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Ecopella is an environmental choir that sings about the beauty of our world and the struggle to protect it from exploitation and destruction. Founded in 1998 by musical director Miguel Heatwole, the choir serves the environment movement by providing activists and audiences with the opportunity of enjoying a very high standard of a cappella singing. The strong environmental message of Ecopella's Save-The-World Music encourages positive change in people's thoughts and actions and offers support to a wide variety of green organisations.
Ecopella originated in Sydney and we now have branches in the Blue Mountains, Illawarra, Canberra and the Central Coast as well. We have over 285 performances to our credit, embracing a wide range of events: benefit concerts, protests, campaign launches, community gatherings and folk festivals.
You might expect a choir that sings about the environment to be a gloomy ensemble, but Ecopella's sense of fun fills each performance with positive and satirical messages. Even when the mood becomes serious the beauty and solemnity of the music uplifts the listener. A lot of the pieces are original compositions and most of the arrangements are ours also. Stylistically our influences include folk, classical, popular songs, and occasionally jazz.
The choir always welcomes new members and opportunities to perform. Although we accept payment we often donate or discount our services to unfunded community organisations. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you would like either to sing with us or to invite us to perform.
Upcoming Gigs
Sunday 18 March 2012
Waverley Community Garden < please click link
behind Clementson Park, cnr Ebley Street and Newland St, Bondi JunctionSaturday 31 March 2012
Solidarity Choir 25th Anniversary < please click link
Gaelic Club, Devonshire Street, Surry Hills
photograph by David Hobbs
