Hastings Choristers & visiting youth choir Young Voices of Melbourne performed in a special concert on Saturday 29 March at McKillop Senior College hall Port Macquarie.
INTO THE SKY was a great concert but one with a difference.....lights out to celebrate Earth Hour.
Mark O'Leary, conductor of Young Voices of Melbourne, was thrilled at the prospect of a candlelight concert and was not disappointed - "it was a wonderfully atmospheric evening and it was great to be part of it" he said.
Visiting American composer & master Hammer Dulcimer player Malcolm Dalglish was on tour with the Young Voices of Melbourne and had eagerly anticipated his first visit to Port Macquarie.
The audience enjoyed a special Saturday evening full of Malcolm's wonderful folk music - all original compositions.
A professional pianist and percussionist accompanied the singers along with Malcolm on Hammer Dulcimer.
Local choirs who participated thoroughly enjoyed working with the repertoire and guaranteed local music lovers a concert with a difference - brim full of fabulous folk music with a strong environmental theme.
