Saviours of Soul – The Commitments
Prentice and co show commitment to Con with big Soul performance
On June 7th 2024 The Hume Conservatorium staff and students will be hitting the Goulburn Performing Arts Centre stage raising money for the Rock Con roof. The much-loved building that hosts Hume Cons contemporary music students, recording equipment and rehearsal rooms has been damaged through time and our most recent storm season. The funds raised from this event will go to the repair and maintenance of the old roof keeping our rocking students dry!
Garth Prentice, the powerhouse vocal and head of contemporary music at Hume Conservatorium leads an 11-piece band through “The Commitments Show” a tribute to Roddy Doyle’s international bestseller and the hit 1991 movie The Commitments. This movie is a Soul music masterpiece, the Irish actors and musicians delivered an outstanding soundtrack featuring everyone’s favourite “Mustang Sally”. This piece was made famous in 1965 by the great Wilson Pickett but the version you have heard on your radio is the absolutely monstrous voice of 16-year-old Andrew Strong, the vocalist from the 1991 film.
The soundtrack features an array of soul hits from the sixties including songs by Al Green, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding and will be performed by some of the most talented musicians in Goulburn. The line-up is a big one including Garth Prentice (Lead Vocal) Keva Abotomey (Backing Vocal) Corbey-Lea Will (Backing Vocal) Lou Wurth (Backing Vocal) Julian Paviour (Trumpet) Ambria White (Saxophone) Andrew Picker (Organ) Mike Baker (Keyboard) Liam King (Guitar) John Burgess (Bass Guitar) Jasper Shields(Drums). These outstanding musicians will perform the complete soundtrack from this jukebox musical celebrating the strength of Soul music and community, truly the biggest and best Soul performance Goulburn have ever experienced.
The cast of talent for this musical performance won’t stop there with guest performances from “Young Colts” frontman Jordi Woods, Local live music legend Richard Joyce, Yass Music Club scholarship holder Eden Robinson blasting out the Bari Sax and Goulburn bluesmen “Midnight Mojo” opening the performance with a lightning hit of bonus tracks. In the role of GOD, the Narrator will be Eliott Ross giving an air of authenticity to the performance in the comedy stylings of the original hit movie.Â
This massive show is jam-packed with local talent and is raising money for a worthwhile cause. It will be sure to raise the roof, and you can too by supporting this Hume Con fundraiser.
This is your opportunity to feel good twice, treat yourself to an amazing show and support Hume Conservatorium to keep the Rock Con Rocking!
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We acknowledge the traditional Custodians of this Land, where the Aboriginal People have performed age-old ceremonies of storytelling, music, dance and celebration. As a traditional meeting place, many first nations peoples came to this region. Underneath our buildings and roads this Land always will be traditional Aboriginal Land. in the same way, all music making genres and practices come from our musical elders, so we acknowledge those on whose skills and wisdom we draw.
   
  