Self-described “choir nerds” the newly formed Fiore chamber group choir is heading to Geelong.
The quartet of Monika Harris (soprano), Anish Nair (tenor), Alex Ritter (counter tenor) and Lachlan McDonald (baritone) will play at St Paul’s Anglican Church on September 25.
“The four of us have been lifelong friends since three of us grew up in the Australian Boys Choir together,” Anish Nair says.
“We are sort of self proclaimed choir nerds having performed in the majority of choirs in Melbourne for the last 10 years or so. Between the four of us we’ve covered all the choirs.
“We were having fun so often together in group settings we decided that we finally liked each other enough that we’d do a little quartet together and bring in all our years of musical experience into one group and one effort.”
It’s not the first time they have performed in Geelong as individuals, but it is the first time for the group.
“We’ve been there with various other choirs, so this is essentially our debut in Geelong that we’ve set up,” Anish says.
“Three of us performed as a quartet with a friend of ours from Perth about three years ago, which was at St Paul’s.”
Concertgoers can expect a lot crammed into 50 short minutes.
“We don’t want to pigeonhole ourselves into one specific genre, we’re good at everything so we are going to do a little tasting plate for everyone and give them a taste of everything from new music we haven’t done before, new music that the audience has definitely not heard before and just showcase what we can really do,” Anish says.
“The audience can expect a lot of variety in the kind of pieces we are going to perform and quite densely packed for the 50 minutes we are going to perform.”
The concert, A Tasting Plate, is at 2pm at St Paul’s Geelong on September 25. Tickets at trybooking.com/eventlist/fiorechamber the door or at the door.
