Orchestral sounds to support health service

VICTORIAN Concert Orchestra is set to perform at Cave Hill Creek to benefit Beaufort Skipton Health Service.

The 40-piece touring ensemble’s fundraising concert will be staged on Sunday 6 August from 2pm, showcasing emerging and established musicians and conducted my musical director Gerald Keuneman.

Solo performers including lyric soprano Veronica Iredale and tenor Nicholas Matters will also join the orchestra to sing pieces from operas and musicals.

Cave Hill Creek managing director Tim Chandler said the accommodation and events venue will be a spectacular setting for orchestral sounds.

“I encourage everyone to grab their friends and family for a fun afternoon of popular live musical entertainment,” he said.

“Feel free to pack your picnic basket, enjoy a walk around our picturesque lake and relax over lunch in Cave Hill Creek’s stunning lakeside pavilion before the show.

“The team at Cave Hill Creek enjoy contributing to the Pyrenees region’s rich history of arts and culture, and are proud to help our local hospital by raising funds to support vital local health services.”

For more than 100 years, the Victorian Concert Orchestra has toured regional areas of the state, however, the Cave Hill Creek gig will be their first in the area post-pandemic.

Matters is part of the Opera Scholars Australia program and Iredale is experienced in singing as a soloist with the orchestra.

Cave Hill Creek is set between Glenlogie and Raglan, north-east of Beaufort, and has previously hosted the orchestra in 2012 and 2018.

All proceeds will be donated to the health service. Visit cavehillcreek.com.au for tickets.