
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