Denmark Festival of Voice 2016

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80+ acts | 12 venues | song | spoken word | story | workshops | free fringe | festival club

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

WELCOME MESSAGE FROM HON COLIN BARNETT MLA, PREMIER; MINISTER FOR TOURISM AND HON TERRY REDMAN MLA, MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Welcome to Western Australia’s spectacular Great Southern region for the 2016 Denmark Festival of Voice.

Now in its 12th year, the Denmark Festival of Voice is a celebration of the human voice, with a special focus on community singing. Each year the festival brings together local, national and international artists in a cappella and accompanied ensemble, group and individual performances.

Proudly supported by the State Government through Tourism WA’s Regional Events Scheme, the Denmark Festival of Voice is one of many initiatives made possible by Royalties for Regions to help grow Western Australia’s regional areas into thriving communities with strong economies.

Tourism is a vital industry for regional Western Australia. Visitors spent $9 billion in the State during 2015, including $4 billion in regional areas. The State Government’s goal is to see the contribution of regional tourism increase to $4.75 billion by 2020.

Events are a key part of this strategy because they provide significant economic, social and cultural benefits to regional communities, making them exciting places to visit as well as great places to live.

Congratulations to the organisers and volunteers involved with the 2016 Denmark Festival of Voice.

We hope everyone enjoys the performances and the opportunity to explore the Great Southern’s many attractions, including its magnificent coastline, giant trees and gourmet produce.

Colin Barnett MLA PREMIER; MINISTER FOR TOURISm

Hon Terry Redman MLA MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS WELCOME It’s a very great honour this year to be hosting two interstate choirs at our Festival.

The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir comes to us as holders of the oldest culture, in the heart of our land; and yet are also a choir who have joyfully adopted a new type of song, brought to them some generations ago from a new land. They are a beautiful example of how song, and shared voice, can travel the world, without boundaries.

Poco Tutti, the choir of ‘everyone’, offer us a fine example of a way to celebrate the possibilities for true inclusivity. Something magical happens when voices come together; something is born beyond our narrow ideas of ‘you’ or ‘I’. A moment of direct, palpable, ‘we’ emerges. But within this shared voice, it is necessary to ensure that the many, diverse voices are clearly heard.

Voices have beauty. They have passion. They carry messages and speak of the sacred, the old and the new. They tell of this land, or that, of this Country, or that journey of this traveler or that incident. They remind us of what is important, and of what we need to pay more attention to, what we have perhaps been forgetting. Voices also have power.

This year’s Festival touches the idea of ‘voices from the edges’ – voices less often heard. We believe it is critical to our collective visioning, wellbeing and forward movement to hear these voices.

At the heart of the Denmark Festival of Voice is the sound of massed voices – or ‘choirs’, and we have a record 18 choirs this year, along with a host of smaller ensembles, trios, duos and soloists. Some have brought instruments into their song and some remain true to only the sound of their voice.

Humans are story-tellers and in the Mongolian story-telling tent will be tales from countries afar and near, tales of social justice, of faith, tales both old and new, of land, of faerie, and of people.

You will hear voices young and old, from our community and from shores afar. Voices of the first people of this land, and voices of those newly arrived, but who themselves come from cultures with old traditions, old songs. We have explorers: reaching beyond the edges of convention, and those who are firmly and happily in the centre of tradition. All are welcome to come warm their voices and hearts at our campfire.

This year we travel beyond the human, as custodians taking responsibility for this beautiful and fragile world, bearing witness to the voices of endangered animals.

A warm hooray to the funding bodies, without whom the Festival would not be realized. These organizations stand in the corner of the arts, the corner of communities. We thank each and every one of them.

I’d like to give my hearty thanks to the 2016 DFoV team: Matt Andrews, Tim Maisey, Kira Schimmelpfennig, Jennie Newman and Dorothy Redreau. A deep bow of thanks also to the dedicated board of Denmark Arts: Janine McCrum, Nigel Levinson, Sandra Knight, Stephanie Tchan and Ian Osborne.

And finally to the fabulous production team, volunteers, audiences, musicians, singer-songwriters, poets, speakers, choirs and choir directors. All of us from Denmark Arts, and the Denmark Festival of Voice heartily welcome you and hope you have a rich, fulfilling and inspiring Festival in our home.

As Michael Leunig says:

“We give praise to all those who give some small voice To the everyday joy of the soul.”

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Vivienne Robertson Festival Director

FESTIVAL A-Z Abe Nouk ...........................................11 Act-Belong-Commit Youth Program .............23 Ajak Kwai............................................. 7 Anna Minska .......................................14 Aphir .................................................29 Born to Sing Massed Choir ................... 28 Born To Sing Rockingham .......................28 Brenda Chapman Trio ...........................18 Bridges And Boundaries ........................15 Bukhchuluun Ganburged ...................6, 34 Candy Royalle .........................10, 23, 34 Captain Boots/Jesse Wind Wanderer 12, 34 Caravan Of Choirs ...............................23 Carolina Cordeiro ............................7, 34 Caroline Caddy ..................................14 Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir. 4 Craig Sinclair ......................................30 Dangerous Song ...................................3 Danielle Flynn ......................................33 David Rawet .................................32, 34 Dawn Barrington .................................33 De Nada ...........................................17 Denmark Senior High School.................. 23 Denmark Primary School............... ..........23 DnA ..................................................33 Donna Jacob Sife ..........................13, 34 Eklektika .............................................26 Equus ...................................................6 FFF Lotterywest Free Festival Fringe ....22, 23 George Walley’s Story ......................5, 34 Gertrude Wellease .........................31, 35 Gillian Parker .......................................35 Golden Hill Steiner School .....................23 Greg Bowles .......................................29 Hitherto ........................................32, 35 Indian Blue Chorus .........................27, 35 Jaya Penelope .....................................13 Jenny Hill ...........................................12 Jones of ARK........................................ 11 Kankawa Nagarra .................................5 Keren Gila Raiter .................................13 Leanna Shoveller ....................................4 Lexie McGee .......................................30 Libby Hammer Jazz Quartet ...................16 Ligaya see Gillian Parker Linda Bradbury ....................................14 Lockout ..........................................9, 35 Los Car Keys .......................................17 Lotterywest Free Festival Fringe ..........22, 23 Lowlands Beach Choir ...........................26 Lucy Dougan .......................................15 Lucy Ridsdale .................................29, 36 Lyndal Gallaway ..................................35 Mary Myfanwy ....................................30 Mathas ........................................10, 23 Men Of The West (formerly Spooky) ..24, 36 Messer’s Lore .................................17, 36

Mike Evergone ....................................31 Mixed Mob ...........................................5 Molly Black ........................................34 Moombaki Ensemble ..............................4 One Achord .......................................26 Open Road (Pete Usher) ..................18, 36 Poco Tutti ......................................24, 36 Poetry and Wine .................................14 Pranava Music (Michael Costin) ..............33 Rachel Hore .................................25, 36 Red Sea Pedestrians .........................6, 36 Regi Peppin ........................................12 Renee Pettitt-Schipp .........................14, 37 Ruby Moon ........................................32 Safety In Numbers ................................28 Seventh Day Adventist Church Service .....23 Simon And Tammy London .....................31 Sing For Joy Mount Barker .....................28 Slap My Thighs And Call Me Barbra .........9 Soundbites ........................................... 8 Spirit Of Play .......................................23 St Leonard’s Anglican Church Service .......23 Tangent Quartet.............................. ..9, 37 Tealeaf Troubadours ..............................12 The Baden Street Singers .................23, 27 The Big Sing .................................25, 36 The Endearing Y’s ................................31 The Giovanni Consort........................ 8, 37 The Hip Hobbits ..................................11 The Lelebirds .................................18, 37 The Lost Quays ..............................25, 37 The New Roundabouts ..........................31 The Real Sing ......................................27 The Sisters Of Invention .........................16 Tony King ...........................................33 Tuxedo.................................................. 8 Virginia Jealous ....................................15 Vocal Evolution ..............................25, 37 Voicemale ..........................................26 Wayne Wonigii Webb .........................5 Widdershin .........................................18 Working Voices ...................................27 Yann Toussaint .....................................15 special performance .......................................3 voices of first peoples ...............................4-5 world voices .........................................................6-7 ACAPELLA ......................................................................8-9 spoken word & Story ................................10-15 small groups ......................................................16-18 venue map ......................................................................19 program at a glance ................................19-22 Lotterywest free festival fringE 22, 23 act-belong-commit YOUTH program. .23 massed voices ..................................................24-28 solos & duos .....................................................29-33 WORKSHOPS ..........................................................34-37 2

Special Performance Denmark Festival of Voice is delighted to be presenting Dangerous Song in honour of the Voices of Endangered Animals and World Environment Day which falls during the Festival!

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song MUltimedia performance (ticketed) Sat 1.30pm St leonards (Audio version) fri 8.30pm civic centre sun 8pm st leonards (audio version)

Linsey Pollak, Lizzie O’Keefe, Bonnie Jenkins

“Dangerous Song” is a performance piece that combines the human voice with the sounds of endangered and extinct animals. This sonic world is mirrored by the visual superimposition of the natural world onto the human using live projection onto a semi transparent screen which surrounds the two performers.

(Multimedia perfomance only!)

“Once upon a time there was a planet called Earth. During many millions of years a rich, complex and beautiful ecosystem developed with an incredible variety of life forms. Over time one of the animal species in this ecosystem became dominant and their impact on the planet was so massive that many of the other species could no longer survive and became extinct. We take up the story during this extinction period, but the story is not told with words, as words have fallen on too many deaf ears for too long and people have stopped listening.

The story is told through sound, through the voices of the animals themselves that are endangered. These animal calls speak directly to the heart in a way that words cannot. They are joined by one lone human voice, a voice of empathy, using no words but conversing and intertwining with the calls of the animals.

There is no narrative, we already know most of the story, even if we choose to ignore it and don’t know the ending. So this piece is a song for the Planet, an inter-species choral work, and they’re singing for their lives! If their calls don’t affect you then nothing will.”

Linsey is well known all around Australia and the world as a musician, instrument maker, composer, and community music facilitator. He has toured his solo shows extensively in Australia, Europe and Asia since 1996. He has also recorded 32 albums and devised many large Festival pieces such as “BimBamBoo”, “Sound Forest” and “The Dream of Zedkat Nabu”. Lizzie O’Keefe moves elegantly through jazz, folk, classical, Middle Eastern and other worldly styles. She is a dynamic and commanding vocalist with a unique signature style. The release of her debut solo EP Leaden Heart, cast Lizzie into the spotlight with the title track making her a finalist in the jazz category for the 2015 Queensland Music Awards.

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Voices of the First Peoples

Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir

The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir is a combined choir from Alice Springs, Ntaria, Areyonga, Titjikala, Mutitjulu and Docker River Communities. The choir is led by Morris Stuart, who has worked with local choirs in Central Australia, Alice Springs and the famous South African Soweto Gospel Choir. In 2014 the Choir toured with the Soweto Gospel Choir, and in 2015 went to Germany, attending the Kirchentag Festival. The visit to Germany was about taking back history, stories and songs that came to Central Australian as German SAT 11.30am St leonards / 6.30pm Civic Centre baroque hymns taught by German sun 1pm painting at festival club / 4pm RSL hall pastors. The songs were translated into Arrernte and Pitjantjatjara languages. The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir spans five Aboriginal communities spread over 1000 km’s and they sing in six languages, including traditional Aboriginal languages, English, German and Zulu.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Ministry for the Arts’ Festival Australia program.

Leanna Shoveller Walpole resident Leanna Shoveller is a Karrajarri/Yawuru Woman from Bidyadanga/Broome. She made her way into media and started making films, documentaries and music videos, through which she helped increase the popularity of Aboriginal Artists and bands, and also to keep the Indigenous culture alive. She is now moving slowly towards a new album with more traditional music and sun 11.45am Teahouse sun 5.30pm mrs jones lyrics of culture and story.

moombaki ensemble sat 11am luscious sat 5pm chilli lime salt sun 5pm rsl hall Moombaki (where the rivers meet the sky), are an eclectic ensemble of Aboriginal artists. The group’s style is a mixture of contemporary & R&B, integrating spiritual influences and their own style of hauntingly beautiful and inspirational lyrics. Like their name suggests they are from many rivers in life, performing artists in their own right and when they come together, their voices blend in beautiful harmonies.

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Kankawa Nagarra is from the small and remote community of Wangkatjungka south of Fitzroy Crossing. A Walmatjarri woman born in the desert, her earliest recollections of music are of traditional songs sung around the campfire, which lulled her into a peaceful sleep. She remembers nullanullas thumping the bare earth, clap sticks and boomerangs, and the rhythmic songs of her forefathers. Kankawa Nagarra helped develop the Walmatjarri dictionary in the 1960s, and is a well respected Elder. She has a vision to see her people heal and believes music is an integral part of that. She has been on Broadway and performed with Hugh Jackman in his show “Back On Broadway”.

KANKAWA NAGARRA sat 5.45pm rsl hall sat 8.40pm civic centre sun 5.40pm st leonards

George WallEy’s Story

George Walley is a Western Australian Music Industry (WAMI) award winner with the song “Raining On Djilba”.

Djilba is the name for the estuary in Mandurah, the ancient name.

George is a gifted story teller in music who weaves the ancient knowledge with family histories, and of course the impact of colonisation. George’s music is played on NITV’s Volumes and on Noongar Radio.

Sat 10am St leonards sun 2pm civic centre see workshops

fri 8.30pm civic centre

Wayne webb

Welcome to Country will be done by Elder and Custodian Wayne Wonigii Webb, whose traditional country encompasses the area from Bunbury through to the Hay River in Denmark and the coastal lands in between.

mixed mob

sUN 10.30Am st leonards sun 7.10pm rsl hall

Mixed Mob consists of local Albany Noongar leader Eugene Eades, Ashley Smith (of mysterious Kimberley/Central Desert origins) plus local Denmark muso and teacher Bruce Anthony. Their unique sound is a blend of original songs, old country and gospel, rock n’ roll and folk elements, all flavoured with a deep reverence for Noongar Country and culture. They mix and match didgeridoo, electric, acoustic and bass guitars, saxophone, ukelele and tin whistle. Acoustic and electric, sacred and profane, this is music that crosses boundaries and brings healing to the soul.

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World Voices

Equus

sat 9.40pm civic centre sun 3.10pm rsl hall sun 8.55pm st leonards There is new excitement in Australia’s burgeoning world music patch! The buzz is all about the new band EQUUS, a gathering of 4 musicians of very diverse musical and cultural backgrounds. Equus’ debut album Dakshin Khun (Southern Man) focuses on the traditional music of Mongolia, sung by world renowned Mongolian throat singer Bukhu Ganburged, fused with Middle Eastern strings and wind and a dynamic rhythm section, with a strong component of improvisation to making each performance a new experience. The result is often hard to define, but always spectacular and unique. Bukhu is joined by well known Blue Mountains musicians John Robinson (Oud, Turkish Baglama) and Peter Kennard (Percussion), as well as Double bass extraordinaire Bertie McMahon. This music is about meetings, of people and traditions, and of musics. EQUUS is a bold, imaginative music project that succeeds in the formation of an entirely new sound.

Bukhu ganburged

fri 6 pm st leonards (Ticketed) see workshops

Bukhu combines virtuosic Morin Khuur (Horse Head Fiddle) and Khuumii (Harmonic Overtone Throat Singing) skills to transmit the harmony of Mongolian nomads and Shamanic culture through time and space. His music brings a contemporary take on the tradition of Mongolian bards of the middle ages and those of ancient times, acting as a national memory bank by working mythologies, historic figures and events into traditional verse form.

Red Sea Pedestrians

sat 3.30pm civic centre sun 10pm RSL hall SEE WORKSHOPS Red Sea Pedestrians are Mel and Nikki Jones (Vocals, Oykulele, Percussion), Dave and Jen Hoffman (Accordion, Flute), Ilan Zagoria (Guitar) and Rob Kay (U-bass). They specialize in Klezmer, which is Jewish traditional music from Eastern Europe, through the Middle East to New York Jazz – at once, joyful, soulful, toe tapping and thigh slapping.

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Ajak Kwai

Carolina cordeiro Carolina Cordeiro is a Melbourne based singer performing melancholic songs of love, longing and tragedy in the Fado tradition of Lisbon, Portugal. Delivered in an intimate, emotional style and accompanied by Leni Philippe-Janon on Portuguese Guitar, these mournful songs will cloak you in an intoxicating melancholy.

Inspired by the emotion and poetry of Fado, Carolina took up the singing tradition of her birthplace and has since performed extensively on the Australian world music and festival circuits and has become a regular feature of the Portuguese Australian cultural scene.

Ajak’s music is inspiring and soulful, infused with funky afrobeats representing the depth and richness of her South Sudanese roots. Singing in Arabic, Sudanese or English, Ajak conjures a vivid picture of her Dinka heritage.

Music is the vehicle for her stories of extraordinary life experiences as a refugee, exiled from her home and her family. Her moving tales of exile, hope, freedom, love and cows - beloved animals of the Dinka - in turn reflect her optimism and belief in the best of human nature. Ajak has performed at festivals and events around the country, most recently at the 2015 Port Fairy Festival, Alice Springs’ Eye of the Storm Writers’ Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, The Age Music Awards and WOMADelaide.

In 2014 Ajak was awarded the African-Australian Community Female Singer of the Year. Ajak will be accompanied

by Dirk Bertels on banjo, and for evening shows Ollie Watkins, Tony King and Cathy Fotios. sat 9.10pm rsl hall Sun 11.20am st leonards sun 1.30pm the yurt sun 9.40pm civic centre

sat 4.45pm rsl hall sat 9.20pm st leonards sun 2.10 rsl hall see workshops 77

Acapella the giovanni consort In the 21 years since The Giovanni Consort was founded the fri 6pm st leonards (ticketed) group has become renowned for its exquisite, high-quality sat 8.35pm st leonards performances of unaccompanied choral music ranging from sun 8.50pm civic centre the medieval period to the present day. They pride themselves SEE WORKSHOPS on presenting diverse, engaging musical programs that appeal to all. Listening to The Giovanni Consort you will be inspired and refreshed by little-known works from the distant past as well as newly-composed pieces from some of Perth’s promising young composers, and Australian premieres of cutting edge international choral music. Presenting a concert of Renaissance masterpieces, their Festival program explores the development of polyphonic music throughout the 16th century and examines how musical nuances differed by region throughout the Renaissance. The centrepiece of the program is Victoria’s sublime ‘Missa O Magnum Mysterium’, and the mass will be interspersed by motets by William Byrd, Giovanni de Palestrina and Orlando de Lassus.

Tuxedo

sat 9.30am luscious sun 1pm mrs jones

Tuxedo is a group of four Perth musicians, who share a passion for all things acapella! They sing across a wide range of different genres, including folk, barbershop, jazz and Disney. Combining soaring melodic lines with low, resonant bass, these girls are not to be missed!

Soundbites SAT 1.15pm CHILLI LIME SALT We are a local a cappella group who have been singing together for several years now. We enjoy singing in many different styles and have built up a varied repertoire of songs from all over the world. For the Festival, we’ve chosen a mix, which is both fun and serious – a mix that reflects the everyday life, love, struggle and experience of people everywhere.

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Current National Barbershop Quartet Champions, Lockout, will bring the ring with their take on what a “barbershop� quartet is and should be. Featuring songs from Sinatra, Elvis, Setzer, Bruno Mars and even Judy Garland, you will witness a performance crafted from what it takes to become the champs.

Lockout

sat 2.50pm civic centre sun 1.30pm st leonards SEE WORKSHOPS

2nd Annual Battle of The Barbershop: Lockout vs Tangent Quartet SAT 11.20pm Festival Club

Tangent is an acapella vocal ensemble that crosses many musical genres; including folk, pop, comedy, barbershop, classical and jazz.

Consisting of four young singers from Perth, their performances feature tight and crunchy vocal harmonies, with each voice part given the opportunity to demonstrate specific talents.

SAT 4.3Opm CHILLI LIME SALT SUN 6.15pm MRS JONES SEE WORKSHOPS

tangent quartet

slap my thighs and call me barbra Interesting arrangements, sublime harmonies and the inevitable touch of spontaneous comedy best describes our performances. Slap My Thighs and Call Me Barbra is a local four piece acapella group who have performed regularly at the Denmark Festival of Voice since its inception.

We perform an eclectic array of songs. Our love of music and friendship has kept us together for fifteen years and is as strong as ever.

sat 3.45pm teahouse sun 9.30pm festival club 9

Spoken Word & Story candy royalle Candy Royalle is an award winning performance artist, poet, storyteller, activist, educator and vulnerability advocate who fuses cinematic storytelling, poetry and unique vocal rhythms with confronting, political and heart thumping content seeking to break open closed hearts. She tackles topics ranging from sexual obsession to social injustice, exploring the human condition and illuminating the darker areas of the human psyche for her audiences. She has performed alongside many of the greats including Ursula Rucker (who said “Candy Royalle is all at once fragile, powerful, raw, sensitive, beautiful, unflinching and honest. She, her spirit and her work, will change you”), David Malouf, Shane Koyczan, Mark Tredinnick, Sarah Kay, Phil Kay, Rives and Anis Mojgani to name just a few. A festival curator once described Royalle as “an act you remember for years” and the Austin International Poetry Festival Chair stated Candy had “…changed the face of poetry in Austin, forever”. Few who see her can forget her intensity, her combustible blend of intellect, imagination and heart. (Explicit language may be used, except in Youth Concert!) fri 6pm civic centre (ticketed) sat 11.30am yurt / 1.50pm civic centre sun 5.40PM RSL HALL / 10.50pm festival club SEE WORKSHOPS

Perth rapper Mathas is the kind of modern, multi-faceted artist that is difficult to pin down with any rigid genre boundaries. A ferociously talented songwriter, producer, poet and performer, the genre-bender’s accolades include being the first ever rap or electronic artist to win the WA Music Industry’s coveted Song of the Year award, being named in Triple J presenter Dom Alessio’s Top 10 tracks of 2013 and winning the 2012, 2013 and 2014 WAM Award for Urban Act of the Year.

mathas mathas

fri 6pm civic centre (ticketed) sat 1.30pm RSL Hall sun 3.40pm civic centre

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Abe Nouk is a poet – in performance and on the page, an MC, educator and hip hop lyricist. His passion is for the power of imagination – expressed with the freedom words provide. Arriving in Australia in 2004, Abe draw upon his experience as a refugee weaving stories of limitlessness, humour and grace. His first collection of poems, Humble, was released in 2013, and his second book, Dear Child, was published in 2014. Since placing in the Australian National Poetry Slam in 2013, Abe has performed consistently – touring Australia with Jessie John Brand, and performing at Ubud Writers Festival and Glastonbury festival in the UK in 2014. Always challenging assumptions of what is possible, Abe Nouk asks his audiences for courage, and answers them with gratitude.

abe nouk

sat 3.05pm st leonards / 7.10pm rsl hall sun 11.20am / 4.20pm st leonards

Jones Of Ark sat 10.15am chilli lime salt sun 4.45pm st leonards Nikki and Mel Jones are Jones of ARK, bringing a sense of the absurd to the serious business of light entertainment via ridiculous lyrics, silly topics and of course, soaring harmonies!

Ably supported by Dave Hoffman on accordion and Rob Kay on U-bass, Jones of ARK invite you to join them on their journey into music, miscellany and mayhem.

SAT 10.40Am mrs jones SUN 10.30AM chilli lime salt

The hip hobbits

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Formally known as ‘The Class Three Emcees’, The Hip Hobbits wowed crowds at last year’s Festival of Voice with their wonderful wordplay, wise lyrics and funky rhythms. They have since gone on to further impress audiences at the Denmark Arts Markets and have been making a name for themselves around town for their Flash Mob raps. They rap about all of their adventures in Class 4 at Golden Hill Steiner School.

Joined by Treebeard MC, they will blow you away with their rhymes, rhythms and all-round awesomeness!!

Spoken Word & Story Captain Boots sat 9.15am free kids program, meet at rsl hall sat 11.30am free kids program, meet outside the yurt SEE WORKSHOPS Jesse the Wind wanderer (adults) After several years sailing the high seas of fortune the winds have blown Captain Boots back to Denmark Festival of Voice. This is where the first crew hoisted the sails and set off to find adventure. Since that day Boots and his crew have stolen treasure from sleeping dragons, undead gorillas and gorgeous fairies. He has fired cannons at transformers and fled from giant tabby cats.

What adventures will you find? Come on board and find out!

REGI Peppin

sun 10.30am free kids program at the yurt

Are you interested in weaving and telling stories? Let’s find out, where we can find weaving materials and how we can tell and weave stories into a rug. Please bring some of your own most memorable, adventures, imaginative  and magical moments, dreams and stories to share.

sat 1.30pm free kids program at the yurt sun 12.30pM / 3.30pm the yurt

jenny hill

Jenny will take you into the dark forest to meet Baba Yaga and across the vast deserts and mountains of Central Asia. Listen to the resonance of stories, their journeys into the imagination, their reflective qualities and the sometimes surprising ways they contribute to transformation..‌ as well as entertain! Jenny explores traditional storytelling as well as experimentation with the spoken word. She has extensive experience in performance, education and community projects and a deep interest in the therapeutic potential of stories.

tealeaf troubadours sat 10am the yurt sun 2.30PM the yurt Meet us at the forest ocean interface, a liminal space where wizened boughs whisper tales of memory and longing to the sea air, but beware your step as this ancient landscape may conceal harder truths.

The Tea Leaf Troubadours are a four piece ensemble creating unique performances which combine music, storytelling, and poetry.

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Story telling in the Yurt donna Jacobs sife sat 2.30pm the YURT sun 9.30Am free kids program at the YURT SUN 2PM ST LEONARDS SEE WORKSHOPS Donna Jacobs Sife is a writer, award-winning storyteller and peace-worker. From the United Nations to Woodford Folk Festival, her considerable international reputation is built on her capacity to bridge difference – be it within our societies, our communities or ourselves. For nearly two decades she has travelled widely throughout the world teaching and telling stories. She has been interviewed a number of times on ABC Radio on ‘The Spirit of Things’ and ‘Encounter’. Donna will present original and traditional stories to wake you up and shake your insides around.

Keren Gila Raiter sat 3.30pm the YURT sun 1pm RSL Hall

jaya penelope sat 12.30pm the yurt sun 10am teahouse Located at the threshold between the sacred and the mundane, the poetry of Jaya Penelope tracks the feathery footprints of the beloved from fairy-tale forest to kitchen sink and back again. Jaya will be accompanied by the lyrical improvisations of Alex Hey on cello. Allow yourself to be enchanted as the familiar sheds its skin and sprouts wings…

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Step on to Keren Gila Raiter’s flying carpet of woven words and animated theatrics as she takes you on wild poetic adventures over oceans and underground, where atoms explode, organisms evolve, and the everyday is extraordinary. Meet a botanical villain who moves by stealth through roots and veins, a spiralling lover whose wings must heal and rebalance, and two friends that discover the magic of nature in a wartorn land. Accompanied by the splendiferous sounds of Sunset Blundell-Wignall, whose eclectic instrumentation blows the winds upon which this magic carpet sails. This is playful and powerful performance poetry not to be missed!

Spoken Word & Story Poetry and Wine sun 4.30pm teahouse books

Words, cheese and wine…. join writers Caroline Caddy, Renee Pettitt-Schipp, Linda Bradbury and Anna Minska in the beautiful new home of Denmark’s much loved Teahouse Books. Festival Ticket required and wine available for purchase.

caroline caddy also bridges and boundaries Caroline Caddy lives on the south cost of Western Australia. She has nine books of poetry to her name and is published in many anthologies nationally and overseas.

Linda Bradbury Linda Bradbury explores the confluence between rhythm in language and in landscape, the shapes of spaces in-between, stories left unspoken, glimpses from underneath and beyond. Work to date includes creative nonfiction, poetry, collaborative script-writing & distillation, text in short film, performance and word improvisation as interactive public art installation.

Anna minska Anna Minska writes and performs poetry. Her work invites audiences into a world of incisive self-reflection and deep focus on interconnection. Having recently found a corner of Denmark forest to call home, Minska is delighted to be a part of this year’s Festival of Voice. She will share a selection of poems exploring the landscapes of home(coming), mother country, groundbody-health and belonging.

renee Pettitt-Schipp In The Shadow Of A Palm Tree Using a combination of poetry, music and images, this performance will offer the unique opportunity to hear the perspective of a former Christmas Island resident, who will consider ideas of identity, landscape and politics in our nation’s most remote region. The Poetry will include elements of English and Cocos-Malay, interwoven with music and back-dropped by stunning images of the people, and the island-scapes they live in to invite a multi-sensory experience of the islands. Drawing on the author’s experiences of working with asylum seekers and islanders, the poems will be a broad reflection on the idea of borders and margins between self and other, self and land, hoping these creative reflections will help the audience move away from more polarised political positions on asylum seekers to access the ‘heart of the matter’.

SEE WORKSHOPS

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bridges and boundaries sAT 2.20pm ST LEONARDS Four accomplished and well-travelled Australian poets - Caroline Caddy, Lucy Dougan, Yann Toussaint and Virginia Jealous - circle the thought that ‘everywhere is here; here is everywhere,’ exploring the different roles which place can play in the poetry of our lives. Language is a bridge and language is a boundary.

Lucy Dougan also sun 12.30pm festival club Lucy Dougan’s books include Memory Shell (5 Islands Press), White Clay (Giramondo), Meanderthals (Web del Sol) and The Guardians (Giramondo), and her prizes the Mary Gilmore Award, the Alec Bolton Award and short-listings for the 2015 Queensland Premier’s Prize for Poetry and the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Poetry. She currently works for Westerly at UWA and also teaches creative writing at Curtin.

Yann Toussaint also sun 12.30pm festival club From taking afternoon tea with the Gibraltarian Ornithological Society to musing on the elephant karma sutra of Bhaktapur Yann Toussaint’s poems meander along the backroads and byways of natural history, family and relationships. Based in Albany, Western Australia, Yann’s first collection, Field Notes, is soon to be published by Hallowell Press.

Virgina jealous Virginia Jealous’ work includes poetry, essays and travel journalism for Australian and international publications. Her long-term obsession is with the extraordinary life and work of poet Laurence Hope – aka Adela Florence (Violet) Nicolson – who died in Madras in 1904.

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in partnership with

Hallowell Press

Small Groups Libby Hammer Jazz Quartet FRI 10PM festival cLUB Included in weekend ticket or separate ticket.

Libby Hammer is one of Perth’s premier jazz vocalists. With a background in musical theatre, acting and circus, along with five years of music study and 18 years of music industry experience, she has developed a solid reputation in Western Australia as an accomplished jazz singer, bandleader and vocal coach. Libby was a key member of the Perth Jazz Society committee from 1992 until 2006 and in 2005 won the PJS Award for Most Outstanding Individual Contribution To Jazz. In 2007 she won another PJS award - Life Membership for Outstanding Long-Term Contribution to Jazz. Libby regularly adjudicates eisteddfods, singing competitions and in 2010 was a judge on locally televised talent show, Perth Star. She has taught at several of Perth’s leading private schools and at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She is proud to be Patron of Jazz Fremantle.

the sisters of invention sat 6pm st leonards sun 1.10pm civic centre While breaking a fairy-wand in half and lighting dolls on fire, The Sisters Of Invention are making an impact internationally as the world’s first disabled girl band. Starting together in the Tutti Choir and later Poco Tutti, they formed a girl group which in 2014 became The Sisters of Invention and soon released their debut single This Isn’t Disneyland. Part parody, part rock’n’roll edge, this unexpected and surreal music video subverted the idea of the ‘perfect princess’ and put disability voices and faces firmly in the pop-culture landscape, as did their self-titled debut album released in May 2015. The girls co-wrote every song on the album, the single was added to QANTAS Inflight entertainment and the music video screened at the UN headquarters in New York. The Sisters are working towards the release of their second video single and album later this year and a six episode ABC iView series. Sombre and sweet, The Sisters epitomise Extraordinary, Inclusive Art. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Ministry for the Arts’ Festivals Australia program. Community workshop being offered on Friday in Albany. See Festival website.

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los car keys sat 3.50pm RSL HAll sun 12.15pm St Leonards This high-fiving fun crew from Denmark are the new kids on the block, albeit in well-worn bodies! Peter Keelan burns his lips on pan pipes, flutes and bombo drum, Barry Heydenrych flailing fingers on guitar and charango, Marie Limondin infuses wildly on violin, Helen Heydenrych moving and grooving with her ukulele and the inimitable Pete Usher on lead vocals and guitar. Together with vocalists Lou Duxbury, Simon Nevile and Nada Dashlooty, they present an original music feast, highly charged with Latin American and African rhythms, played with Denmarkian zest, style and improvisations.

Messer’s Lore

Messer’s Lore are sat 8.45PM denmark hotel an eclectic original sun 9pm rsl hall band who have SEE WORKSHOPS spent the last four years in the deep south of WA honing their own brand of raucous world folk. Comprised of dubious characters James Gentle, Mark Tupman and Mark Gretton, playing retrofretted instruments suited for music in harmonic temperament, they sing their songs that only middle aged dads with a distorted take on reality can deliver. Expect a unique and entertaining show with some dubbed out sonic highs, beltic hoedowns, driving odd time rhythms, three part vocal harmonies and a bit of piracy to boot.

de nada

sat 8.10PM rsl hall sun 8.05pm rsl hall

De Nada are a trio of musicians heavily influenced, by Latin, Mexican, African, Indian and possibly more exotic music. Cathy Fotios, Barry Heydenrich and John Davey blend these influences into a multi instrumental and vocal journey.

Some covers, some originals. Uplifting, fun music to dance, listen and lose yourself in. A mix of rhythm, strings, wind and harmony. Music inspired by many journeys and a love for nature and the beautiful land we live in.

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Small Groups brenda chapman trio

Brenda Chapman is an accomplished singer songwriter with a versatile repetoire that has slowly developed over many years as a performer. She has played at various festivals and venues throughout the state both as a soloist and with her full band. Her album Postcards from Exile was nominated for several songwriting awards. Brenda has a rich, velvety voice and plays a mean guitar. Since moving to Denmark, she has been working on some fresh new material that she’d love to share with you. Joined on stage by some local friends, she will deliver her catchy songs in a way that will make you laugh and cry.

Sat 12.40pM teahouse SUN 1.30PM mrs jones

open road

A new Denmark based musical collaboration featuring accomplished sat 7.30 denmark hotel sun 4.40pm civic centre singer song-writer guitarist SEE WORKSHOPS Pete Usher Peter Usher and seasoned South Coast harmonica player and vocalist Bob Lipinski. Joined by Perth based musician Jarrad Linke the group performs distinctive original acoustic music embodying thoughtful songwriting, upbeat style, clean instrumentation and fresh vocal harmonies.

widdershin

sat 11.15am teahouse sun 3pm mrs jones

Old stories woven into new songs, from far distant lands and just beyond the corner of your eye. Gorgeous harmonies blending with beautiful guitar and cello melodies and more. Fellow Denmarkians Christina Cairns, Kylie Cocking and Linda Bradbury are ‘Widdershin’, dancing the wrong way round the sun (or perhaps it’s the right way) to spin some local, vocal magic.

the lelebirds

Sat 1.45pm chilli lime salt sun 10.30AM mrs jones SEE WORKSHOPS

The Lelebirds are a group of singing-ukulele ladies, who play a varied repertoire of swing, blues and 70’s pop. They harmonise, strum and pick and are accompanied on double Bass. They like to bring a sense of humour and fun to their performances. The group of ladies led by Teresa Hughes, hail from Albany on the South Coast.

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Friday pm

400

civic centre

st leonards

denmark hotel

4.00 - 5.30 act-belong-commit youngest voices spirit of play golden hill steiner school denmark primary school

5.00

6.00

7.00

6.00 - 8.00 act-belong-commit youth concert the baden street singers monty & more (DSHS year 10’s) candy royalle & drama students dshs year 11 band mathas

6.00 - 7.30

bukhu ganburged the giovanni consort

9.00 - 00.00

the endearing y’s libby hammer jazz quartet festival club 7.30 - 10.00 entry with festival ticketgreg bowles blues individual ticket 9.00pmor - midnight the endearing y’s libby hammer jazz quartet

8.00

9.00

8.30 - 9.30 welcome to country: wayne webb dangerous song multimedia version

entry with festival ticket or separate ticket

10.00

concert, entry with weekend /day ticket workshop, entry with weekend /day ticket concert, separate ticket needed free festival fringe

VENUE MAP 1

Festival Hub

Box office, wristband collection, lost & found, general enquiries, CD sales open Thur 10-4pm, Fri 10am-8pm, Sat & Sun 8am-5pm

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Civic Centre

3

St Leonards Church

4

RSL Hall

5

Story Telling Yurt

6

CWA Hall

7

Mrs Jones Café

8

Festival Club

9

Chilli Lime Salt Café

10

Luscious Organic Café

11

Denmark Hotel

4.45 - 5.30

8.10 - 8.55

de nada

9.10 - 10.00 ajak kwai & guests

8.40 - 9.25

kankawa nagarra

9.40 - 10.30

9.00

10.00

equus

voicemale

7.40 - 8.25

7.30 - 8.00

vocal evolution

8.00

7.10 - 7.30

abe nouk

7.00

6.30 - 7.30

kankawa nagarra

5.45 - 6.30

central australian aboriginal women’s choir

6.00

born to sing massed

carolina cordeiro

5.20 - 5.50

5.00

los car keys

born to sing rockingham

4.50 - 5.20

4.30

4.00

aphir

9.20 - 10.15

carolina cordeiro

the giovanni consort

8.35 - 9.15

7.40 - 8.25

craig sinclair

sisters of invention

6.00 - 6.45

5.00 - 5.45

men of the west

3.30 - 4.15

abe nouk

3.05 - 3.25

3.10 - 3.40

working voices

bridges and boundaries

2.20 - 3.00

dangerous song

1.30 - 2.15

the baden street singers

12.30 - 1.00

central australian aboriginal women’s choir

11.30 - 12.30

11.00 - 11.30

lucy ridsdale

10.00 - 10.50

george walley’s story

st leonards

indian blue chorus

3.50 - 4.35

4.05 - 4.50

red sea pedestrian

3.30 - 4.00

lockout

the real sing

3.00

2.00

mathas

2.30 - 3.00

1.30 - 2.15

2.50 - 3.20

1.50 - 2.40

1.30

11.45 - 12.45

sing like a bloke with men of the west

harmony with tangent quartet

10.40 - 11.40

9.30 - 10.30

finding your group’s self with lockout

rsl hall

candy royalle

1.00 - 1.45

poco tutti

11.15 - 12.15

inclusive voices with poco tutti

9.00 - 11.00

the big sing with rachel hore

civic centre

1.00

12.30

12.00

11.30

11.00

10.30

10.00

9.30

9.00

20 tony king

11:00 - 12:00

hymns in harmony church service

7th day adventist church

slap my thighs and call me barbra

3.45 - 4.30

3.00 - 3.45

2.15 - 2.50

the lost quays

aphir

1.30 - 2.15

12.40 - 1.20

brenda chapman trio

11.50 - 12.35

david rawet

widdershin

11.15 - 11.45

10.30 - 11.15

pranava music

10.00 - 10.30

the new roundabouts

hitherto

9.10 - 9.55

teahouse books

the lost quays

11.15 - 12.00

lexie mcgee pants! (and other things)

10.30 - 11.15

voicemale

10.00 - 10.30

7.30 - 10.00 open road messer’s lore

festival club 9PM - midnight

2.00 - 2.45

voices of the forest with donna marie

2.10 - 2.40

lyrics & melody with pete usher (open road)

1.00 - 2.00

the medicine of your own voice with lucy ridsdale

11.30 - 1.00

a sage in sodom with donna jacobs sife

10.30 - 11.30

the spiritually inspired lyric with hitherto

9.30 - 10.30

mongolian throat singing with bukhu ganburged

the lodge

denmark hotel

1.15 - 2.15

creating story for 7-12’s with gertrude wellease

telling the story with george walley

12.15 - 1.15

11.00 - 12.00

harmonic temperament with messer’s lore

9.50 - 10.50

shanties & sea songs with the lost quays

9.00 - 9.45

qi gong with lyndal gallaway

cwa hall

1.30

1.00

12.30

12.00

11.30

11.00

10.30

10.00

9.30

9.00

10.00

mixed mob

9.40 - 10.30 ajak kwai & guests

the giovanni consort

red sea pedestrians

10.00 - 10.30

messer’s lore

de nada

9.00 - 9.45

8.50 - 9.30

8.05 - 8.50

7.10 - 7.55

candy royalle

5.40 - 6.30

5.00 - 5.30

moombaki ensemble

central australian aboriginal women’s choir

4.00 - 5.00

equus

3.10 - 3.55

carolina cordeiro

2.10 - 2.55

1.35 - 2.05

the baden street singers

1.00 - 1.30

keren gila raiter

11.15 - 12.15

sewing a choral tapestry with the giovanni consort

klezmer with red sea pedestrian

10.00 - 11.00

9.00 - 10.00

write, breath, perform! with candy royalle

rsl hall

men of the west

8.00 - 8.45

8.00

9.00

7.00 - 7.50

poco tutti

big sing concert

5.30 - 6.00

open road

4.40 - 5.25

mathas

3.40 - 4.25

one achord

3.00 - 3.30

george walley’s story

2.00 - 2.50

the sisters of invention

1.10 -1.45

11.15 - 12.15

singing & dancing with vocal evolution

the big sing with rachel hore

9.00 - 11.00

civic centre

7.00

6.30

6.00

5.00

4.30

4.00

3.00

2.00

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mixed mob

vocal evolution

9.45 - 10.30

equus

8.55 - 9.40

dangerous song

8.00 - 8.45

vespers with molly black & lucy ridsdale

6.30 - 7.20

kankawa nagarra

5.40 - 6.25

4.45 - 5.30

jones of ark

abe nouk

4.20 - 4.40

aphir

3.00 - 3.45

donna jacobs sife

2.00 - 2.45

lockout

1.30 - 2.00

los car keys

11.20 - 12.10 ajak kwai & abe nouk 12.15 - 1.00

10.30 - 11.10

9.30 - 10.15

joy comes with the dawn church service

st leonards

1.00 - 2.00

2.15 - 3.00

caroline caddy renee pettitt-schipp linda bradbury anna minska

4.30 - 6.30 poetry & wine with

3.00 - 3.45

lucy ridsdale

simon & tammy london

caravan of choirs eklektika, safety in numbers, born to sing massed choir

2.00 - 3.30

uniting church

crafting a song with david rawet

the endearing y’s

1.25 - 2.15

greg bowles

12.00 - 1.00

11.00 - 12.00

fado songs with carolina cordeiro

9.30 - 11.00

story telling with jessie the wind wanderer

cwa hall

singalele with the lelebirds

12.35 - 1.25

leanna shoveller

11.45 - 12.35

mike evergone

10.50 - 11.40

jaya penelope

10.00 - 10.45

teahouse books

battle of the barbershop

11.20 - 11.40

candy royalle

10.50 - 11.20

10.15 - 10.50

men of the west

9.30 - 10.15

slap my thighs & call me barbra

re-opens 9.00pm

painting with the central australian aboriginal women’s choir

1.00 - 3.00

12.30 - 12.50

lucy dougan yann toussaint

festival club

1.00 - 2.00

singing & ringing in the barbershop style with indian blue chorus

11.30 - 1.00

the singers holy grail with gillian parker

10.30 - 11.30

composing country with renee pettitt-schipp

the lodge

STORY TELLING YURT & KIDS PROGRAM

tracing the feathery footprints of the beloved with jaya penelope

12.30 - 1.30

caravans with candy royalle

11.30 - 12.30

tbc

11.30 - 12.00 meet outside yurt captain boots choose your own adventure for 5-9’s

1.15 cwa hall kids workshop: creating story for 7-12’s with gertrude wellease & the chamber of blessings

kids

kids

captain boots roving pirate adventure for 5-9’s

9.15 - 9.45 meet at rsl hall

kids

also: kids program saturday

tbc (see blackboard)

4.30 - 5.30

4.30 - 5.30

tbc (see blackboard)

riding through the forest: baba yaga under the tent with jenny hill

3.30 - 4.30

beneath our feet poems of earth and body with keren gila raiter

3.30 - 4.30

driftwood stories with tealeaf troubadours

2.30 - 3.30

2.30 - 3.30

the elusive nature of justice with donna jacobs sife

ajak kwai

1.30 - 2.30

12.30 - 1.30

under the tent: tales from central asia with jenny hill

under 12’s with jenny hill

1.30 - 2.30 kidsholding up the sky for

11.30 - 12.30

costume, characters & journey of chaos for under 7’s with gertrude wellease

kids

with regi peppin

10.30 - 11.30 ids kweaving & telling stories for 5+

11.00 - 11.30

9.30 - 10:30

imagine that 5+ with donna jacobs sife

10.00 - 11.00

treasure with tealeaf troubadours for 5-12’s

kids

silent meditation - garden room meditation group

8.45 - 9.45 vocal chant/toning with

pranava music

SUNDAY 8.30 - 9.30

SATURDAY

Join story-tellers from far and wide in the magic of our very own Denmark Festival of Voice Story-Telling Yurt. Stories of healing, of social justice, piracy, adventure and faith... ..

Entry by festival wristband or $10 at the door, if places permit.

Kids story-telling sessions are free.

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gertrude wellease

6.20 - 7.00

dna

5.30 - 6.15

4.35 - 5.20

mike evergone

3.40 - 4.25

simon & tammy london

molly black

2.45 - 3.30

1.45 - 2.35

greg bowles

sing for joy mt barker

5.45 - 6.30

moombaki ensemble

5.00 - 5.45

tangent

4.30 - 5.00

3.30 - 4.15

one achord

lowlands beach choir

2.30 - 3.00

1.45 - 2.30

the lelebirds

soundbites

12.50 - 1.35 lexie mcgee

eklektika

12.30 - 1.00

safety in numbers

11.10 - 12.00

10.15 - 11.00

jones of ark

chilli lime salt

saturday

dawn barrington

11.55 - 12.40

tony king

11.15 - 11.45

10.40 - 11.10

the hip hobbits

ruby moon

9.55 - 10.25

danielle flynn

9.00 - 9.45

mrs jones

fff ligaya

moombaki ensemble

11.00 - 11.45

10.30 - 11.00

tuxedo

luscious 9.30 - 10.00

working voices

6.15 - 6.45 tangent

dawn barrington

6.15 - 7.00

leanna shoveller

ligaya

5.30 - 6.15

4.30 - 5.15

tbc

3.45 - 4.30

lowlands beach choir

3.00 - 3.45

2.00 - 2.45

the real sing

tbc

1.20 - 2.00

born to sing rockingham

12.40 - 1.15

11.45 - 12.30

the lost quays

voicemale

11.00 - 11.30

10.30 - 11.00

the hip hobbits

chilli lime salt

5.30 - 6.15

the new roundabouts

4.45 - 5.15

3.45 - 4.30

david rawet

3.00 - 3.30

widdershin

2.15 - 3.00

mary myfanwy

1.30 - 2.10

brenda chapman trio

tuxedo

1.00 - 1.30

hitherto

12.00 - 12.45

ruby moon

11.20 - 12.00

the lelebirds

10.30 - 11.20

pranava music

dna

9.55 - 10.30

9.10 - 9.55

mrs jones

sunday

The Cafés lotterywest free festival fringe

Act-Belong-Commit Youth Program Youngest Voices Concert

Fri 4pm Civic Centre / Free

As always we celebrate the youngest voices of our community by opening the Festival with a primary schools concert:

Spirit of play As part of their music program the children of Spirit of Play have been exploring the many ways we can use our voices. They will share with you a multi-lingual, vocally percussive, dynamic and melodic experience!

Golden Hill Steiner School Golden Hill Steiner School perform a range of songs from Xavier Rudd, Sting and consciousness revolutionary Dub FX. Featuring violins, recorders and ukuleles, their performance will be lively and diverse. There are even rumours of some hip hop rapping...

Denmark Primary School The Denmark Primary School choir is drawn from interested children year’s 4-6. The choir loves to offer songs that bring laughter, tears and get the audience bopping along with their dance moves!

act-belong-commit Youth Concert Fri 6pm Civic Centre / separately ticketed event Candy Royalle, Mathas and The Baden Street Singers have been visiting students in Denmark Senior High School and cooking up some magic. Come and hear the school’s two performance groups – Monty and More and YEAR 11 Band along with these Festival Guests at the Youth Concert.

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lotterywest free festival fringe

caravan of choirs sun 2pm, uniting church, ​South Coast Hwy past Denmark Visitor Centre.

Enjoy the free community concert with Eklektika,Safety in Numbers and Born To Sing Massed Choir.

St Leonard’s Anglican Church Joy Comes With the Dawn Service sun 9.30am People of all traditions are invited to join the community of St Leonard’s and special Festival Guests in welcoming the morning with song - turning sorrow to rejoicing and mourning to dancing. The service ends with a blessing for those heading out to workshops/concerts and is followed by Communion for those who wish to stay.

Vespers service SUN 6.30pm Meditations by candlelight on darkness and light, blending chant traditions and contemporary song, spoken reflections and silence. With Lucy Ridsdale (sonic pilgrim and MA in Ritual Chant and Song) and Molly Black (cavern mystic and existential folk artist); Rev. Sue Lodge-Calvert, and Alison Kershaw.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Hymns in Harmony Sat 11am, Mitchell St. opposite Denmark Primary School Anyone with an interest in singing hymns is welcome to attend. A free “Soup and Buns” lunch follows the event.

VOICES IN THE FOREST

SAT 2pm meet outside lodge with Donna marie Reflective, vibrant, peaceful, inspiring. Denmark’s urban bushland is full of surprises. Nymphs and sprites weave musical chants, Elders exhale poetic passion, while the forest breathes and sings. Meet at The Lodge for a short walk. Wear closed in shoes.

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Massed Voices sat 1pm civic centre sun 7pm civic centre see workshops Founded by Pat Rix in 1997, the 70 strong Tutti Choir is Australia’s first completely inclusive choir and takes its name from the musical term ‘Tutti’, meaning everyone. In 2008 a smaller choir Poco (little) Tutti formed whose singers are leaders within the larger choir. Since 2007 Tutti has grown into a vibrant multi arts organisation, deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti is passionate about supporting talented disabled artists to develop high quality work for international presentation.

One such group is The Sisters of Invention – all long term members of the Tutti Choir. Tutti has also created a number of award winning music-theatre/operatic works and performed accross Australia, the US and Canada. Highlights include performances at World Youth Day, United Nations Day and WOMADelaide.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Ministry for the Arts’ Festivals Australia program.

men of the west (formerly spooky men of the west) We present for your delight and puzzlement, Men of the West. These men have been refining their subtle theatre of pointless grandeur over the past decade, being regulars at the Fairbridge Festival. They picked up a Highly Commended Award at the Adelaide Fringe in 2014.

A variety of acapella songs ranging from the haunting beauty of ancient Georgian table singing to original songs of the quotidian rituals and trials of being a man in today’s world... They aim to extend your expectations of a men’s choral group. ‘gentle and sad, even sweet, but also powerful and unmistakeably male’.

The evolution of men is a strange and wonderful thing.

Sat 3.30pm st leonards (Georgian songs) sun 8pm civic centre sun 1o.15pm festival club SEE WORKSHOPS 24

rachel hore - the Big sing

A much-loved teacher of choral singing in Australia, Rachel Hore OAM has been performing and teaching for over 25 years. Rachel has conducted several large choral events for over 500 voices, including Under One Sky (with the African Children’s Choir, Sydney children’s choir and Gondwana voices) the Woodford Festival Fire Choir, National Folk Festival Choir and Melbourne Millennium Chorus. Rachel is organiser of Big Sing in the Desert, a choral event for Indigenous and non- indigenous singers near Alice Springs. She has led numerous singing and cultural tours to Fiji, Bali, Holland and Italy, where big sing concert sun 5.30pm civic centre songs and performances are shared.

SEE WORKSHOPS

vocal evolution sat 7.40pm civic Centre sun 9.45pm st leonards SEE WORKSHOPS Vocal Evolution Presents: How to Succeed in Love… Without Really Trying.

A non stop vocal ‘tour de force’ in love, passion, romance and comedy.

The lost quays Like so much flotsam & jetsam that had been adrift on the musical sea for far too long, talented vocal runaways and refugees came ashore and accumulated beneath the cliffs of maritime tradition. Salt encrusted shanties began to appear near the Quay of Sea and clutter the previously pristine sand. Locals complained about the unholy sounds emanating from amongst the driftwood and detritus as these undesirables “rediscovered their cultural roots”. Many voiced their concern that symptoms such as rhythmic stomping and growling may well be contagious! Their call drew a response from the local council and a clean up was attempted. Despite this wave of ethics cleansing the “Lost Quays” (as they came to call themselves), continue to flourish in hard to reach spots and stay true to both of the dearly treasured sea shanty themes.

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sat 2.15pm teahouse sun 11.45am chilli lime salt sun 11.15pm festival club SEE WORKSHOPS

Massed Voices continued voicemale

Voicemale, herded by Digby Hill, is a bunch of blokes who hail in and from Fremantle. Voicemale attack the musical register in a manner from which it it not likely to recover. If musical aptitude is measured by energy emanating off the stage, and skill is a type of saw, then Voicemale have it in spades, hammers and drills. Hearing protection and other personal protective equipment advisable.

sat 7.30pm rsl hall sat 10pm festival club sun 11am chilli lime salt

Eklektika sat 12.30pm chilli lime salt sun 2pm uniting church

A rambunctious, sometimes over – ambitious, spirited and mostly tuneful mob, their song choices are as varied as their name suggests. From anthems to African, folk to funk, from reggae to rock and ballads to baroque, they appreciate the transformational and healing effects of both singing and listening in community. New members are welcomed regardless of experience.

one achord

One Achord is a Community Choir for anyone who loves to sing, no audition required. Under the direction of Gillian Parker, we sing both A Cappella and accompanied four part harmonies from many genres, including popular music from the last few decades. One Achord love audience participation so be prepared to join in the fun!!

sat 3.30pm chilli lime salt sun 3pm civic centre

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Lowlands beach Choir When they are not growing organic vegetables, milking cows, building websites, installing solar systems, teaching, drumming and having a good ol’ time at Lowlands Beach, this eclectic group love to gather at sundown under the guidance of their glorious choir master Jude Iddison and sing their little hearts out. They sing in a wide range of genres including songs from Macedonian, Africa, Bob Dylan, the Renaissance period and original arrangements by Rachel Hore, Carl Pannuzzo and Jude Iddison, with added rhythm and fun . . . coz that is what it is all about. sat 2.30pm chilli lime salt sun 3pm chilli lime salt

the baden street singers The Baden Street Singers formed out of Vocal Evolution to create a mixed group of singers to explore different genres of A cappella.

The group just returned from the Barbershop Harmony Australia contest in Melbourne and placed first in the Youth Chorus contest, beating Nationally acclaimed Festival Statesmen Youth chorus, winners of Ausaca 2014.

FRI 6PM Civic centre (ticketed) sat 12.30pm st leonards sun 1.35pm rsl hall

the real sing

sat 4.05pm civic centre sun 2pm chilli lime salt

The Real Sing is an a cappella choir comprising of soprano, alto, tenor and baritone/bass sections, who has built a strong reputation as a musically skilled and entertaining ensemble. They are a polished group of singers and performers with a repertoire drawn from a broad range of musical genres and styles including jazz, pop and gospel.

working voices

For more than 25 years the Working Voices choir has been singing about sat 3.10pm rsl hall the issues – about climate sun 6.15pm chilli lime salt change, reconciliation, refugee rights and struggles of working people around the world.

Dubbed ‘the feisty angels’ we sing at rallies, marches and festivals and we are joined at Denmark Festival of Voice this year by our new conductor Raelene Bruinsma.

indian blue chorus sat 2.30pm rsl hall SEE WORKSHOPS Indian Blue Chorus is a 50+ voice women’s barbershop chorus located in Perth’s northern suburbs. Relatively ‘new’ to the Western Australian barbershop scene, the chorus is committed to sharing our passion for singing this wonderful artform with our audience. The chorus will sing a collection of songs, including traditional ‘barbershop’ ballads & uptunes, some Australian repertoire and a selection of songs inspired

by Disney… all arranged in 4-part a cappella barbershop style!

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Massed Voices continued safety in numbers sat 11.10am chilli lime salt sun 2pm uniting church

sing for joy Mt Barker sat 5.45pm chilli lime salt

Safety in Numbers Choir celebrates its 20th birthday this year. The choir began in 1996 under the direction of Teresa Hughes, with a small group of keen singers meeting weekly in Teresa’s lounge room. Today the choir numbers around 50 singing a range of styles and genres in four part harmony.

The choir has a rich warm sound and regularly performs in concerts and community events, raising funds for local organizations and charities. The choir is accompanied on piano by Janet Austin.

The community members of Sing for Joy Mount Barker simply love to create beautiful harmonies and to sing together. They sing songs with contagious rhythms and lyrics that will have you singing and clapping along in no time.

born to sing massed choir sat 5.20pm civic centre sun 2 pm uniting church The Born To Sing choirs (with an age range of between 12 & 80+) welcome all non-singers, shower singers, park singers, car singers, air guitar singers and actual singers. The choirs do not have any religious affiliations but sing songs from the heart that engender goodwill, raise self-esteem and help you lose the blues. The repertoire includes gospel, 60s & 70s, uplifting songs, short classical pieces and anything that moves the soul.

born to sing Rockingham

sat 4.50pm civic centre sun 12.40pm chilli lime salt

The Born To Sing Rockingham choir is one of the choirs that Martin Meader directs under the Born To Sing banner. The choir has a wide repertoire. The choir meets once a week, has a wonderful community spirit, sings some beautiful harmonies and follows Rule Number Six, from The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Zander.

overwhelmed???

How to do a festival - the relaxing way:

a) choose who you want to see and circle them and then cruise it for the rest; b) find a venue you love and hang out there; c) drop the program, just remember where the venues are and then...float.

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Solos & Duos Aphir is the solo electronic-choral project of Melbournite Becki Whitton. Drawing on premodern vocal styles such as William Byrd’s masses, Becki becomes her own glitch-infused choir on stage, singing her multi-layered vocal compositions into the cathedral of her loop station. Aphir’s debut, selfproduced album, Holodreem, was launched in January 2015, and she has since toured the release overseas to the UK and Austria, as well as to Australia’s National Folk Festival in Canberra. sat 1.30pm teahouse sat 5pm st leonards sun 3pm st leonards

aphir GREG BOWLES

fri 7.30pm denmark hotel sat 1.45pm mrs jones sun 12.35pm teahouse

sat 11am st leonards sun 3pm teahouse sun 6.30pm st leonards (vespers) SEE WORKSHOPS

Toe-tapping Australian singer and multi-instrumentalist Greg Bowles celebrates a spirited spectrum of authentic 1920s and ‘30s blues music. Greg accompanies himself on guitar and slide guitar as well as clawhammer banjo and mandolin in order to freshen up traditional blues melodies and rhythms and spellbind modern audiences through vibrant live performances and recordings. His emotionally-charged, authentic blues singing style punctuates his intuitive interpretations that show years of immersion in the blues and an infectious passion for the genre.

LUCY RIDSDALE

Winter’s Harvest: Songs of Darkness and Light... Drawing on diverse traditions honouring our passage through the dark time of the year, Lucy Ridsdale will take you on a journey in and down, a journey of descent where we discover that it is in the deep dark where the seed of light is planted. Close your eyes and open your ears to this rich musical terrain of Gregorian chant, Irish traditional song, Byzantine ritual song and other sacred world vocal traditions.

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Solos & Duos LEXIe MCGEE sat 12.50pm mrs jones sat 10.30pm Festival club A magical storybook about the intimate lifestyle choices of magical creatures, the fluidity of gender diversity, and the cultural significance of your child’s haircut.

A love child of confusion, Lexie McGee sprung fully formed from the loins of a glitter encrusted children’s pantomime and the underbelly of a gin-soaked burlesque club. After spending years crafting her silly-face-making skills and contrary folk-comedia anthems, Lexie has emerged with a glitter and sequin-encrusted EP presenting the songs of her people (and other species). With soulful strumming and flawless flailing, Lexie McGee lovingly assaults your emotions with manipulatively heart-wrenching chords and a delicately honeyed voice entangled with hilariously subtle lyrics that will ensure a liberal dose of thwarted expectations and cognitive confusion. Lexie McGee will have you in fits of giggles while transporting you to a fantastical world filled with fantastical creatures, naughty bits and bad haircuts.

mary myfanwy sun 2.15pm mrs jones This young singer – songwriter delivers a warm, intimate performance of originals and popular covers from folk and country through to sultry blues and jazz.

Craig Sinclair crafts original folk songs, filled with characters that almost come to life, and framed by a lyrical fingerstyle guitar sound.

Since appearing on the folk scene nearly ten years ago, Craig has been a fixture on the WA folk circuit. Relocation, other musical projects and plain old life has led to something of a hiatus, but this year sees Craig returning to his roots as a solo artist. With five years worth of new songs, and a few nods to the past. This rare solo shows will be sure to rekindle old flames.

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continued Denmark locals Tony King and Cathy Fotios, both accomplished musicians and vocalists, have come together to form The New Roundabouts, focussing on what they like to call countdown classics, playing songs from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, with their own flavour and beautiful harmonies. Music to hummmmm along to, sing along to, and take a trip down your favourite musical memory lane.

Sat 10am teahouse sun 4.45pm mrs jones

the new roundabouts

sat 4.35pm mrs jones sun 10.50am teahouse

Mike Evergone

Evergone, a local acoustic duet from Denmark, is the project of award winning songwriter Mike Sukys. Evergone is a storytelling band using life’s experiences of love, hope, fear and doubt which is then translated through their music and lyrics. Catchy hooks, memorable melodies, loop pedals, percussion and unforgettable choruses make Evergone an experience music lovers will never forget.

Simon and tammy london She sounds like Emmylou.

He bites with gravel blues.

The endearing y’s The Endearing Y’s are a quirky jazz duo offering quirky interpretations of classic songs.

The sultry singing combined with crafty guitar work makes for a tasty listening treat. Playful.

Theatrical. Engaging. Sassy.

SEE WORKSHOPS

Harmonies and chemistry unlike any other.

sat 3.40pm mrs jones sun 2.15pm teahouse

FRi 9.15pm festival club sun 1.25pm teahouse

gertrude wellease sat 6.20pm mrs jones sun 11.30am free kids program at the yurt see WORKSHOPS Original songs and storytelling with the crew from the Chamber of Blessings – be ready to be engaged.

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hitherto

Solos & Duos

Performing a mix of pre-loved and original songs, in a style that has been described as punk-jazz with a twist of Celtic folk… Max and Jodi take classic songs and rework them keeping only the essence of the original. Since teaming up with Jodi, he finds he likes to play jazz songs in tunings they shouldn’t be played in, on an electric guitar plugged into an acoustic amp. Jodi, predominantly a vocalist performing acapella, jazz and gospel, has dusted off her guitar and is embarking on a new journey of musical discovery.

david rawet

sat 9.10Am Teahouse sun 12pm Mrs jones SEE WORKSHOPS

MOLLY BLACK

Lightness and darkness infuse David Rawet’s songs. Lyrics and music are alternately tender, austere and ironic; fingerpicking yields to raw sound and emotion, with straight and blues harmonica providing counterpoint.

Expect tales of love, journeys to strange destinations, and an invitation to walk in someone else’s shoes. sat 11.5oam teahouse sun 3.45pm mrs jones SEE WORKSHOPS

sat 2.45pm mrs jones sun 6.30pm st leonards (vespers) Singer-songwriter Molly Black plays genre-bending acoustic folk-rock with gutsy vocals, sometimes-delicate guitar and soul force. Her self imaginaries balance somewhere in between a prophetess in the wilderness, abandoning the ideologies born of comfort in order to seek her truth in the desert, a cow-girlesque hunter of sacred cow and a little girl poking her face out from a flowerbed of pansies.

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RUBY MOON Ruby is a singer-songwriter from the lovely town of Denmark. She caught the music bug in 2014 when she bought her first ukulele.

Ruby Moon is joined by fellow music student Josey Price. They share a passion for creating and inspiring through their music, which is a unique mix of light, happy ukulele and haunting folk, with catchy melodies and undertones of love. They bring together their original songs in this sweet indie folk duo... The Pixie Chicks.”

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DnA

Dawn Barrington sat 11.55am mrs jones a Denmark sun 5.30pm chilli lime salt based musician is a solo acoustic act. She writes carefully crafted lyrics to accompany melodies with catchy choruses. Her songs usually tell stories and it’s clear she has a social conscience. However, despite the serious nature of her songs she manages to lighten the mood with her fun disposition and loves to have fun on stage by including the audience in her act.

sat 5.30pm mrs jones sun 9.10am mrs jones David McKenzie and Andi Adams sing about love and loss and learning lessons, over interweaving rhythmic and melodic instrumental lines. DnA’s music uses alternate guitar tunings to obtain a full acoustic sound.

danielle flynn “Raw, earthy & soul drenched – like an uncut diamond” (Tammy London)

sat 9am mrs jones

TONY KING

As heard on ABC local radio’s ‘The Tony King song challenge’, it’s me, Tony King and my overthought blend of reluctant country and middle-aged man-strum. Come see me strum C, G, sometimes D, and avoid bar chords by changing capo position between each song. I will sing you hastily crafted songs about love, loss, the loss of love, and the love of loss. I am often refered to as “Denmark’s finest”. You will leave my gig thinking “Denmark’s finest what?”.

sat 11.15am mrs jones sat 3pm teahouse

Pranava music sat 8.45am THE yurt (chanting) sat 10.30am teahouse sun 9.55am mrs jones 33

Original songs by Michael Costin inspired by the South Coast about whales, country, life, love, and and nourish the soul.

Workshops a-z

Bukhu Ganburged - Mongolian Throat Singing

Explore the wonders of traditional and contemporary mongolian throat singing and the horse fiddle.

Sat 9.30am the lodge

Candy Royalle - Write Breathe Perform This is a workshop facilitated by internationally acclaimed writer and performance artist Candy Royalle.

Designed specifically for festival goers it has been facilitated at festivals both nationally and internationally.

It is designed to help both emerging and established writers of poetry, storytelling and/or song, create new work and engage an audience. The workshop focuses on creative development from a place of vulnerability, the building of confidence and the exploration of the ethics of artists. Shades of Silence is a vocal improvisation workshop focusing on listening, breathing, and sounding experimenting with vocal expression that sits outside of the context of singing and speaking like vocal percussion, breath movement, vocal textures and vibrations, and the acoustic property of the site. Explore improvisation from duo to group. sun 9am rsl Hall

Jesse The Wind Wanderer - Storytelling Storytelling is an intrinsic part of being human. We think in stories, we tell each other stories about what happened yesterday and when we teach with stories our students remember. This workshop will focus on trusting this innate ability first, and then assisting your imagination to fill a story structure second. This is a hands on workshop incorporating elements of writing, acting, improvisation and therapeutic storytelling. sun 9.30am cwa Hall

Carolina Cordeiro - Fado Songs Sing songs of lost love, tragedy and longing in the Fado tradition. Carolina Cordeiro will introduce these intoxicating and emotional songs that developed in the taverns of Lisbon, Portugal, where they say if no one cries when you sing Fado then there was no point in singing in first the place. sun 11am cwa Hall

David Rawet - Crafting A Song Whether a first timer or long timer learning how to write a song is never over. Putting words and music together is both art and science founded in inspiration and honed by hard work. In this workshop the construction of lyrics is explored along with the many options of accompaniment. Three chords or thirty, anything can work so long as it hangs together - this is the essence of the songwriting. You may bring pen, paper, and instruments - or just come along as you are. Expect to join with others in the challenge as you attempt to create that most elusive of things: the perfect song! sun 1pm cwa hall

Donna Jacobs Sife - A Sage In Sodom For those who want to make a difference. For therapists, teachers of character education and religion, and political and social activists. After Donna’s work in South Africa , Israel and Palestine telling and working with troubled communities– this workshop is to share stories and resources, to learn techniques and exercises, and how to use the stories for transformation.

Sat 11.30am the lodge

George Walley - Telling The Story Songs in Noongar language. The origins of Song. A conversation with the audience. sat 12.15pm cwa hall 34

Gertrude Wellease & The Chamber Of Blessings - Creating Story Watch our for Demelza and Gertrude as they ramble through the festival. They have a story to tell, costumes to share and songs to sing. Come and create a story at this lively workshop. Ideal for 7-12 years olds and parents.

Sat 1.15pm cwa hall

Gillian Parker - The Singers Holy Grail What can I do to sing like Beyonce? How does Bruno Mars sing so high but not sound like he’s in falsetto?

How can I get stronger in my upper range? Why does my voice get so tired? How can I increase my range? Gillian is an accredited teacher in the IVA technique, which helps people to sing in a free and natural manner, smoothly, from the bottom of the range to the top with no breaks or sudden changes in quality. Training in this technique helps improve a singer’s range, endurance, stamina, breath control, resonance, vocal strength and vocal quality across all styles of music without fatigue or damage to the voice. Everyone will get a chance to experience the tools for themselves and hear the way they can correct issues quickly and easily. Also check Ligaya buskin around town...

Sun 11.30am the lodge

Hitherto - The Spiritually Inspired Lyric Looking at the songs of Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave and Patti Smith. In this workshop whilst examining the lyrics of these great writers, we explore the idea of a trans-personal ‘muse’, and how we might attune to it.

It will involve both a conversation between participants and a teaching process.

Sat 10.30am the lodge

Indian Blue Chorus - Singing & Ringing In The Barbershop Style If you have ever wondered what ‘barbershop’ is all about, this workshop will introduce you to the fundamentals of this exciting a cappella artform! You’ll also find out that singing barbershop is not just about ‘ringing those chords’. Good barbershop is based on the fundamentals in all great singing! This workshop will explore these key components - alignment, breathing, phonation, resonance and articulation.

Participants will be given the ‘tools’ to be able to take this information away and apply it to any singing genre. There will also be an opportunity to experience ‘barbershop’, singing some ‘tags’ with Indian Blue Chorus. sun 1pm the lodge

Lockout - Finding Your Group’s ‘Self’ Knowing your group identity is one of the most important and helpful activities you can do. More important than buying matching shirts and coming up with a name! It can actually help you with those choices.

It will also help with Repertoire Selection, Gig selection, Marketing, Performance Style, Delivery and Development. Lockout will walk you through how they discovered their identity and provide other examples that may come as a surprise.

Sat 9.30am rsl hall

Lyndal Gallaway - Energy Enhancement With Qi Gong Lyndal has been practicing and teaching varios aspects of health and wellness for over 30 years incl.

Qi Gong, Yoga, Massage, Bowen Technique, Shiatsu and Stress Management. Connect, capture and celebrate Chi/Qi of life...joyful energising practice to start the day!

Sat 9am cwa hall 35

Workshops a-z

Lucy Ridsdale - The Medicine Of Your Own Voice

French audiologist Alfred Tomatis wrote that “the human body is a singing body, and within it, all is song and harmony, attuned to the very song of creation.” Come along to Lucy’s workshop to explore different traditions in which your voice, your own wonderful voice, just as it is, is understood to be a strong and beautiful medicine for your own heart and life. Held in a warm, safe and unconditionally encouraging environment, this is a workshop for all, and maybe especially for those who feel a bit vulnerable, for so many of us have experienced wounding of our relationship with our own voice. sat 1pm the lodge

Men Of The West - Sing Like A Bloke Join theses Men in their den and discover some of the inner secrets and machinations of what it takes to be a Man of the West. Georgian Table Songs, demeanor and beard grooming are just some of the topics to be crossed. Open to blokes of all genders, this workshop has proved immensely popular with women for reasons that are still being studied. sat 11.45am rsl hall

Messer’s Lore - Harmonic Temperament The workshop is designed to introduce participants to the sweet sound and concept of harmonic temperament – music made in accordance with the the physical laws of sound deriving intervals from the harmonic series as opposed to dividing the octave into twelve equal steps as done in western music equal temperament.The workshop discusses the theory behind it, demonstrates the difference with aural examples, shows participants instruments designed and modified to play in harmonic temperament and finishes off teaching participants a song they can sing/play along with. sat 11am cwa hall

Pete Usher (Open Road) - Lyrics and Melody Pete Usher offers some practical tips for all songwriters. The workshop focuses on nurturing creative songwriting conditions, lyrical composition and structure with emphasis on ways to link words and music to create strong and engaging original songs. sat 2.10pm the lodge

Poco Tutti - Inclusive Voices Poco Tutti ( a little bit of all of us) has a passion for singing that connects with all ages, backgrounds, abilities and cultures. Our inclusive workshop is a great way to loosen up your voice and be part of the glorious sound of many different voices. Whether beginner or experienced singer, there is a place for you as we explore improvisation, harmony and arrangements in ways that heighten creativity and unlock your inner Beyoncé or Pavarotti. Hand drummers and percussionists welcome. sat 11.15am civic centre

Rachel Hore - The Big Sing The Big Sing is at the heart of the Denmark Festival of Voice! It’s the wonderful tradition of the coming together of a hundred or so voices for the sheer joy of communal song. Come to the workshops with our guest amazing choir director Rachel Hore and learn some new songs along with your fellow Festival friends. Then perform at the Big Sing Final Concert on Sunday afternoon. sat 9am & sun 9am civic centre

Red Sea Pedestrians - Yiddish Sing And Dance-Along We will teach a song in three part harmony, and will also teach some dances. sun 10aM RSL hall 36

Renee Pettitt-Schipp - Composing Country This workshop is designed to inspire both novice and experienced writers to compose creative works (e.g. poems, song lyrics, prose) about places they love. Participants will be exposed to a variety of writers and poets, including Tim Winton, Michael Leunig, Caroline Caddy, Bill Neidjie and Mark Tredinnick, as well as given insight into Renee’s own process, to help scaffold and stimulate the imagination. Participants will then respond to a unique landscapes they feel connected to, learning and sharing their creative process with each other as people feel comfortable. It is hoped this session will help those who attend to celebrate and connect even more deeply with the environment, history and people of where they live..

Sun 10.30AM the lodge

Tangent Quartet - Sing In Four-Part Harmony In No Time This workshop will walk you through different ways of building harmonies from the bottom up; make three new friends and come away with a quartet of your own! sat 10.40am rsl hall

The Govanni Consort - Sewing A Choral Tapestry The Giovanni Consort, led by Hugh Lydon, presents a workshop examining the mechanics of Renaissance choral music, and Victoria’s Missa O Magnum Mysterium. Looking at the source material, we will investigate how Victoria, and other Renaissance composers, interwove melodic material to form a polyphonic masterpiece. We will isolate and combine the individual musical parts culminating in a performance of the finished material. Hugh Lydon is Head of Music at John Septimus Roe, Anglican Community School and is a part time lecturer at The School of Music, UWA. Hugh is active as a singer and conductor with Perth’s leading vocal ensembles including The Giovanni Consort and St George’s Consort. His particular area of expertise lies in music of the renaissance period. sun 11.15am rsl hall

The Lelebirds - Singalele The Lelebirds will lead a Singalele session; bring along your ukulele and sing along to well loved songs from a range of musical eras and genres. Some time will be given to chord progressions and chord shapes. You may like to just bring your voice and add luscious harmonies. Song charts can be emailed prior to the workshop but otherwise will be projected on a screen.

Sun 12pm Cwa hall

The Lost Quays - Shanties & Sea Songs Not enough shanties and sea songs in your life? Feel an urge to chant and sway in unison without actually joining a cult? Well, we may have just the thing you are looking for! Come along to the Lost Quays workshop and sing your heart out as you rediscover your (or somebody else’s) roots. The Lost Quays will lead you gently toward your inner, salt encrusted, sea shanty singing self, prising the barnacles from each vocal fold, as we sail once again, the ocean of half forgotten songs.

SAT 9.50am cwa hall

Vocal Evolution - Singing AND Dancing?

Vocal Evolution’s Presentation team will take you on a tour of how they get physical. From conception to execution, deliberate stillness to full blown kick lines, you will see how it all comes together... or sometimes doesn’t.

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We'’ve got something to sing about!

Western Australia’s major choral association Voice Moves (WA Inc) was f´rmed in October 1998 and incorporated in May 1999 as a not-for-profit association to:

- support and encourage networking among choirs and singers in WA

-promote community involvement in singing

-assist in the development of skills and abilities for choirs and singers

-sponsor singing and choir activities

-provide public liability insurance for choirs

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