Gala Concerts
Experience the fantastic choirs of Moorambilla Voice
Experience the fantastic choirs of Moorambilla Voices as they celebrate regional Australia and the youth that inhabits it in the iconic Moorambilla Gala Concert Series! Each year Dubbo Regional Theatre & Convention Centre will host four concerts. Each 80-minute concert will leave you mesmerised and uplifted. Feel firsthand the power of the Japanese Taiko Drums, listen to the beauty of the angelic voices of our regional choirs and MAXed OUT company as they join with senior choreographers, photographers, Taiko percussionists, a Chamber Orchestra and Visual Artists. Led by Founder and Artistic Director Michelle Leonard OAM, join them as they celebrate the inspiring beauty and capacity of the region.
(SOLD OUT) MOORAMBILLA VOICES RIVERSONG 2023: MARKS ON COUNTRY
DUBBO: 23 & 24 September 2023 at the Dubbo Regional Theatre & Convention Centre
Experience the Moorambilla Magic in this joyful celebration of Country, connection, contemporary art and choral music, choreography and installation visual art.
Celebrate the energy, tenacity and enormous capacity of our region’s children.
Feel the power and energy of our magnificent rivers interpreted through Japanese Taiko Drums, dance, and the voices of our four regional youth choirs, all woven together with a word-class Chamber Orchestra.
The program was informed by the annual 2023 Artistic and Cultural Immersion Program, inspired by the stories, relationships and Country of the Gamilaroi,Yuwaalaraay and Yuwalayaay language groups of the Gomeroi Nation starting from the head of the Castlereagh River at the magnificent Warrumbungles connecting through to the wonders of the Narran Lakes.
Performed by four youth ensembles that represent 21 LGAs of North West NSW.
Following the concerts join us across the road at Victoria Park for spectacular FREE light and fire sculptures.
MOORAMBILLA VOICES RIVERSONG 2023: FIRE! SAND! LIGHT!
In addition to our two sold-out performances of ‘Marks on Country’ at the Dubbo Regional Theatre, we are proud to share our FREE community ‘FIRE! SAND! LIGHT!’ festival which will take place over the weekend – Friday 22-24 September in Victoria Park – opposite the theatre.
2019 Gala Concert
Great things happen when indomitable humans trust, collaborate and create with each other. Moorambilla is a world class team of artists, volunteers and administrators who passionately believe that our regions children are capable of speaking with clarity and integrity about our world. We thank you all for supporting this vision of being more than just a choir and giving us the wings to fly, we simply can’t do it without you.
2019 Gala Highlights
This year I wanted the audience to see Wayilwan country through the eyes of a bird soaring almost weightlessly, powerfully overhead. Imagining it to be either our protecting Mulliyan or some other bird who has migrated to this RAMSAR listed wetland. In dance you will see the children move through the space as flocks either seated or standing, and I’m sure your spirits will left as they soar through some of the most beautiful and heartfelt music we have ever put on stage. Using the ancient art of natural indigo dying and Japanese shibori as well as origami crane birds to reconnect ourselves with water and its healing was important this year, and the children proudly wear their hand dyed creations as they enter the stage.
As you too look up and see our migrating birds flying overhead – all one thousand of them in hand designed shibori printed paper we want you to collectively wish for abundance and respect for our shared future on this planet. Even the sound of the girls singing about the softness of the wind through the reeds as we start the concert draws you into the bird’s world of flight and freedom. As the lantern orb eggs and birds transform the theatre into the Macquarie Marshes, we also hope to transform your perspective and respect for our shared connection to the natural world in our performance.
2018 Gala Concert
The amazing choirs of Moorambilla Voices celebrated 13 splendid years in the iconic MOORAMBILLA GALA CONCERT, held in Dubbo over two days on Friday 28th & Saturday the 29th September 2018.
The 80-minute concert left all mesmerized and uplifted. All three concerts were sold out and the audience felt frsthand the power of the Japanese Taiko drums, listened to the beauty of the angelic voices of the Moorambilla Regional Girls and Boys Choir and the MAXed OUT Company.
Founder and Artistic Director Michelle Leonard OAM celebrated 2018 with the beauty and capacity of the Brewarrina Fishtraps and Byrock Waterholes.
These concerts brought to life in magnifcent choral music, dynamic dance and powerful percussion the stories and landscape of Byrock Rock Holes and Brewarrina Fish Traps, written by leading and emerging Australian composers Chance, Barker, Howes, Walker and Gibson.
2018 concerts also featured digital visual and sound artists from the region and beyond giving this year’s performance a truly contemporary edge. Magnifcent fre sculptures and lanterns under the night sky after the 7pm concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings captivated all that attended.
Be prepared to be amazed by the photography of Noni Carroll capturing the passion and creativity of this region’s children and youth. This is Moorambilla Voices 2018!
2017 gala concert
Over 300 children performed alongside professional ensembles and musicians in a beautiful weekend of concerts at Dubbo Regional Theatre. Children from across the country, from Dubbo to Lightning Ridge, Bourke to Coolah and this year from Queensland and Western Australia, attended residential camps and performed three stunning concerts.
Artistic Director Michelle Leonard OAM worked with the artistic team around the physical and spiritual landscape of Mt Gunderbooka to celebrate its connection to Mt Grenfell and the historic Brewarrina Fish traps in regional NSW. This year’s concerts also featured digital artists from the region plus magnifcent lantern sculptures under the night sky after the Saturday evening concert.
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