About
Launched at the Fairbridge Festival in April 2004, as The Spooky Men of the West by Stephen Taberner (The Spooky Men’s Chorale): a black-clad, boofy, behatted behemoth of blokes who sing. Led by several inspiring local directors, the group morphed into The Men of the West in 2016.
The choir have been much loved regulars at WA festivals and Songfests picking up awards at the Perth and Adelaide Fringe festivals with fine a cappella singing of pointless grandeur, magnificent manhomerie and poignant pathos, in repertoire ranging from the haunting beauty of ancient Georgian table songs to curiously entertaining covers and memorable originals.
The Men will be supported by our wonderful special guests, Radujsja..
Radujsja (Rejoice!) is a 5-voice a cappella ensemble specialising in Eastern European folk music from Georgia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia and beyond.
Thrill to the dissonance and asymmetric rhythms, at first strange to the ear, of the fascinating vocal styles offered by this group.
Date
Friday 29 November 2024 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM (UTC+08)
Location
Sullivan Hall
Nannine Avenue (near Stevens St), White Gum Valley WA 6163
Bookings at Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CWEQN
Singing workshop
Stephen Taberner, best known for his leadership of the Spooky Men’s Chorale, has 30 years of experience in cultivating ecstatic, grooving, blended sound from mere mortals.
He’s be led singing weekends, choirs and large scale events all over the world. In this workshop, he’ll present his own cocktail of funky originals, thinking person’s pop/rock, georgian delicacies, and cherrypicked world music bon bons, and use them as a portal into a world where open ears and a goodly collective pulse take us to a place where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
No previous singing experience is needed, just the desire to lend your voice to the greater cause.
This will be an experience to leave your feet tapping, your chest zingling, and your heart light.
Link to event: https://www.trybooking.com/CRYYV
Laugh Weep Sing Clap Dance with the Men of the West and friends in another intimate evening of fine a cappella singing that can in turn make you laugh out loud, move you to tears, delight your ears, make you clap along and start dancing at our house concerts in North Lake over two nights in early December.
The Men will be supported by our wonderful special guest, Bernard Carney
7pm Friday December 1
7pm Saturday December 2
$30 / $25 (conc)
Supper provided (contributions welcome)
Bookings at Trybooking
Enquiries: 0422 946 346; address provided with bookings
