Moorambilla

BIRRAY

Moorambilla Voices encourages everyone to sing – particularly primary children. Their treble voices are an incredible powerful and versatile instrument and the emotional intensity they generate in performance is electrifying.

Both boys and girls voices change during adolescence but boys have their unique gift for such a small time in their life – so we make sure they utilise it to the full!

Our composers understand boys choirs and their capacity, they write music that intellectually and emotionally engages the boys in rehearsal and performance. Our choristers work with outstanding choreographers and visual artists who help synthesise the artistic focus each year into breathtaking performances.

These performances celebrate the rich cultural heritage of our region and showcase our choirs incredible capacity to sing, dance and create.

There are up to 84 places offered on merit each year in the Moorambilla Voices Birray ensemble with the opportunity to tour, record and perform.

The Moorambilla Birray, Moorambilla Mirray and Moorambilla Birralii are for primary students in Years 3-6. Following the Skills Development Workshop Tour, talented boys are offered a place in the choir and the chance to participate in the Baradine Residency Camps, Gala Performances, Tours or Concerts and recordings throughout the year. Moorambilla Voices works hard to ensure that any child who is offered a place is supported financially to do so through our policies of inclusion and equity

The choirs meet for two residency camps, the first one in Baradine, in August and in Dubbo for September for rehearsals and the Gala Concerts. At these camps, they work alongside leading composers, musicians, artists and choreographers to engage in challenging new learning experiences and collaboratively create repertoire for performances. They develop skills in:

As well as rehearsing as a choir there will be many opportunities for other activities on camp such as making and playing percussion instruments, lantern making, creating visual art, dancing and connecting to country. There may also be opportunities to work with other artists in residence, as in past years, where the students were involved in painting and weaving the Gala concert backdrop and artworks used to decorate the performance spaces. In short, lots of intensely creative and fun times for all.

The repertoire and skills learnt during the August residency camps in Baradine are put into practice at the annual Moorambilla Gala Concert in September, 2022. The ensembles sign-in at Dubbo and then perform in two concerts alongside some of Australia’s leading musicians and associate ensembles.

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mirray

Welcome to our Primary Girls Choir – Mirray!

Mirray have a unique spark and “glow” in their sound. Every year we celebrate their powerful positivity in word deed and song. On stage they have forged a new style of presentation where they integrate singing and dance by working with exceptional choreographers and composers.

Each year they co create works that celebrate not only their unique capacity, but also the rich cultural heritage of the region. Together they create performances that celebrate their sense of self, their friendships, their communities and their outstanding intellect.

Up to 84 places are offered on merit each year in the Moorambilla Voices Regional Girls choir with the opportunity to tour, record and perform.

The Mirray, Birralii and Birray ensembles are for primary students in Years 3-6. Following the Skills Development Workshop Tour, talented girls are offered a place in the choir and the chance to participate in the Baradine Residency Camps, Gala Performances, Tours or Concerts and recordings throughout the year. Moorambilla Voices works hard to ensure that any child who is offered a place is supported financially to do so through our policies of inclusion and equity

The choirs meet for two residency camps one in August at Baradine and one in September at Dubbo for the Gala Concerts. At these camps, they work alongside leading composers, musicians, artists and choreographers to engage in challenging new learning experiences and collaboratively create repertoire for performances. They develop skills in:

As well as rehearsing as a choir there will be many opportunities for other activities on camp such as making and playing percussion instruments, lantern making, creating visual art, dancing and connecting to country. There may also be opportunities to work with other artists in residence, as in past years, where the students were involved in painting and weaving the Gala concert backdrop and artworks used to decorate the performance spaces. In short, lots of intensely creative and fun times for all.

The repertoire and skills learnt during the August residency camps in Baradine are put into practice at the annual Moorambilla Gala Concert in September. In 2022 this will take place in Dubbo. The girls sign-in at Dubbo and then perform in two concerts alongside some of Australia’s leading musicians and associate ensembles.

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MAXed OUT Company

Moorambilla Voices encourages everyone to sing, especially our changing voices! The High School MAXed OUT Company is seen by many as the Jewel in the Moorambilla Crown. Our MAXed OUT Company is comprised of students from years 7 to 12 an energetic and dynamic ensemble that has at its heart the disciple and power of Taiko, the strength and grace of contemporary dance and the beauty of voice in flight.

Our composers, choreographers and mentoring artists understand that this company aspires to connect to the audience through their own personal connection to culture, art form and landscape. The candidates within this ensemble show exceptional leaderships not only in the Company but within their schools and communities. Their performance benchmark capacity is utterly electrifying to witness.

This Company has been growing from strength since its establishment in 2008. It is a vehicle for strong-artistic performances involving singing, percussion, dance and composition of the highest calibre.

Moorambilla Voices will be offering 80+ places into the MAXed OUT Company’s yearly program of tours, performances and recordings. Most successful candidates will have participated in the Moorambilla regional children’s choir in their primary school years. This ensemble will be open to Year 7 to 12 students who are selected following the Skills Development Workshop Tour. The talented students will meet at the residency camps in August and September to work collaboratively with their peers from across the region and with the professional musicians and artists who lead the project in a focussed and intensive artistic environment. Students involved will have the opportunity to create an original work in collaboration with Japanese percussion ensemble Taikoz and some of Australia’s premier composers. These workshops will also explore the rich regional and Indigenous culture of the region.

At the residency camps, the students develop skills in:

If you have been selected to take part, congratulations! You are about to experience the magic of Moorambilla!