers naturally sang along to. Amongst other participants who came up to thank the band and the choir for their involvement was ex-chorister Eric Billingham and wife Ruth and Bill Shorten. See more
01.01.2022 Wonthaggi concert 3 November 2019 After a number of years, the choir was glad to be reacquainted with the Union Community Arts Centre for a Sunday afternoon concert, organised by the churches as a fundraiser for the local hospital. After the first Welsh verses of Gwr Harlech, Faleiry turned to the audience to draw their attention to the English words which they could read and use to sing along with the choir which they did, with gusto. Compère Drew Hopkins introduced the ...Continue reading
