Wednesday, October 13, 2021

A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC MAKING AT ‘SPRING SING 2021’ IN TOOWOOMBA

 



Corridors may be empty and classrooms silent across schools in a couple of Australia’s southern states.  However, within the halls at the Highfields State School in Toowoomba on Saturday October 9th, the blur of activity was refreshingly evident when like-minded music lovers from Choirs near and far gathered for a Spring sing.

It was that ‘C’ word that induced a three-year hiatus for this signature ‘Choirbolical’ event, bringing individuals and groups of singers to Toowoomba to expand their repertoire in an atmosphere of fun and friendship.  Thanks to the lifting of restrictions, ‘Choirbolical’s’ workshop, ‘Spring Sing 2021’,  was once more able to welcome a whole host of singers and with the enlightening instruction by Mr Graeme Moreton, AM, founding director of the Brisbane Chamber Choir, alongside Choirbolicals’s musical director Morgan Chalmers, it was a gratifying return to a day of some beautiful choral singing.



Notwithstanding words like ‘challenging’, ‘intricate’, ‘demanding’ used to describe some of the musical works presented at the outset, by the day’s end, and fortified by a delicious serving of lunch and hot beverages, choirs were girded and eager to present the fruits of their day’s labours but not before a short performance by each of the choirs present.   The Esk Community Choir, with the confidence of a well-practised choral group, and despite reduced numbers, dug deep to give a performance way beyond expectations.

To hosts, Mr Morgan Chalmers and his ‘Choirbolical’ choir members, we of the Esk Community Choir give our heartfelt thanks.

By: Sue Walker  

Photos: supplied by Ruth Skippen







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