MonUCS

Join Monash University Choral Society as they present Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, the tale of Nanki-Poo, the 2nd trombone with a secret identity, Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo’s love and the little maid from school, Ko Ko, Yum-Yum’s guardian, betrothed, and Lord High Executioner, Pooh-Bah, the person with more titles than sense, Katisha, Nanki-Poo’s betrothed, and, of course, the Mikado himself! Semi-staged and with a modern twist, …if intrigue with more than a hint of hilarity is your cup of tea, then this is the operetta for you!

Starring:
Jessica Carrascalão Heard as Yum-Yum
Jen Cattermole as Pitti-Sing
Eloise Wilmann as Peep-Bo
Ollie NcLean as Nanki-Poo
Alex Lewis as Pooh-Bah
Paul Deakin as The Mikado
Rohan Wilksch as Ko-Ko
JJ Edmonson as Katisha
Bron Gondwana as Pish-Tush

Conducted by Patrick Burns, and accompanied by Nina Ding

8PM Friday September 10
St Scholastica’s Community Centre
348 Burwood Hwy, Bennettswood
Tickets: $20/$15 (conc)
Bookings: 0437 595 220, or monucs.committee@gmail.com

Come join us as we celebrate the centenary of Vaughan Williams’s “A Sea Symphony”, as well as other works.

First performed 100 years ago, when it was conducted by the composer himself, Vaughan Williams’s “A Sea Symphony” has you whirling in the waves one moment, and in the next contemplating the universe from an empty beach at night. He beautifully brings to life Walt Whitman’s texts with his adventurous, moving style.

The oceanic theme is continued with a selection of Australian folk songs and sea shanties arranged by Melbourne composer Dennis Vaughan, as well as a medley of popular songs from Walt Disney’s hit movie “A Little Mermaid”.

This is a varied, colourful and accessible programme to entertain everyone from the first-time concert-goer to the seasoned music lover.

Congratulations to the following people for being elected to the committee:

Ben Lambell – General Assistant
Varia Simonov – Fresher Representative
James Townsend – Fresher Representative

There’s still opportunity to join the committee if you are a member of MonUCS. Just simply email the secretary at secretary at monucs dot aicsa dot org dot au (replace at with @ and dot with .) with what role you are interested in.

Rehearsals have started for upcoming concert on the 22nd May 2010. The theme is “Behold the Sea” and we shall be performing these pieces:

Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “A Sea Symphony” (which is turning 100 years old this year)
Denis Vaughan’s “Australian Folk-Song Suite”
and the Choral Suite from Disney’s A Little Mermaid

If you would like to sing with us, feel free to hop on by the Religious Centre at the Monash University, Clayton Campus at 6:45pm.

This concert will be on the 22nd May 2010 at 8pm at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton (Cnr New St and Church St).

Hope to see you there.

MonUCS has a new website!

This new site allows committee members to easily update the site with new happenings within the choir. There is even an Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed so you can keep up to date with MonUCS.

It will need a bit of work over the next couple of days to tie up loose ends, but it is finally here. Over the next few months, we will be rolling out additional functionality as they become ready so keep your eyes peeled! Inevitably, there will be issues, so please let the Webmaster know using this form.