St David’s Day Concert
Celebrating Faleiry’s 30 years as Musical Director
- Victoria Welsh Choir
- Alexander Theatre
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
Monash University Clayton Campus
$25 - $60
Past Event
The program will be drawn from the rich musical tradition of Wales with hymns in Welsh and English as well as Celtic songs, all sung in beautiful four-part male harmony.
The concert will be conducted by Welsh-born and Welsh-speaking Faleiry Koczkar OAM, and accompanied by the incomparable Lorna Ogilvie.
After 30 years as Musical Director, Faleiry will bow out after this huge celebratory concert at Alexander Theatre. All retired choristers and their families, and all those who have supported the choir over many years, are invited to be part of what will be a wonderful and emotional farewell.
Melbourne’s own female group Bhán Tré will again join Vic Welsh for this concert.
BHÁN TRÉ
Female Celtic Group
One of the first all-female Celtic bands in Melbourne, founded in 1997. The band comprises Irish-born Geraldine Davis (vocals, guitar, bodhran, bouzouki), Bendigonian Sue Foley (vocals, bodhran, tin whistle) and Beechworth-based Rebecca Humphreys (vocals, fiddle). Sue is the main organiser of the Melbourne Celtic Festival on St Patrick’s Day 17 March when they will be appearing with the cream of the local Celtic music scene.