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 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.vic.greens.org.au ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink