The Big Sing program notes
Welcome to The Big Sing!
This performance takes place on the land of the Wadawurrung and the Dja Dja Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded — this land is stolen land. We pay respects to Wadawurrung and the Dja Dja Wurrung Elders, past & present.
Program order
The Thieving Magpie Overture by Gioachino Rossini.
Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi.
Voyagers Chors from Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Dies Bildniss from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.*
Druids Chorus from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini.
Chors of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi.
Seguidilla and Quarto et chorus from Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Italiana Duet from L’italiana in Algeri by Gioachino Rossini.
Chors of the Wedding Guests from Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti
Climb Every Mountain from The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.*
*community sing-along items. Audience participation is strongly encouraged
Mezzo Soprano Syrah Torii
Tenor Alastair Cooper-Golec
Baritone Stephen Marsh
Maria Jenna Featherstone
Mother Abbess Anna Marshall
Conductors Richard Mills, Jenny Going, Helen Duggan & Gareth Grainger
Host Jason Wasley
Ballarat Choral Society
Conductor
Helen Duggan
Soprano
Alison Ho
Diane Russell
Eleanor Kerr
Irina De Loche
Jane Gaylor
Jill Dunne
Judith Mc Queen
Kate Redwood
Ruth Sprague
Truus Deutch
Alto
Amanda Milton
Aude Mallet
Fiona Lyon
Gemma Hammond
Joy Allen
Judy Savage
Merle Hathaway
Pauline Coad
Susan Patterson
Tenor
Bryan Putt
Janice Newton
Jim O’May
John Mauger
Kristiana Withers
Pat Russell
Robyn Kinnane
Bass
Alistair Maule
Brendan Beck
Charlie Maguire
David Paton
Geoffrey Coverdale
Hedley Thomson
Ballarat Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Jenny Going
Flute
Madeleine Witham*
Chelsea Foord
Oboe
Kath Saunders*
Dave Keenan
Clarinet
Ange Sorell*
Megan Waddington
Bassoon
Cameron Wright*
Mary Dyer
French Horn
Janice Lynn*
Melissa Banks
Bill Stewart
Bronwyn Akers
Trumpet
Frank Dyer *
Simon Marcollo
Trombone
Mark Witham
Cassandra Hiscock
Cimbasso/Bass Trombone
Wade Carman*
Percussion
Michael Evans Barker*
Zoom Beck
Marcus Govan
Xavier Demmert
Violin I
Karin Griffin*
Aimee Knowles
Toni Williams
Carmel Ryan
Violin II
Anna Fernandes*
Millie Koenders
Will Dean
Meg Sleeman
Miranda Fyfield
Mia Ma
Viola
Kate Both*
Reuben Morgan
Cello
Elena Polevaya*
John Dods
Molly Hodgkinson
Kait Fry
Rachel Schmidtke
Warwick Dawson
Liz Findlay
Double Bass
Alan Kirkman*
Briony Kenneth
*denotes first chair
Presenting partner
AMW Electrical & Data Supplies
*The appearance of Alastair Cooper-Golec is generously supported by Dr Michael Stubbs & Malcolm Roberts.
**The appearance of Syrah Torii is generously supported by The Family of the late Frederick R Davidson AM.
