Event
A Singing of Stories
- Date: Sunday, 30 April 2017, 3pm
- Venue: St Stephen's Uniting Church, Toowoomba (Qld) — 51 Neil St, Toowoomba, QLD
- Tickets: Adults: $20 waged | Concession: $15 unwage — Tickets can be purchased by phone on (07) 4596 6381
Event Details
Songs by Australian women composers from traditional Indigenous to present day, including Toowoomba-connected composers Peg Russell, Sharney Russell-Schlenker, Shannon Gralow and Astrid Jorgensen. The songs will be linked by a thread of storytelling.
Performers: Elaine Coates (voice), Fay Miller (piano), Silver Sounds Choir
Further information for this event is available by phone on (07) 4596 6381 or by email to ecoates@vtown.com.au
Featured Australian Works
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| Come sleep (soprano with harp) by Peggy Glanville-Hicks — performed by Sharon Matheson and Elaine Coates |
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| Dinah's song : voice with piano (1987) by Esther Rofe — performed by Fay Miller and Elaine Coates |
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| Five songs : to the poems of John Shaw Neilson (1936) [In the dim countries] by Margaret Sutherland |
| Six recital songs : mezzo-soprano voice with piano by Dulcie Holland — performed by Fay Miller and Elaine Coates |
| Some kind of mellow (vocal music) by Anna K Jacobs | |
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| The lotus pool (medium voice with piano) (1939) by Miriam Hyde — performed by Elaine Coates and Fay Miller |
| A Moral Tale by Sarka Pennikova | |
| Mon Repos by Shannon Gralow | |
| On Marriage by Astrid Jorgensen | |
| Snowgum by Louise Pettinger |
Featured artists
- Music of Sarka Pennikova
- Music of Shannon Gralow
- Music of Astrid Jorgensen
- Music of Louise Pettinger
- Music of Peg Russell
- Music of Sharney Russell-Schlenker
- Performer Elaine Coates
- Performer Fay Miller
- Performer Sharon Matheson
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