Geoffrey said the announcement is now spurring interest in singing in the Bega Valley. The choir will join other choristers from all over the world who form part of the Distinguished Concerts Singers International group.įor the choir members, the invitation came as a surprise. The choir is set to perform on March 7, 2016, with the group travelling to the USA a week before to sightsee and go to rehearsals.
"Of course I thought, 'here's a spam', and was about to delete it, but it followed through with a couple of phone calls and it looks like we're off to New York early next year." "I just woke up one morning and got an email from somebody in New York saying they'd seen our YouTube clip, and would we like to perform a similar piece in New York in Carnegie Hall. "It came as a bit of a shock," Heartsong Choir's Geoffrey Badger said.
The choir has been invited by the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) organisation to participate in a performance of composer Ola Gjeilo's Sunrise Mass at Carnegie Hall. The grand Midtown Manhattan venue has seen countless world-famous performers grace its stage over its 124-year history - from Jascha Heifetz to Gustav Mahler and Sergei Rachmaninoff.īut come March next year, the venue's management will be able to add one more name to its list: Bega's Heartsong Choir. In the glitzy world of entertainment, New York City's Carnegie Hall is considered by many musicians to be the 'holy grail' of performance halls.
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