La Voce Della Luna (The Voice Of The Moon)
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"...THE UNEXPECTED HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING WAS THE ITALIAN WOMEN'S CHOIR ,"LA VOCE DELLA LUNA" . ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY AN ACCORDIAN,THE GROUP PERFORMED A STIRRING ITALIAN PICKET LINE SONG.ALTERNATING BETWEEN EVOCATIVE AND ROWDY, STRONG VOICES HAD THE AUDIENCE CLAPPING AND TAPPING ALONG ..."
SIMON KIDD , METRO REVIEW, MELBOURNE( Concert for East Timor, March 2001)
La Voce Della Luna was inspired by an earlier choir Kavisha started in Fremantle in the late 80's called The Joys Of the Women. After leaving Fremantle to live in Melbourne in 1993 Kavisha started the second choir with the proviso it would last for 8 weeks while singing for the 1996 production play "Emma Celebrazione" at Playbox Theatre by Graham Pitts.That was 13 years ago!
La Voce Della Luna is a grassroots Community choir of approximately 46 women ranging from the ages of 35 years to 75 years old of 1st to 5th generation Italian/Australian women . Based in Melbourne Australia, we have been singing as a group since late 1995. Our Patron Saints are the great italian film director Federico Fellini (we called ourselves after his last film "THE VOICE OF THE MOON" ) and the Black Madonna .
We sing songs from all regions of Italy and they have been handed down from our fathers , mothers and grandmothers and grandfathers and our collective memory .We sing songs of work, protest, love ,weddings ,seductions , lullaby and death. Our songs reflect the tragedy and humour of the human experience and the feelings of our ancestors.Our repetoire ranges from songs from the 15th century to the present 21st .
We often collaborate in Theatre and Music projects with other choirs and theatre companys. Such as PLAY BOX'S "EMMA CELEBRAZIONE"1996,1997 AND THE GASWORKS 1999 THE "LA MURGA" THE COLOUR OF WATER with THE MULTICULTURAL CHOIR IN 2001, " KAN YAMA KAN" AT TRADES HALL WITH ACTORS FOR REFUGEES AND FITZROY LEARNING NETWORK 2002, PLAY BOX SEASON OF "MAVIS GOES TO TIMOR" 2003, BIGWEST'S "SONGNATION "2003
Our choir has an earthy wildness and through singing and our music
we reach out to all peoples and seek that which is the common ground in all
of us whilst celebrating our diversity.
We have two C.Ds of songs called "STEPPING OUT "&"LUNA YARRA" both produced by Paul Petran of A.B.C. Radio National's MUSIC DELI and is available for sale for AUS$30 includes postage. We are available for FESTIVALS ,COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, WEDDINGS , THEATRE .For ENQUIRIES re C.D Sales please ph;(03)93268886 John Durr at Blackmarket Music.To Book Choir phone Kavisha on 0412 89 33 55.
Kavisha has worked as a guest vocal tutor at Victorian College of the Arts and Swinburne, and at many folk festivals and has toured in the schools for MUSICA VIVA . Kavisha is available to run choral vocal workshops at your school , festival, or neighbourhood house .For enquiries on WORKSHOPS ON TRADITIONAL ITALIAN FOLK SONGS and FINDING YOUR NATURAL VOICE EMAIL KAVISHA to write to the choir by SNAIL MAIL ; " LA VOCE DELLA LUNA " P.O. box 49 NORTHCOTE VICTORIA 3070 AUSTRALIAor see website www.lavocedellaluna.com.au
To Purchase FRANCO DI CHIERA"S film
" The Joys Of the Women" for $29.00 per copy
contact Electric Pictures
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contact The JOYS OF THE WOMEN italian Women's Choir Fremantle