The Twenty Twenty vision for The Folk Choir!

Hi singers and lovers of folk music,
Welcome to another fine year of singing in harmony and community spirit. The Folk Choir's new term runs 6 February - 2 April, and this term we are starting some great new songs, including the traditional Byker Hill (from Northumberland) and The Ashgrove (Welsh tune, sung in English). We are looking forward to new chorus songs, and we're starting another song that leads us down the rabbit hole of history: Harriet Tubman, by Holly Near.

Join us for a sing soon!

Wow! Our annual concert is this Sunday!

Incredibly, it is time for our yearly party with Brisbane Celtic Fiddle Club. It's our final gig of a busy year which included shows at Neurum Creek Music Festival and at The Bug Acoustic Music Club, and after this concert we are going to sing a lot of chorus songs and older repertoire and just relax into singing at our remaining five choir rehearsals.

But for this Sunday, let us take you on a journey through our most polished stories and harmonies. And we're all looking forward to hearing Fiddle Club's gorgeous tunes, collaborating on a song with them, and having afternoon tea!

News Flash! The Folk Choir will be performing at Neurum Creek Festival!

Come and hear a set of our latest and our most loved songs including Unst Boat Song, Leave Her Johnny and two other songs about Johnny....!
We are playing on Sunday 15 September on the main stage at 11am.
Here is a link to the Neurum Creek Festival website:
http://www.neurumcreekfestival.com/

See you there!

New term starts on Thursday 25 July.

We are starting our Midwinter to Spring term, and working on a set of great songs which we will perform at The Bug on October 22.

It's going to be great, hop in!

It's the end of the Autumn term. And what a term!

We have worked hard at some complicated arrangements and now all our simpler songs feel a lot easier! Huge thanks to George Papavgeris for welcoming us to sing his song "Johnny Don't Go Walking With The Fishes", which we have thoroughly enjoyed. Nicole put the chorus arrangement together for the Bribie Island choir camp early in the year, and completed the verse arrangements especially for The Folk Choir.

We are now at the end of the term. After the rehearsal on Thursday 4 July, we have two weeks off, then we're back into it on Thursday 25 July, preparing for our feature spot performing at The Bug Music Club on 22 October.

Here are some lovely pictures of us at The Peer Sing in June, with thanks to Rosalind Perry.

The Folk Choir in 2019

Last Term for 2018 starts on Thursday 11 October - and what a term!

It's time to come back and sing! New term starts on Thursday 11 October, 7.15pm - 8.45pm, and runs for 9 weeks.

It's going to be an action-packed term. Here are the events coming up:
11 October - Term starts
13 October - for choir members who have volunteered - first Toowoomba rehearsal for Queensland Music Festival show Voices of Remembrance.
20 October - we are performing in the Peer Sing, New Farm School, 1 - 4pm, drinks afterwards.
8/9 November - for choir members who have volunteered - final rehearsals and performance at the Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, of Voices of Remembrance.
11 November - The Folk Choir is performing at the State Library of Queensland for the Picnic for Peace. Celebration starts at 10am on Maiwar Green. We are performing at 2.45pm for 35 minutes. Invite everyone!
25 November - our end of year concert in collaboration with Brisbane Celtic Fiddle Club - FLYING FIDDLES AND SOARING VOICES. 3pm, Red Hill Community Sports Club, 22 Fulcher Road.
Invite absolutely everyone! And share our poster!