By BRIDGET COOK
THE Da Capo Singers are on song to entertain this month with an afternoon full of music from the Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region.
Known as one of Melbourne’s most adventurous chamber choirs, the Da Capo Singers will perform its concert Southern Sounds in Cranbourne as part of the City of Casey’s Winter Arts Festival.
The choir’s first concert for the year will showcase and celebrate music from Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific region.
Works to feature in the show include the Australian premiere of David Gordon’s Sing a New Song incorporating a Maori-language singing of the Magnificat, New Zealand composer David Childs and Leanne Daharja Veitch’s respective songs to the moon, and Iain Grandage’s moving depiction of frontier conflict Hush: On the Death of a Bush Church.
There will also be performances of Ruth McCall’s re-imagining of Waltzing Matilda and the Jimmy Barnes classic Working Class Man sung like it’s never been sung before.
Other featured composers include Timothy Sexton, Peter Sculthorpe, Stephen Leek, Clare Maclean, Linda Kouvaras and David Hamilton.
The Da Capo Singers have been entertaining audiences since it formed in 1997.
The original members of choir were graduates of leading children’s choir the Berwick Youth Choir.
The singers wanted to continue to perform together and come up with quality repertoires.
The choir now welcomes members from a range of backgrounds who all share a commitment to quality.
The choir’s credits include performances at Hamer Hall, Etihad Stadium and the Rod Laver Arena.
They have twice been invited to perform at Choralfest – Australia’s only national choral festival.
They have released two CDs, have toured regional Victoria on several occasions, and have performed at many local community events and festivals.
The Southern Sounds concert will be held on Sunday 22 June at 2pm at Cranbourne Masonic Centre, corner Childers and Codrington streets, Cranbourne.
Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased at www.trybooking.com/ETBN or by calling 0435 405 612.
