Mai Fali Eh!
Each year the Boite engages with a creative team to develop a concert with a strong theme reflecting our cosmopolitan community suited to a very large choir. 300 singers from Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria rehearse for 9 weeks in venues across the state culimnating in a grand performance at a major Melbourne venue supported by a line up of inspiring artists and performers.
Mai Fali Eh! is the name of the 2012 project.
To see a video of the 2012 concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHFLbArQae0&feature=plcp
Mai Fali Eh means Come Home in Tetum, Timor Leste's most commonly spoken indigenous language. It is the name of a popular song where a mother calls her children home at sunset. It also beckons those who have left Timor Leste to return.
This years MMC concert is directed by Ego Lemos, Timor Leste's most famous singer songwriter, and Andrea Khoza, with assistance from Stella Savy and Dani Fry (Vocalise), with performances by the ultra funky house band, Mystic Trio.
Timor Leste's newest choir, Coro Loriko, representing all regions of the country, formed especially for this years Millennium Chorus and Schools Chorus concert series, will perform at the concert.
Koro Loriko
Ego and the Boite are creating a new choir in Timor Leste representing all regions, called Koro Loriko. It will involve 12 young singers and a conductor. Coro Loriko will be performing with the MMC in our Melbourne Town Hall concert as well as many other concerts and workshops in the month of August.
The MMC choir is sponsoring two of these singers to come to Australia. We need help to bring this choir to Australia and to make their experience here worthwhile.
We need to fund their flights, find billets, organise concerts in schools and with local choirs and community groups, organise regular English lessons and employ a fluent Tetum and English speaker who knows their way around Australia, to accompany them and help organise their tour.
Please contact Katrina if you feel you can provide additional support for this project with school bookings, community bookings, philanthropic support and donations. We even need donations of warm clothes!
How to join the Melbourne Millennium Chorus!
Joining the chorus is a two stage process:
1. Join the Boite by becoming a member
- During the registraiton process, you will select a user name and password.
- Please fill out the form even if you are already a member.
- If you have already paid your membership fee for 2012, please select the option "pay later" (you will then not be charged again).
2. Enrol in the choir
Enrolment is a two step process: First enrol in the choir, then pay.
Rehearsal Schedule
Regular rehearsals
- Sundays June 3, 17, 24
- Sundays July 1, 8, 15, 22
- venue: Melbourne High School (NEW REHEARSAL VENUE)
Sunday July 29 - extended rehearsal
- 2:00 - 5:30
- Melbourne High School
Saturday August 4th - Dress rehearsal
- 2:00 - 5:30
- Collins Street Baptist Church
Sunday August 5th - Tech rehearsal
- 10:00 - 12:00 pm
- Melbourne Town Hall
Sunday August 5th - Concert
- 2:00 pm
- Melbourne Town Hall