Information current as at MARCH 2018

Jane Bashiruddin, Administrator, 0447 238 432

Choir's Email Address: music.basilica@bigpond.com

Choir's Website: www.musicatthebasilica.org.au/windfire-choir/

Vision statement / Artistic goals: To sing high quality choral music in and around Geelong, at a high standard

Voice type: SATB

Choir performs: Both accompanied & unaccompanied

Year Choir formed: 2013

No. of Singing Members - Currently: 33 Desired: 40

Musical Repertoire: Classical choral music

Musical Director: Rick Prakhoff

No. of years in current post: since 2013

Previous musical experience: Rick Prakhoff is a freelance conductor with a repertoire of over 20 operas, operattas and musical theatre works and an extensive orchestral and choral repertoire; he has conducted major works, including Bach's St Matthew Passion with the Melbourne Bach Choir and the Geelong Chorale; Rick was appointed Lecturer In Conducting at the Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne where he also conducts the Faculty Of Music Choir comprising 160-240 students; he has conducted extensively with Melbourne Opera, was Chorus Master and back stage conductor for Opera Australia in Perth, and has conducted Gertrude Opera (The Opera Studio Melbourne), Stopera (Canberra), the Street Theatre (Canberra) in conjunction with the Australian National University, and OperaLive (Melbourne); Rick is the founding Musical Director of the Melbourne Bach Choir; he was recently appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Zelman Symphony

Choir's past collaborations with other musical groups: Joint performance with the Geelong Youth Choir, ensembles and soloists

Audition: No

Minimum Attendance policy - Rehearsals: Yes Concerts: Yes

Membership Fees: $50 per concert

Ability to read music: Highly desirable

Sight-reading ability: Highly desirable

Av. No. of rehearsals/week: 1

Usual rehearsal night(s): Wednesday

Suburb: Geelong CBD

Rehearsal venue: St Mary's Basilica

Off-street parking: Yes

Performance Apparel: Ladies: Black long or three-quarter sleeve tops, black long pants or floor-length skirts, black stockings and black closed toe shoes; Men: Black long sleeve shirts and black trousers, black socks and shoes; no jeans, no ties

Av. No. of Concert Programs/year: 2

Av. No. of Performances/year: 2

Sample of the Choir's past Concert Venues: St Mary of the Angels Basilica and St Paul's Anglican Church (Geelong)

Examples of musical pieces performed: Via Crucis - Way of the Cross (Liszt), Te Deum (Charpentier), Magnificat (Vivaldi), Coronation Mass and Sparrow Mass (Mozart), Requiem (Rutter), Wachet Auf (Bach); in addition, the Windfire Choir has commissioned and performed works by Geelong composer, Malcolm John (Windfire, Five Days Old)

Touring: No

Administration / Governance arrangements for the Choir: Management Committee of 3 members

Types of Committees: As above

Own collection of music scores: Some

Available for hire to other groups: Yes

Hiring fees apply: Yes