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15th Annual Windfire Music Festival 

Friday 4 October to Sunday 13 October, 2024

Download the 2024 Windfire Music Festival Program

Windfire Festival Program

 

Friday October 4, 7.30pm

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

THE GLORY OF BRASS
Lyrebird Brass Ensemble and Students from the Melbourne Conservatorium

Director - Dr. Joel Brennan

Back by popular demand

Performance staff from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and their students combine forces for an exhilarating performance exploring the many sonic colours of brass ensemble through diverse repertoire spanning 500 years.

Tickets $40/$35  www.trybooking.com/CQYBD

 

Saturday October 5, 3.00pm

All Saint’s Anglican Church, Cnr. Noble and Talbot Streets, Geelong

INSPIRED BY NATURE
works by Geelong composer Michael Hannan

Nick Hewett - trumpet
Peter Neville - percussion
Vicki Hallett - clarinet
Brighid Mantelli - flute

Tickets $30  www.trybooking.com/CQYBC

 

Sunday October 6, 3.00pm

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

THE RITE OF SPRING
Sonoka Miyake, Regina Thomae - piano

Sonoka Myiake and Regina Thomae will be performing original compositions for piano duets by Franz Schubert and Stravinsky’s own arrangement of his “The Rite of Spring” for four hands

Tickets $30  www.trybooking.com/CQYBE

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 7, 12.30 to 1.00pm

Wesley Uniting Church, 100 Yarra Street, Geelong

FREE LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL
Beverley Phillips - organ

 

Tuesday October 8, 12.30 to 1.00pm

Aberdeen Street Baptist Church, 7 Aberdeen St, Newtown

FREE LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL
Victoria Hay - organ

 

Wednesday October 9, 12.30 to 1.00pm

Christ Church, Moorabool Street, Geelong

FREE LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL
Tom Healey - organ

 

Thursday October 10, 12.30 to 1.00pm

St John’s Lutheran Church, Yarra Street, Geelong

FREE LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL
Dion Henman - organ

 

Friday October 11, 12.30 to 1.00pm

All Saint’s Anglican Church, Cnr. Noble and Talbot Streets, Geelong

FREE LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL
Ken George - organ

 

Friday October 11, 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

The SONUS Quintet

Suzanne Moodie - flute, Salvador Blasco Celda - oboe,
Vicki Hallett - clarinet, Barney Ellis - bassoon, Melinda Bell - french horn

Geelong String Quartet
Jamie Parker - violin,  Serena Zheng - violin,
Miriam Bell - viola, Michaela Robb - cello

Shannon Ebeling - saxophone
Tom Healey - baritone
Miranda  Brockman - cello
Frank De Rosso - organ

Tickets $30 from www.trybooking.com/CQYBF

 

Saturday October 12, 3.00pm

All Saints Church, 113 Noble St, Newtown

THE SAVOY OPERA COMPANY IN CONCERT 

Director - David Campbell

Join a quartet from the Savoy Opera Company as we take a journey on the HMS Pinafore through some of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most beloved and cherished songs and arias. Travel from the medieval Tower of London in ‘Yeomen of the Guard’ to listening to ‘The Gondoliers’ sing love songs through the canals of Venice.

Tickets $30 from www.trybooking.com/CQYBG

 

Sunday October 13, 4.00pm

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

SING JOYFULLY

Featuring

NORTH Children’s Choir (Bluebird Foundation Inc.)
Voices of Geelong – Director, Kym Dillion
Geelong Youth Choir (Cantore) – Director, Phillipa McQuinn
Christian College Geelong
Combined Middle School Choirs – Director, Kate Notini

Entry by donation


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