The Australian Vocal Ensemble (AVE) concludes its Regional NSW tour - facilitated in part by Music Viva and the former RISE Fund - with performances in Bathurst, Orange, Kangaroo Valley, and Goulburn. Orange also includes an education and choral workshop which is open to singers in the community - so I advise contacting the Orange Regional Conservatorium for more specific on-the-ground details in preparation for that.

Importantly, our performance in Kangaroo Valley is facilitated by Arts in The Valley - and long-time supporters of the arts, Nick and Caroline Minogue. We are very grateful, as I am in particular, to be heading to the exceptional beauty of The Valley for this tour performance.

All tour details can be found at the Australian Vocal Ensemble (AVE) website.

I am delighted to be making the trip out to Baradine and Dubbo again this year (having missed the August camps being in the United States) for the always engaging, connecting, and grounding Moorambilla Voices Residency Camps and Gala Concerts.

In addition to the usual concerts there are also many open-air activities and cultural events as part of a mini festival just across the road from the theatre.

Taken from the Moorambilla Voices Website

Experience the fantastic choirs of Moorambilla Voices as they celebrate regional Australia and the youth that inhabits it in the iconic Moorambilla Gala Concert Series! Each year Dubbo Regional Theatre & Convention Centre will host four concerts. Each 80-minute concert will leave you mesmerised and uplifted. Feel firsthand the power of the Japanese Taiko Drums, listen to the beauty of the angelic voices of our regional choirs and MAXed OUT company as they join with senior choreographers, photographers, Taiko percussionists, a Chamber Orchestra and Visual Artists. Led by Founder and Artistic Director Michelle Leonard OAM, join them as they celebrate the inspiring beauty and capacity of the region.

(SOLD OUT) MOORAMBILLA VOICES RIVERSONG 2023: MARKS ON COUNTRY

DUBBO: 23 & 24 September 2023 at the Dubbo Regional Theatre & Convention Centre

Experience the Moorambilla Magic in this joyful celebration of Country, connection, contemporary art and choral music, choreography and installation visual art.
Celebrate the energy, tenacity and enormous capacity of our region’s children. 
Feel the power and energy of our magnificent rivers interpreted through Japanese Taiko Drums, dance, and the voices of our four regional youth choirs, all woven together with a word-class Chamber Orchestra.

The program was informed by the annual 2023 Artistic and Cultural Immersion Program, inspired by the stories, relationships and Country of the Gamilaroi,Yuwaalaraay and Yuwalayaay language groups of the Gomeroi Nation starting from the head of the Castlereagh River at the magnificent Warrumbungles connecting through to the wonders of the Narran Lakes.
  
Performed by four youth ensembles that represent 21 LGAs of North West NSW.

Following the concerts join us across the road at Victoria Park for spectacular FREE light and fire sculptures. 

MOORAMBILLA VOICES RIVERSONG 2023: FIRE! SAND! LIGHT!

In addition to our two sold-out performances of ‘Marks on Country’ at the Dubbo Regional Theatre, we are proud to share our FREE community ‘FIRE! SAND! LIGHT!’ festival which will take place over the weekend – Friday 22-24 September in Victoria Park – opposite the theatre. 

I am very excited to announce that I'll be travelling to San Francisco in August for the American Bach Soloists Academy. I'll be undertaking two weeks of intensive work with their faculty culminating in concert appearances – before a little working holiday zipping around the United States.

This was originally an opportunity I won in 2020 (we all know what happened that year) so it feels wonderful to finally be able to take it up three years later. It's been almost a decade since I was last in the U.S. so I'm very much looking forward to this unique professional development opportunity as well as catching up with some old friends!

MOORAMBILLA RIVERSONG22:

Moorambilla Voices 17th Annual Gala Concert 6:30 pm Friday 16th and Saturday 17th of September under the stars at the magnificent Lazy River Estate, Dubbo. 

Experience firsthand the joy, power and connection to Country made famous in the Netflix documentary WIDE OPEN SKY by the children’s choir Moorambilla Voices.

Hear the children collectively lift your heart and spirit in song as they sing about our shared connection to Country and our magnificent river systems. Feel first-hand the power of the Japanese Taiko Drums as they thunder into the night sky, witness spectacular fire sculptures, glorious large lantern sculptures and children dancing with joy on a truly magnificent stage with stunning screens supported by a world-class chamber orchestra and guest artists.

This year’s program will feature music that draws its inspiration from the community of Collarenebri and their unique connection to the river. Feel at peace and calm as we connect you to this glorious place in an immersive concert designed to uplift and inspire as the Wambuul River meanders slowly by.

Featuring Moorambillas’ Four fabulous Regional Choirs with over 300 singers on stage showcasing the energy and capacity of this third of NSW. Prepare yourself to be inspired by the passion, talent and creativity our region's children and youth have to offer.

RIVERSONG 2022 will feature regional Artists Frank Wright (Walgett), Ceramicist Melissa Kelly (Gilgandra), and author Cathie Colless (Come-by-Chance), as well as music created by extraordinary composers Elena Kats-Chernin, Alice Chance, Josie Gibson, Andrew Howes and Kevin Barker, supported by Wiradjuri choreographers Amy Flannery and Ella Havelka, with Jye Uren, surrounded by Photographic works from Noni Carroll and extraordinary animation all under the artistic direction of Michelle Leonard OAM with a world-class chamber orchestra! This concert of new Australian work shaped by the wonderful members of the Collerenibri community is not to be missed. Feel the power of riversong as we sing under the stars with fire sculptures, lanterns and laughter.

This is MOORAMBILLA RIVERSONG@LAZY RIVER 2022 - bring the family!

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One of my favourite educational activities of my artistic year is the camps and gala performances of the Moorambilla Voices ensembles in Regional NSW. The multi-arts program is an extraordinary opportunity for children that otherwise have relatively limited access to arts education and performance due to geography and school funding. I’m delighted to be working on the first residency camp in August and again for performances in September.

You can learn more about the program here.