The sounds of Geelong and Melbourne’s top organists will echo through St Mary’s Basilica in a free four-week concert series starting later this month.
Bellarine resident, emeritus professor and Orchestra Geelong conductor Mel Waters will kick off the series.
Prof Waters has played the organ and harpsichord for the Australian Chamber Orchestra and capital city orchestras around the country.
His conducting posts have included the Australian Youth Orchestra and he has played and conducted in the UK, US and Europe.
Currently, he plays for St Mary’s Star of the Sea Sorrento, St Francis’ Church Melbourne and Scotch College.
Melbourne organist Rhys Boak will squeeze in a recital amidst a packed schedule.
Boak is one of Australia’s busiest organists and a veteran of several concert tours in Europe and Asia, promoters said.
In 2011 he toured Germany, Denmark and France, performing on historic instruments like the Great Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral.
Welsh-born Ken George, the organist at All Saints’ Anglican Church, Newtown, will play at the basilica on 12 December.
George completed an honours degree in music at Cardiff University and taught at a number of local schools
St Mary’s very own Frank De Rosso will play the final concert of the series.
The basilica’s long-time organist and artistic director has music running through his veins.
Nearly two decades ago he succeeded his father as director of St Mary’s Choir, who founded the group in 1953.
De Rosso won the Austin-Healey award for Meritorious Service to the Parish in 2013.
The lunchtime recital series starts at 12.30pm on 28 November at The Basilica of St Mary of the Angels.
For more information visit musicatthebasilica.org.au.
