About the Choir
The Choir of Hard Knocks is an eclectic group of disadvantaged and homeless people who have come together to create an unlikely musical phenomenon.
We have just released a CD, Songs of the Series, you can buy it from the ABC online. Enjoy!
And you can come along and see us perform at the magnificent Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday June 24th. Book tickets online.
This
group of around 50 homeless and disadvantaged men and women, have come
together under the leadership of Founding Choir Director Jonathon
Welch, former Opera Australia Principal. With his guidance and
expertise they have beaten the odds, performed to 1600 people at
Melbourne Town Hall, released their first CD “From the Heart – A
Christmas Wish” and now appear regularly around Melbourne at corporate
and community events.
The TV series documenting their journey so far is shown on ABC TV, Tuesday 8pm. It starts on May 15th and runs for 5 weeks.
Our
aim to bring people together, build their confidence enabling them to
contribute to their community in a positive way, but also to have fun.
The Choir is made up of:
Founding Choir Director – Jonathon Welch
Choir Assistants – Michael Eckersall & Jenny Taylor
Choir Coordinator – Esther Coleman Hawkins
Allan
Crabbe, Andrew Follows, Andy Vassilogimas, Anna Colombo, Belinda
Foxwell, Brian Presnell, Bruce Davis, Cameron Moffitt, Clarko, Craig
Hughes, Daniel Zaba, Dominic Forgione, Durwyn Bester, Eric Stevens,
George Heywood, George Paul, Gerard McHenry, Hank Kerr, Hylton Canavan,
Ingrid Wiggin, James Orr, Jane Connley, Jaye Kirikiri, John Connolly,
John M. Taouk, Josephine McKinnon, Julie Nocera, Karen Aeschlimann,
Kate Weir, Kim Sfar, Kylie O’Brien, Lawrence Tahuriorangi, Louis
Mayfield, Madeleine Pearce, Margaret Faull, Mario Mariani, Melanie
Greer, Michelle McKenna, Molly Radford, Ned Wynters, Patricia Crofts,
Patricia Parker, Robin Herron, Ron D’Agostino, Sheree Daly, Sigrid
Khoury, Simon Mansell, Stan Hacket, Stephanie Faamatala, Tess Reed, Tim
Stapleton, Tom Camberidis and Wayne Smith.
