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