On Friday, 31 May we will gather in Denmark, WA, spend three days at the Denmark Festival of Voice, then meander back towards Perth for a big closing gig on Saturday 8 June.
Along the way we’ll meet choirs, swap songs, join with children’s choirs, enjoy the local delights (Margaret River wineries, anyone?) and have a rollicking good time!
On The Basis Of Sex tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and how she took on the system to fight for equality. We think she’s our kind of woman!
If you’re planning to see this movie, come and see it with us! You’ll get to see the movie, hear a few songs and feel the satisfaction of helping us raise funds for our upcoming tour of the West!
So join us on 6 March at Cinema Nova, Carlton, for a 6.30 showing.
Book at TryBooking (tickets: $25 full and $17 concession).
Find out more about the film on YouTube.
We’re so excited to be part of the Festival of Voices! We’ll be popping up all over Hobart town from Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 July. Rug up warm and come along!
Wednesday, 5.30 pm – Hotel Grand Chancellor
Wednesday, 10.40 pm – Singers Lounge, 77 Salamanca Place
11.00 am Thursday – Bright Eyes Cafe, Brooke Street Pier
1.30 pm Thursday – Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hunter St
10.40 pm Thursday – Singers Lounge, 77 Salamanca Place
10.30 am Friday – Elizabeth Mall, Elizabeth St
12.30 pm Friday – LINC State Lending Library, Murray St
8.30 pm Friday – Singers Lounge, 77 Salamanca Place
10.30 am Saturday – Salamanca Square
1.00 pm Saturday – Red Decker Bus, Brooke Street Pier
8.00 pm, Saturday – Singers Lounge, 77 Salamanca Place
Or check out their program online: https://festivalofvoices.com/city-of-hobart-pop-up-perform…/
Sometimes we find it really hard to answer the question: What kind of music do you sing? This new promotional video answers it for us!
Get the lowdown on our current favourite songs, hear from our directors about what drives us and listen to samples of our songs – from the reverent to the irreverent … and everything in between!
Enjoy! and don’t forget to tell all your friends…
Join us for a private screening of “Gurrumul”: a close-up of the celebrated Indigenous Australian singer and multi-instrumentalist, blind since birth.
We’re very excited to be hosting a Q&A with producer, Shannon Swan, after the screening.
Book quickly – the opportunity to hear from Shannon means tix will sell out!
When: Wednesday, 30 May from 6.30
Where: Cinema Nova, Carlton
After six years, White Night has become a hugely popular event in Melbourne’s social calendar. But in 2018 the electric evening will get a little bit hotter as the Brunswick Women’s Choir add their magic to the night.
We’ll be amplifying the atmosphere in the Melbourne Museum for two different shows. Bring the family along for an 8pm show, or warm up your late-night vibe with a 10pm performance.
We’ve chosen a diverse repertoire – a few songs to evoke the energy of the wilder wonders around us, and a few to get you in the groove for some Saturday night sizzle.
Details:
Location: Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson St, Carlton
Time: 8pm / 10pm
Cost: Free!
We at Brunswick Women’s Choir know that the same sex marriage postal survey has made life harder for a lot of people. We’re sending them this message of love and support – because love is love.
Join us on 28 October for our annual showcase concert.
For the 2017 showcase, the choir will bring you on a musical journey that reflects the joys, sorrows and triumphs of life.
We’re excited to introduce several new songs and revive an old favourite. It’s a repertoire that will make you think, reflect, question and celebrate.
Join us as we sing for a better world – because we can’t keep quiet!
Date: 28 October 2017
First show: 3 to 4.30pm (doors open 2.30pm)
Second show: 6 to 7.30pm (doors open at 5.30pm)
Location: Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne
Tickets: available via TryBooking
$25 full / $18 concession / $10 kids under 15 / FREE kids under 5
Seats aren’t allocated, so we encourage you to arrive early.
Sonita tells the remarkable, inspiring story of its namesake: a gutsy, defiant, 14-year- old Afghan refugee who fights to live the way she wants as an artist, musician and singer. This remarkable film is not on general release, but we have secured an exclusive screening at Cinema Nova. Funds raised from this special screening will help the choir.
Watch the official trailer now.
Be seated by 7pm to catch a special performance by the Brunswick Women’s Choir before the film.
When: Thursday 18 May – 7pm performance / 7.30pm screening
Where: Cinema Nova, Carlton
Tickets: Online at Trybooking: $22 full / $15 concession
Tickets are only available online (not tickets at the door)!
Sonita is 18-years- old, an undocumented Afghan illegal immigrant living in the poor suburbs of Tehran. She is a feisty, spirited, young woman who fights to live the way she wants, as an artist, singer, and musician in spite of all her obstacles she confronts in Iran and her conservative patriarchal family. In harsh contrast to her goal is the plan of her family – strongly advanced by her mother – to make her a bride and sell her to a new family. The price right now is about US$9.000.
The main storyline of the film builds around Sonita’s struggle to escape a forced marriage. She fights with the dilemma of not losing her family, but still be able to build a life of her own. In order to do so, she needs to obtain resident status, and to record and make video clips for her songs on a miniscule budget. Through this, we witness her family and their dilemmas and get to know her friends and colleagues who are also child laborers in the NGO “House of Affection”. Will Sonita be forced into marriage? Will she succeed in recording her songs? Will her family manage to take her back to Afghanistan? The film unfolds in Sonita’s home, at the NGO and in music studios in and around Teheran. Later we will need to travel to her hometown in Afghanistan.
