Thursday, November 29, 2012

MUSIC ACROSS THE GENERATIONS..

Front Row: Ethan Versace, Emily FitzGerald.
Middle L-R: Joshua FitzGerald, Carley Kunde, Jessica Versace, Layla Kunde, Katie FitzGerald, Ticky and Nedi Granzien
Back: Aydan Forsyth. 


If you can't take the people to the Concert then you take the Concert to the people....or, in this case,  a special part of the Annual Christmas Concert to some very special people.
And so it was that ten little "Semitones", with their musical  mentor, Alexis FitzGerald,  accompanist, Margaret Philp and a bunch of proud Mums and Dads, traveled to Toogoolawah on the afternoon of 20th November to perform for some of the residents of Alkira Retirement Home some of the evergreen excerpts from "Oliver" .  They were given a warm reception as the Children, with some goose-bump singing of their songs, solos and duets, went through their paces in preparation for their opening performance at this year's  Esk Community Choir  22nd Annual Christmas Variety Concert.  Music all Theatre lovers were excited and delighted by the children's performances and some  fond old memories revived .    It's easy to be carried away by the energy and enthusiasm of these talented little Choristers and those at Alkira who were privileged to be present for the "Semitones"  presentation were no exception.  The children's voices in song were  equally matched by the obvious enjoyment of their audience.
For almost 35 years, the Esk Community Choir has been injecting a culture of music in its many forms to the Somerset Region and beyond and it is these little Choristers of a new generation, some of whom have now been singing together for four years, who hold the key to this culture's continuity.

by Susan Walker

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