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16th Annual Windfire Music Festival 

Friday 3 October to Sunday 12 October, 2025


Windfire Festival Program

 

Friday October 3, 7.30pm

The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra St. Geelong

THE SADDEST SOUND, THE SWEETEST SOUND
Vox Angelica Geelong Chamber Choir

Director - Tom Healey

Exquisite bird music by Gibbons, Lassus, Ravel, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Whitacre, Paul McCartney, Michael Hannan, Iain Grandage and Christopher Tin

Tickets $35/$30 www.trybooking.com/CXQMB

 

Saturday October 4, 3.00pm

St Paul's Anglican Church, La Trobe Terrace, Geelong

MUSIC FOR A MIXED TASTE: Sonatas and Partitas for Flute and Harpsichord

Greg Dikmans - baroque flute, David MacFarlane - harpsichord

Music by Couperin, Telemann and JS Bach

Tickets $30 www.trybooking.com/DBRKE

 

Sunday October 5, 3.00pm

St Joseph’s College Performing Arts Centre, 135 Aphrasia St, Geelong.

E FLAT MAJOR THROUGH CENTURIES

Trio Océanique 

Olivier Bonnici - violin, Jenny Ingram - viola, Siobhan O'Shaughnessy - cello

with Sonoka Miyake - piano

Tickets $30  www.trybooking.com/DBRKG

The best way to get to the auditorium is to go in through the Queens Road entrance (Gate 5).  There is plenty of free parking near the main gate and there will be signs to direct you to the door.

 

Monday October 6, 5 to 5.30pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

FREE "WORDS AND MUSIC AT 5"
Rosemary Blake - poetry and Frank De Rosso - organ/piano

 

Tuesday October 7, 5 to 5.30pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

FREE "WORDS AND MUSIC AT 5"
John Bartlett - poetry and Prue Farnsworth - flute

 

Wednesday October 8, 5 to 5.30pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

FREE "WORDS AND MUSIC AT 5"
Julie MacLean - poetry and Julian Cornish - guitar/oud

 

Thursday October 9, 5 to 5.30pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

FREE "WORDS AND MUSIC AT 5"
Heather Cameron - poetry and Myra McRae - sound bowls

 

Friday October 10, 5 to 5.30pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

FREE "WORDS AND MUSIC AT 5"
Helen Seymour - poetry and Gillian Turner - harp

 

Friday October 10, 7.30pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

THEN, NOW

An immersion of soul and space, from 12th century chant to recent Australian works

Featuring

Miranda Brockman - cello
Vicki Hallett - clarinet
Tom Healey - baritone
Philip Healey - violin
Brighid Mantelli - flute
Laura Tanata - harp
Frank De Rosso - organ

Tickets $30 from www.trybooking.com/DBRKI

 

Saturday October 11, 3.00pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

FRENCH CLASSICS
The Australian Boys Choir

Director - Nick Dinopoulos

Romantic choral masterpieces by famous French composers performed with an ensemble of organ, harp, cello and double bass.

Tickets $30 from www.trybooking.com/CXPDG

 

Sunday October 12, 3.00pm

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, 136 Yarra Street, Geelong

AXES  (Saxophone Quartet)
Shannon Ebeling, Niels Bijl, Sara Beale, Michael Lichnovsky

Tickets $30 from www.trybooking.com/DBRKJ


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