Celebration of Voice - The Music in You

Celebrate singing by raising your voice with like-minded people in three music workshops facilitated by Linda Marr, Roma Jenner and Christina Mimmocchi.

Under the expert guidance of these experienced performers and musicians, Celebration of Voice – The Music in You invites you to explore the melodic sound that is within you. Learn to demystify the dots and squiggles on a musical score, find your hidden voice, share vocal harmonies, and explore the musicality and vocal resonance you didn’t know you had.

Adults and seniors of all levels of experience and vocal abilities are welcome to attend Celebration of Voice – The Music in You. Please note, you will not be required to sing solo or read music in the workshop sessions.

Please bring lunch, morning tea, water, mug and a pen/pencil. Tea and coffee will be provided. If you wish, you can pre-order lunch at the Art Cafe & Catering for pick up at the start of the lunch session.

Celebration of Voice – The Music in You is hosted by Sweet Tonic Singers and supported by Campbelltown City Council and Campbelltown Arts Centre.

Facilitators

Linda Marr | Composer, Musical Director, Performer

An important figure in the acapella and world music scenes since the 1980’s, Linda is still inspiring people musically in 2024. She performs with Balkanski Bus, leads community choirs and presents world music on radio.

Founding member of internationally acclaimed acapella group Blindman’s Holiday, seminal world music group Nakisa and Cuban salsa band Musica Linda; she specialises in singing and playing music from a variety of
cultures.

Over the last 30 years, Linda has appeared on more than 25 CDs, performed throughout Australia and toured in Europe and Asia.

Roma Jenner | Assistant Musical Director, Accompanist

Roma's professional music career as an educator and instrumentalist spans more years than she cares to say. She has taught classroom, choral and instrumental music at both high school and primary school levels in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, London and Leeds in the United Kingdom.

Currently she performs with Campbelltown-Camden District Band in the Wind Ensemble, The Daytones and the CCDB Stage Band, and is the accompanist and Assistant Musical Director of Sweet Tonic Singers.

Other musical activities include writing and arranging music for choral and instrumental groups.

Christina Mimmocchi | Songwriter, Musician, Choir-Maker and Event Co-ordinator

Christina has forged a career as a songwriter, musician, choir-maker and event coordinator for over 25 years.

She writes for her own solo projects, in collaboration with The Third Voice, PerSisters, with Greg White, and for various choir and community projects.

As a community choir leader, she currently has seven weekly choirs and has organised special place-specific weekends (Sing Cockatoo, Sing Canowindra, Sing Dubbo, Forbes Festival, April Sun in Cuba) which combine community harmony singing and exploring place and culture through song.

Her debut album of original songs is "Rumours of Summer" (2011) and she is currently recording a new album of her own songs and one with The Third Voice vocal trio. Her song “Let There Be Peace” has been sung by choirs everywhere and was recently translated into Tetum and sung in Dili to celebrate twenty years since the first democratic election in East Timor.