Sing It To My Face needs male voices

More male voices are needed for the Sing It To My Face choral theatre project that was tailor-made for Wairarapa and the upcoming Kokomai Creative Festival.

Singer Teresa McClymont is lending her voice to the project and sponsoring the festival, alongside husband and Masterton deputy mayor Graham McClymont through their company GT Environmental Services.

Sing It To My Face producer Gina Moss said the Barbarian Productions project debuted last year at St Paul's Cathedral in Wellington, during the 50th jubilee for its congregation.

The Wairarapa version of the performance will likewise feature four age-grade choirs - under 15, 15-30, 30-60, and over 60 - singing a libretto crafted from responses captured during a survey of inter-generational attitudes in the region.

Barbarian Productions artistic director Jo Randerson and musical director Julian Raphael, of Community Music Junction, wrote the libretto and choral composition for the non-religious capital city event and have collaborated again for the Wairarapa performance.

It will be part of the Kokomai Creative Festival that runs from Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 25. Mrs McClymont, a member of the Wairarapa Singers and an experienced MATs performer, said the first rehearsal for the Sing It To My Face choirs would be held at Kuranui College on Saturday, and would precede two more Saturday sessions and a dress rehearsal before the four groups performed on Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 18.

"It's kind of like a hip hop battle, like a sing-off. But they are desperate for men to join up, they need more males to come along."

Mrs McClymont is also part of The Songbirds, a seven-member group that will perform in Kokomai at the Featherston Booktown event on the same dates as the choirs, and at other "surprise venues" in Wairarapa during the festival.

If you are interested in performing in the Sing It To My Face choirs, please email singittomyface@gmail.com.