Choir

Choir

Timings
Monday 11:00am-12:15pm
Tuesday 08:00am-08:30am
Wednesday 11:00am-11:35am & 2:05pm-2:40pm
Performance TBC
All singing sessions will be held in the Plenary Hall

Introduction

Everybody has a voice but sometimes we aren’t sure how to use it. Come along to one or more of our singing/choir sessions and find out how your voice can work with others and hear how a group can be greater than the sum of the parts.

This singing is about community and connection and has nothing to do with whether we ‘can sing or not’.

About the singing leader, James Rigby

James, a highly skilled and experienced arts practitioner especially in the areas of community music, choir direction, teaching, music performance, festival management, and project management. He has a twenty-five-year full time career as a community music and choir teacher. He has taught groups across Australia, the UK and Japan.

He has led the ‘Boite Millennium Chorus’ in the Hamer Hall in Melbourne and the Port Fairy Festival Choir for fifteen years. James has worked in close collaboration with the local Aboriginal community as well as with prominent Aboriginal musicians from all around Australia.

In this workshop we will learn how to listen to the room and learn to place our voice in the space.

We’ll sing songs that reflect and respond to the opportunities that we bring to the conference and clear our minds from some of the noise that prevents us from thinking clearly.

The sessions will all be a bit different but will also build on earlier sessions so delegates can attend single sessions or all of them.

The participants may have the opportunity to perform to the other conference delegates.

Suitable for

Anyone who’d like to have a go

Bring along

• Your voice
• A water bottle