Ecopella
Warning!
May cause harmony to the environment!
Passionate, satirical and creative, this environmental choir has been spreading its a cappella manifesto around Sydney since 1998, and more recently in the Blue Mountains, Illawarra and Canberra as well.
Ecopella describes its repertoire as ‘Save-The-World Music.’ The songs, many of them originals, all reflect the group’s concern with environmental issues - sustainable living, global warming, genetic engineering, deforestation, and green activism are among the themes they sing about.
Whether the mood is solemn or hilarious the material is skilfully arranged for unaccompanied voices, and expertly interpreted by the choir’s director Miguel Heatwole. (Listen to the YouTube videos below).
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This fabulous group were a popular hit last year and we are happy they are returning.
Ecopella have performed at numerous environmental events, protests, community gatherings and folk festivals. The term a cappella describes a style of singing in which the music is performed by the human voice only. Commonly the singers are divided into four parts that each sing a line of music that blends or weaves through the other parts. The variety of effects this style can produce is evident in Ecopella’s repertoire, which ranges from sonic tapestries of intermingled texts and tunes to passionate anthemic pieces where all singers deliver the same message in harmony.
May cause harmony to the environment!
Passionate, satirical and creative, this environmental choir has been spreading its a cappella manifesto around Sydney since 1998, and more recently in the Blue Mountains, Illawarra and Canberra as well.
Ecopella describes its repertoire as ‘Save-The-World Music.’ The songs, many of them originals, all reflect the group’s concern with environmental issues - sustainable living, global warming, genetic engineering, deforestation, and green activism are among the themes they sing about.
Whether the mood is solemn or hilarious the material is skilfully arranged for unaccompanied voices, and expertly interpreted by the choir’s director Miguel Heatwole. (Listen to the YouTube videos below).
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This fabulous group were a popular hit last year and we are happy they are returning.
Ecopella have performed at numerous environmental events, protests, community gatherings and folk festivals. The term a cappella describes a style of singing in which the music is performed by the human voice only. Commonly the singers are divided into four parts that each sing a line of music that blends or weaves through the other parts. The variety of effects this style can produce is evident in Ecopella’s repertoire, which ranges from sonic tapestries of intermingled texts and tunes to passionate anthemic pieces where all singers deliver the same message in harmony.
Ecopella perform All The Wild Wonders,
by Sue Johnson and Elizabeth Honey,
at Gulgong Folk Festival 2008/2009
by Sue Johnson and Elizabeth Honey,
at Gulgong Folk Festival 2008/2009
Ecopella performs Wings of a Seabird, their most
complex song live at the 24th Illawarra Folk Festival 2009
complex song live at the 24th Illawarra Folk Festival 2009
