Choirs

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Singing together as a group has incredible health and wellbeing benefits including increased levels of social connectedness, increased sense of belonging, physical and emotional benefits, and reduced personal stress (Bailey & Davidson, 2005; Clift & Hancox, 2001).

Our choirs rehearse weekly during term and are often seen performing at local and regional community events.

Vocalocal

Vocalocal have been singing together for about 10 years and are inclusive and welcoming of all. the repertoire has developed from simple two-part harmonies to 6 part a capella and everything in between. The have performed at many local community events as well as being selected to perform at the Festival of Voices in Hobart and the Blackheath Choir Festival.

Bridge to Sing

Bridge to Sing is an all-abilities choir led by our qualified music therapist Bertie McMahon. The choir is a popular fixture at many local events performing recently at the Australia Day opening event. Bridge to Sing is also accompanied by some local guitarists and often the Goulburn Ukulele Group (GRUB). A fantastic sing-a-long choir that can be funded through some NDIS funding.

Voiceworks

Voiceworks has been a conservatorium ensemble for 7 years. It is an ausitioned choir which likes to challenge itself with more complex works. It has performed with some acclaim at the Hobart festival of Voices and the Blackheath Choir Festival as well as locally at St Saviours Cathedral.

Workshops and Opportunities

At Hume Conservatorium we create as many possibilities for our choirs to work with other choirs and vocal groups. In the past two year we have had combined concerts with the Canberra Community Voices and our choirs have sung with the Hume Concert Band at our end of year concerts.

Workshop opportunities with Emma Pask, The Spooky Mens Chorale, and the Sydney Chamber Choir and Opera Australia, have also been created for the choirs.

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.