WINDFIRE CHOIR GEELONG
Music at the Basilica formed an exciting choral group, the Windfire Choir, to present sacred choral music. The choir consists of experienced singers and vocal scholars from the City of Greater Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula, Surfcoast Shire and Lara. We present two concerts a year, most often at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Geelong.
The choir gave its inaugural performance, conducted by Rick Prakhoff on Wednesday 27 March, 2013. The work we performed on that occasion was Franz Liszt’s Via Crucis (Way of the Cross). Other performances include Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum, Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, John Rutter’s Requiem and JS Bach's St John Passion, with soloists and orchestra, conducted by Joseph Hie. In 2023 our concerts included Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle and Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio, op. 12., and in 2025 we presented Handel's Messiah conducted by Joseph Hie.
TOM HEALEY - Conductor
Tom Healey studied organ with John McCaughey, Sergio De Pieri and Douglas Lawrence. He has been Director of Music at Geelong Grammar School, Director of Music at St Andrew’s Brighton (where he played organ builder Steve Laurie’s ‘magnum opus’- 4 manuals and 64 stops, including a full length 32 foot Contra Bombarde), Acting Director of the Choir of Trinity College Melbourne University, and he is presently Director of Music at St Paul’s Geelong and founder and director of Vox Angelica Geelong Chamber Choir. He has toured as a singer, conductor and organist in the UK and Europe, including Notre Dame, Paris, and recently played at The Scots’ Church International Organ Series. He is a frequent performer at Music at the Basilica.
OUR NEXT CONCERT
"Lest We Forget" - our Remembrance Day concert will be on Sunday 8 November 2026 at 4pm. The Windfire Choir and Vox Angelica Geelong Chamber Choir will combine to present music commemorating WWI
This performance will be conducted by Tom Healey.
Check our Music page for details.
Would you like to sing with Windfire?
The Windfire Choir rehearses on Wednesday evenings for 8 weeks prior to each of our concerts. If you would like to sing with us, please contact Jane on 0447 238 432.
If you are a keen singer and aged between 16 and 27 please consider applying for a Windfire Choral Scholarship