Day: May 11, 2016

MT ELIZA’S Bel Canto Choir conducted by Margaret Brown will present the world premiere of Maiden Voyage, an Australian song cycle by award-winning Australian composer Lorraine Milne. It will be held 2.30pm, Sunday 15 May at the Mary Herring Hall, Toorak College, Mt Eliza. The work is a homage to Australia’s women pioneers: from winemaker Mary Penfold of Grange fame to simple immigrant grape pickers to activist Louisa Lawson (mother of a certain Henry!). Lorraine Milne will compere the show. She has a long history of composing for theatre and the ABC and got her inspiration forMaiden Voyage from a…