Ecopella to start local branch

The environmental choir Ecopella has announced its plan to opening a new branch of the choir in Woy Woy with the first workshop held at the Woy Woy Environment Centre on Sunday, February 20.

Ecopella director Mr Miguel Heatwole said that in the choir's 12-year history it has established branches in Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Illawarra and Canberra.

It is now seeking to locate singers in the Central Coast who are concerned about the crisis threatening Earth's future, and who would like to make a contribution to the musical culture of the environment movement.

"We are very keen to make our voices heard for the planet, and our voices are very musical" said Mr Heatwole.

"Although each piece the choir performs relates to the environment we do our best not to have too much doom and gloom in our repertoire, many of our songs are optimistic, or at least satirically amusing.

"We sound awesome on stage, in the streets, and around our campfires.

"We find ourselves singing in places where we'd not perhaps thought of going, and feel privileged to hear people speaking about the most important things in the world," he said.

"In short, we love what we do and hope that people on the Central Coast will also," said Mr Heatwole.

Media Release, 18 Feb 2011 Miguel Heatwole, Ecopella