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18/08/2026

PLAY IT FORWARD WELCOMES ALEX MORRIS

We are thrilled and honoured to announce our new Director of Victorian Choir programs for Play It Forward - Alex Morris!

Alex is a multi-talented award-winning conductor, composer, international adjudicator and DJ with a career spanning 15 years, with a deep passion and commitment to music education and choral music.

Alex is now conducting three of our
Play It Forward choir programs in Melbourne - THECHO!R based in Docklands, Choir of Opportunity based in Yarraville & Voices of Footscray Hospital in Footscray.

Play It Forward’s Founding Artistic Director
Jonathon Welch AM said “Alex brings a wonderful joyous energy to his music making, and his fun loving, kind, highly skilled and professional approach brings out the very best in all the singers he works with.

We are so privileged and excited to have Alex join our big choir family and lead and oversee all our Victorian choirs into an exciting new chapter of our inclusive unauditioned choir programs, projects & events”!

Please check our website of details where you can work with Alex and our other choir programs, projects and events at:

www.playitforward.org.au

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13/08/2026

JOIN OUR ‘MOVIE MAGIC’ MASSED CHOIR IN MELBOURNE THIS SUN AUG 16!

There’s still time to join our wonderful artistic director - Jonathon Welch AM for our ‘MOVIE MAGIC’ massed choir this
Sunday August 16 from 12pm - 4pm at the Community Hub @ Docklands.

NO AUDITIONS, GREAT MUSIC & BIG FUN!

Click on the link here for details & to register:

https://www.playitforward.org.au/events/moviemagicmassedchoir

There’s no business like show business 🌟

Join Play It Forward’s Movie Magic massed choir, conducted by our award-winning Founding Artistic Director - Jonathon Welch AM! Your registration covers everything: music, tracks, and rehearsals. Experience the thrill of performing epic cinema soundtracks live at Collingwood Town Hall on Sunday 20

19/07/2026

LIGHTS…CAMERA…SING!!!

Join our fabulous massed choir project in Melbourne starting next SAT JULY 25 -
then perform with us on Sat Sept 20 @ Collingwood Town Hall in MOVIE MAGIC!

🌟No auditions🌟Great music🌟Big fun🌟

SING AWAY THE WINTER BLUES WITH US!

For all details & to register - click on the link:

https://www.playitforward.org.au/events/moviemagicmassedchoir

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Join Play It Forward’s Movie Magic massed choir, conducted by our award-winning Founding Artistic Director - Jonathon Welch AM! Your registration covers everything: music, tracks, and rehearsals. Experience the thrill of performing epic cinema soundtracks live at Collingwood Town Hall on Sunday 20

13/07/2026

OH HAPPY DAY! WE’RE BACK THIS WEEK!

No auditions, big fun, great music, make new friends…

WEDNESDAYS @ DOCKLANDS FROM 7PM

For all enquiries contact Sarah on 0413 804 566 or [email protected]

Play It Forward

01/07/2026

BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE, MAKE NEW FRIENDS & FIND YOUR ‘VILLAGE’!

That’s what everyone says who has joined one of our fabulous choir since we began in 2009!

NO AUDITIONS, GREAT FUN, GREAT MUSIC

“It’s the best way to warm up indoors during Winter, build new skills, fill your heart with joy and meet wonderful like minded people”.
Play It Forward choir member

Check out all the details on our website now - we can’t wait to see you soon!

TERM 3 STARTS ON WED JULY 15 @ 7PM!

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25/06/2026

Twenty years on, the ‘choir that inspired the nation’ - the Choir of Hard Knocks created by our founding artistic director - Dr Jonathon Welch AM, continues to shine brightly and will once again come into loungerooms and screens around the world to warm your hearts and show the truly transformational power of music.

The legacy of the Choir of Hard Knocks and the multi award winning ABC documentary is enormous - and Play It Forward and THECHO!R exists today because of them with the launch of our newest program just weeks away - Brisbane Street Choir!

We couldn’t be prouder to continue our long association and support of the
Choir of Hard Knocks inspiring work.

SEE THEM LIVE IN CONCERT ON AUG 6!

Tickets are available for their 20th anniversary concert at 7pm on Thursday August 6, 2026 at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda in Melbourne and make sure you stay tuned for on air dates for this exciting new documentary on ABC TV later in the year.

BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE NOW:

https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/choir-of-hard-knocks-tickets/artist/4524589

Every voice deserves to be heard.

Production has commenced in Melbourne on 'Choir of Hard Knocks: A New Chorus', a four-part documentary series for the ABC celebrating the choir's two-decade legacy while welcoming a new generation into its ranks.

17/06/2026

COME & CELEBRATE 20 INSPIRING YEARS!

Our dear friends, the multi award winning
Choir of Hard Knocks, created by our very own founding artistic director Jonathon Welch AM - are celebrating their landmark 20th anniversary with a huge concert at The Palais Theatre in
St Kilda, Melbourne!

SAVE THE DATE NOW - THUR AUGUST 6!

Let’s help fill every seat and every heart with joy and love and support this beautiful choir, that were the inspiration for our choir and thousands of choirs around the world, to continue to shine brightly, changing lives - one voice at a time 🌟🎶🎉🌟🎶🎉🌟🎶

For more information & bookings coming soon:

www.choirofhardknocks.org.au

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Choir of Hard Knocks

15/06/2026

🎥🌟JOIN US FOR SOME ‘MOVIE MAGIC’🎥🌟

Our Play It Forward ‘Movie Magic’ massed choir is open to everyone who mightn’t sing with our regularly weekly choirs - in addition to those who do!

WEEKEND REHEARSALS & NO AUDITIONS

Do you have limited time during the week?

There are just 3 weekend rehearsals and also provide the music and rehearsal tracks for you to practise to at home - then sing with our fabulous Play It Forward choirs on Sun Sept 20 @ Collingwood Town Hall…

BRING YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS TOO!

We’ll be singing fabulous arrangements from the classic golden movies like Westside Story, Fame, Puttin’ On the Ritz, The Greatest Showman & Casablanca!

FOR ALL DETAILS & REGISTRATIONS -

www.trybooking.com/DMZOL

NB our nominal registration fees cover costs for these additional rehearsals (as they’ve always done in the past for our other massed choir projects) for music, rehearsal tracks, venue hire, accompanists & conductors, admin, insurance etc

We can’t wait to see you on the red carpet 🎬🌟🎥🌟📽️🌟🎬🌟🎥🌟📽️🌟🎬🌟🎥

Play It Forward

01/06/2026

WE RAZZLE DAZZLED LAUNCESTON!

We had the most wonderful time joining other Play It Forward members from Victoria and Queensland and singers from Launceston over the weekend to give a spectacular concert to the packed audience of 500 peoole at the Grand Chancellor conference centre yesterday!

We are so grateful to our artistic director -
Jonathon Welch AM who the led the 120 voiced massed choir with special guests CJ (Christopher Jones), Millie O’Sign and Vox Harmony Choir with Music Director Denise Sam.

Thank you everyone who helped make this special project happen including our fabulous accompanists - Sue Goessling, Adam Przewlocki and Shane Calderbank along with Matthew Jones, project manager and everyone at Vox Harmony.

We can’t wait to return and share the joy of singing together with you again soon!

Photos by Matthew Jones

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Vox Harmony

27/05/2026

LAUNCESTON - THIS SUN MAY 31 @ 2PM!

We are so excited to bring our razzle dazzle this weekend 🌟🕺🏻🎶🌟💃🏿🎶🌟🕺🏻🌟

GRAND CHANCELLOR HOTEL
Conference Centre

Tickets online or at the door from 1.30pm

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1550982

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Vox Harmony