Steel City Strings has designed a program with local choirs that melds strings and voices to move, inspire and provoke. The ‘Choral Riffs’ concert will feature a Sally Whitwell commission about local seasons in a changing climate, with a call to action.

Sally is a composer and pianist who has written Elemental, a three-part work about our rainforest and escarpment, Lake Illawarra and local birds, with a call to protect our environment. She was inspired by Electrify 2515 and their grassroots action.

The WollCon Chamber Choir and con voci Chamber Choir have combined to present the Pavane and Cantique de Racine by Fauré – elegant works with sumptuous harmonies. The contemporary choral works will be the ethereal Lux Arumque by Eric Whitacre and Northern Lights by Ola Gjeilo. The orchestra will play works for strings by local composers John Spence, Ann Carr-Boyd and the nation’s favourite composer, Elena Kats-Chernin.

Steel City Strings raised $15,000 through the Australian Cultural Fund for this project. Thank you to all our supporters.

Save the date: Wollongong Town Hall 7.30pm, Saturday, Sept 21, steelcitystrings.com.au