Haven - The Boite Millenium Chorus 20th Anniversary Concert

Haven - The Boite Millenium Chorus 20th Anniversary Concert

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Posted 2017-07-21 by Vanessafollow

Sun 20 Aug 2017

The Boite Millennium Chorus proudly presents its 20th concert, 'Haven', on Sunday 20th August at 2.30pm, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.The eclectic repertoire will feature uplifting songs from the Seychelles, Africa, East Timor, Chile, the Caribbean and Indigenous Australia. Goanna band's 1980s hit song 'Solid Rock' performed in Pitjantjatjara by the 225-voice choir will be just one of the spine-tingling highlights of this most extraordinary and moving concert event!
Music lovers will be treated to a carefully chosen selection of songs which relate to the theme of 'Haven' through stories of seeking refuge and freedom, finding a home, falling in love, feeling safe, embracing change and nurturing hope. There will be works performed in English, Mandinka, Tsonga, Seychellois, Spanish, Tetum and Indigenous Australian (Yolngu and Pitjantjatjara) languages by the hundreds of singers from all over Victoria, including Mallacoota, Ballarat, Geelong, Albury-Wodonga, Castlemaine, the Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne.
The concert celebrates the work of seven outstanding directors—Andrea Khoza, Jane Thompson, James Rigby, Stella Savy, Carl Pannuzzo, Penny Larkins and Geoffrey Williams—brought together under the guidance of Boîte director Roger King. Notable soloists and musicians from diverse backgrounds are also featured, including Mitch Tambo, Jess Hitchcock, Sally Ford, Lamine Sonko, Darrel Belle, and Valanga Khoza.
Master storyteller, writer, human rights activist and much-loved Melbourne narrator, Arnold Zable will complement the concert with his insightful and surprising stories reflecting on the notion of 'haven'.The excitng repertoire includes the driving African-American gospel song 'Freedom Road', the gentle 'Mai Fali Eh', a Timorese song that calls children home at sunset, and Gurumul Yunupingu's sublime 'Marrandi'l, about running out to the tidal mud flats to catch shell fish.'Our Home Our Land' is Lou Bennett's anthem to country, to the land that nurtures us. 'Aladji', a West African song, sings of the importance of music, and uniting in our humanity. Chilean song 'Todo Cambia'—"everything changes"—exhorts the listener to embrace life's vagaries. Shane Howard's anthem to Indigenous strength and fortitude, 'Solid Rock', features a rousing final two choruses sung in Pitjantjatjara, declaring that "we are standing in the most sacred place… we have been standing the wrong way… the wind is blowing stronger… now we are standing the right way."
The Boîte Millennium Chorus started in 1999 as a one-off major celebration to usher in the 2000s and highlight the work of The Boîte in bringing culturally diverse music and musicians to Australian audiences. It was so successful, and the audience response so overwhelmingly positive, that The Boîte arranged another concert the following year. Since then the massed choir has grown to become the most popular, anticipated and well-attended concert in The Boîte's packed world music event calendar.Tickets for Haven - The Boite Millenium Chorus Concert are now on sale through TryBooking . Tickets are priced from $32: Click here to make a booking. Early bookings are encouraged.For more information on The Boîte Millennium Chorus and ticketing options, please visit www.boite.com.auThe Boîte Millennium Chorus is supported by Creative Victoria.


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