Apologies for x-posting. For refugee activists and supporters who have a
taste for music and the arts... THE BIG SING!
Chris Chaplin
Spokesperson for Trade, Immigration and Housing
The Greens (Victoria)
T: +61 3 9484 0802
M: 0400 886 876
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W: www.vic.greens.org.au
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THE BIG SING!
The Melbourne Arts Community presents a major concert in support of
Australia's refugees and asylum seekers
SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER, 2.00PM MELBOURNE TOWN HALL
The Big Sing is a concert - epic in scale - featuring *500* singers and
musicians. The music celebrates the richness and strength of Melbourne's
culturally diverse Artistic Community, and affirms the Artistic Community's
concern and support for refugees who have found haven in Australia, as well
as those who continue to seek refuge here.
Advance Australia Fair: 'For those who come across the seas, we've boundless
plains to share'.
PERFORMERS
The Melbourne Chorale
Wadaiko Rindo Japanese Drummers
Kurdistani musicians Dursan & Ilknur Acar
The Tongan Choir
Young Voices of Melbourne
Ensemble Gombert
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir
Kavisha Mazzella & La Voce della Luna
Victorian College of the Arts, School of Music staff and students
Melbourne University Choral Society
The University of Melbourne Faculty of Music staff and students
All Saint's Choir, Gloriana
Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School Choir
Astra Choir
Tudor Choristers
The Orchestra will include members from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,
State Orchestra of Victoria, The University of Melbourne Faculty of Music
Orchestra and the Victorian College of the Arts Orchestra
Speakers include: Annette Xiberras, Wurundjeri Woman, Kulin Nation Cultural
Heritage Organisation; Julian Burnside QC, Rev Tim Costello, Arnold Zable
and Kon Karapanagiotidis.
PROGRAM
MOZART Requiem: Lacrimosa
HANDEL Coronation Anthem: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
TIPPETT A Child of Our Time: Spiritual of Anger
VERDI Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew exiles)
Richard Gill conductor
The Big Sing is generously supported by [various logos].
TICKETS $15/10 BOOKINGS: CUB MALTHOUSE TEL: 9685 5111
ALSO AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY 14TH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL
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