Rachel with the PopUp Choir at the High Court in Canberra 2019. Photo courtesy of Lena Logan
19-21 March 2021
Atherton Tablelands, Qld
8 May 2021
Hobart, TAS.
23-28 May 2021
Wallaroo NSW
12-15 May 2022
Ross River Homestead
Near Alice Springs, NT
31 January – 7 February 2021
Charlotte Pass NSW
2021
DATES TO BE ADVISED
Forster, NSW
What’s On
Sending big love to all my singing community! We will be back on board with all of our events as soon as it is safe to do so.
I would love you to join me at one of my Singing Workshops or on a Singing Holiday, or to see you at a Concert.
Spend a joyful weekend immersed in beautiful harmonies and rhythm in the bush, the mountains or by the sea. Or, if a weekend is not long enough, come along on a tour and experience the joy of singing in some amazing locations around the world. Or come along to a choir performance. Read on for details of what’s coming up.
Singing Holidays
TRIP NOW FULLY BOOKED
Singing and walking in the beautiful Yass Valley
Wallaroo NSW
23-28 May 2021
Welcome to this picturesque and unknown region with a variety of award winning vineyards. Our days will be spread between singing classes in wineries and local churches, walks of 1–2 hours, a visit to a nearby historic town and delicious home cooked meals back at our Homestead every night.
NOTE: Due to this workshop being so popular, our waiting list is also now closed.
Due to the ongoing COVID19 situation, our French Alps Trip 2021 has now been CANCELLED
Singing and walking tour in the French Alps
21 August – 1 September 2021
Join me for 12 delightful days exploring and singing in the magnificent French Alps. Our walking guides are Jo Cresswell and Dave O’Neill (who are both fabulous musicians too). This will be my second triip to France with Jo and Dave, and truly, we had the most most fantastic time. We are based near the UNICEF world heritage listed town of Briancon, in southeastern France near the Italian border. The walking is so spectacular. We will be joined at times with singers from local French choirs.
This tour is a small group (max 13 singers) so please get your deposit in early if you are interested.
For details and registration visit:
https://francewalks.com/new-singing-trips/
or email Jo Cresswell at: jo@jocresswell.com
TRIP NOW FULLY BOOKED
Singing and walking in the Kosciuzko National Park
Charlotte Pass NSW
31 January – 7 February 2021
After such a difficult year for all of us, I invite you to restore and replenish yourself in a week of singing and walking in the beautiful Australian Alps. Join Rachel for daily singing workshops (small and Covid safe) followed by stunning Alpine walks and beautiful home cooked meals in the Lodge at the end of the day. Staff on this week also include Jo Cresswell and Dave O’Neill who I run the French Alps walking tours with. Jo has been visiting this region for decades and has great local knowledge.
This tour is a small group (max 20 singers) and limited to NSW and ACT residents only.
More details and bookings
Email Jo Cresswell at: jo@jocresswell.com
Workshops
Public Singing Workshop
Atherton Coordination Centre,
Vernon Street, Atherton, Qld
19-21 March 2021
Details and enquiries: Please contact Christina Bahrdt – christinabahrdt@gmail.com
Public Singing Workshop
Multicultural Hub
65 Hopkins St, Moonah, Hobart, TAS.
8 May 2021
Sisongke Community Choir invites you to the HOBART Public Singing Workshop.
Rachel will share beautiful new songs and arrangements. Experienced singers and beginners all welcome.
Details and enquiries: Email Carol Robey – pc.robey@gmail.com
Singing on Deerubbin Shores
Richmond, NSW
DATES TO BE ADVISED
Two days of joyful singing on Darug country with Aunty Jacinta Tobin, Stacy-Jane Etal, Rachel Hore and Suze Pratten.
The weekend features singing in Darug language with Jacinta and Stacy-Jane as well as acapella songs and harmonies with Rachel and Suze. We will be singing on Darug Country, close to the shores of Deerubbin.
Deerubbin is the Darug word for the Hawkesbury River.
Big Sing in the Desert 2022
Ross River Homestead near Alice Springs
12-15 May 2022
Join Central Australian Indigenous singers in a 4-day choral camp at Ross River homestead near Alice Springs. Follow events as they happen on the Big Sing Facebook page.
Baraya-djukal Garuwa-ga
Big Sing by the Sea
2021 – DATES TO BE ADVISED
Forster, NSW
Worimi Elders and Forster Neighbourhood Centre, on behalf of Better Learning, Better Communities (BLBC), and Big Sing Inc, invite you to share the fourth Big Sing by the Sea, a musical Worimi cultural experience where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people sing and learn together.
Wintersong 2021
Wintersong 1: TO BE ADVISED
Wintersong 2: TO BE ADVISED
Fabulous annual choral weekends of 100 plus singers, with Rachel Hore and Stephen Taberner. Two weekends to choose from. Both workshops are held at the Brahma Kumaris Centre, Leura, Blue Mountains, NSW.
Learn wonderful new choral arrangements, and explore the beautiful power of singing amongst 100 other singers. The Brahma Kumaris retreat centre provides a gorgeous backdrop of cosy fires, vegetarian food, misty walks through ghost gums and fabulous hospitality.
Experienced singers and beginners all welcome. Youth scholarships available. Choose from residential or non-residential accommodation options.
Concerts
Bring me Home
Songs of home and homecoming
Blackheath Community Hall (Phillips Hall)
Gardiner Crescent , Blackheath, NSW, 2785
POSTPONED – New date to be advised
Rachel Hore OAM presents a choir of 100 voices – performing songs about our love for each other and our land, our sense of place and home.
A powerful and exhilarating concert, reprising a repertoire performed in the Great Hall of the High Court of Australia in September 2019.
Tickets: $20 Full/ $15 Conc/ $10 Child/ $45 Family
More info: jodie@rachelhore.com
