ARTISTS
The principal guest artists who will be performing and leading workshops at the 2010 Festival are:
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Artist: Kavisha Mazzella "Her voice flows like tears of joy and sorrow, there’s a saltiness and warmth of sensuality here that sings the great bitter sweet song of life. Kavisha Mazzella may have the first and last letters of the alphabet in her name but in truth, there’s a power and presence in her stage performance which is simply beyond..." | Read more
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Artist: Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir (led by Phil Heuzenroeder) Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir - imagine the huge sound of massed gospel voices, from foot stompin’, hand clapping to the finest of harmonies. We sing traditional, popular and cutting edge Black gospel... | Read more
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Artist: Geoffrey Williams Geoffrey plays Electroacoustic Soul - think Marvin Gaye meets Joni Mitchell in a UK suburb over a pot of rice and... | Read more
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Artist: Carl Pannuzzo There is very little I can say about Carl Pannuzzo that will not come out sounding like he paid me lots of money to say it. So let me just say this, and I'll say it for free: he looks like a normal-enough guy, but in fact Carl Pannuzzo is one of the most precious songwriters we have… His songs become like a set of keys into a whole new house of thought. His melodies lodge themselves into people's... | Read more
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Village Voices Choirs 2010 |
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Artist: VoKallista (led by Barb MacFarlane) A new choir under the directorship of barb MacFarlane, based in Kallista in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, has been together for just over a year and have been performing locally at community events. Their biggest gig to date was at the Boite Singer's Festival in january and more recently at the PAVE Festival in Emerald. | Read more
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Artist: Footprints in the Custard Footprints in the Custard formed in 2006 in Victoria’s Western District after the founders Paula Kelly and Tim Sanders, discovered they shared a vision, and a desire to create an acapella choir that was open to all. Only hampered by their ability to agree on the name, the first rehearsal of the new choir started with thirty five enthusiastic members who learned Row Row Row Your Boat in four part harmony! Footprints in the Custard has never looked back. Their choral styles vary from gospel, jazz, character and comedy. We encourage individuals within the choir to stretch their musical abilities, while at the same time learning new songs that everyone enjoys. We sing at festivals, community evenings, charity events, weddings, competitions and for ourselves. | Read more
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Artist: Loose Arrangement Leader, Simone Eyssens - choir has been operating in St Kilda for 10 years. The choir has performed in many local community events over its ten year history (eg: Hiroshima Peace concerts in 2004 and 2005, Work Safe quilt launch, “Outside In” (Melbourne International Arts Program, 2005), and "Ten Years on the Loose" (Melbourne Fringe, 2008), a show that celebrated the choir’s 10 years. Varied repertoire - African; pop; gospel; some original songs & original arrangements. | Read more
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Artist: Melbourne Massed Gospel Choir
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Artist: gOSs Community Choir
Leader, Dene Menzel
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Artist: The Gorgeous Voices Choir (led by Carl Pannuzzo) The Gorgeous Voices Choir began as a joint initiative between La Trobe University and the Gorgeous Voices Festival. In her dual role as Festival Director and song-writing academic, Sue Gillett saw the need for a campus choir that could also draw members from the broader community and serve as ambassadors for the bi-annual Festival. The aims of the Gorgeous Voices Choir are... | Read more
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Artist: A Capella Go!
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Artist: CENTRAL VICTORIAN WOMEN'S CHOIR INC. performing as "Women of Note" Last year the Central Victorian Women’s Choir celebrated its first ten years of sharing the joy of singing and is currently a strong group of about forty members. | Read more
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Artist: The Soufflé Sisters The Soufflé Sisters, Franco Locandro and Gillian Baldwin, were formed in July 2006 as a non auditioning Female Choir. All Singers are welcome - no experience is necessary. We sing eclectic and up lifting music in a welcoming, non threatening environment. We have performed in a variety of settings and have a proud record of supporting community causes such as Aged Care, Legal Representation of the disabled worker, Breast Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis and Bush Fire Relief. We have performed at the Festival of Voices in Hobart in 2008 and 2009 and were an enthusiastic part of the 2009 Mia Mia Big Sing and are eagerly looking forward to a repeat visit in June 2010. Eclectic music – both accompanied and a cappella, ranging from traditional, folk, gospel, musicals and contemporary works. We have been known to enjoy the odd glass of champagne before and after performances! | Read more
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Artist: The choir with no Name (led by James Rigby) Was founded by St Lukes in Bendigo and is jointly funded by them and Reclink. Some of the members suffer from disabilities and some from mental health probems but others just want to be involved because it’s such a generous and supportive community group. The choir was started in April 2009 and has performed at a number of Bendigo and Castlemaine community events. | Read more
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Artist: Western Region Concert Choir (led by Andrew Houston) The choir was formed in 2004 and regularly works with the Western Region Concert Band, a 35 piece A grade Concert Band. They have performed with Normie Rowe; Denis Walter and others, and toured Tasmania. | Read more
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Artist: A-Choired Taste of Gospel 'A-Choired Taste of Gospel' is a community choir from Bacchus Marsh. It was started 3 years ago by its musical director Val Munro, with an initial group of 6 keen singers and sponsorship from the local Baptist church. The choir loves singing music with African roots and its repertoire includes negro-spirituals, reggae and tribal songs, either accompanied or a-capella. | Read more
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