By Cam Lucadou-Wells
The big stage holds no fears for a 14-year-old Narre Warren South singer.
Since she was six, Livinia Walden has been performing in large choral concerts annually at Robert Blackwood and Hamer halls with the Australian Girls’ Choir.
She took a further step, joining a select 56-strong AGC touring choir in regional Victoria and Tasmania in June and July.
The choir sang live on ABC Central radio in Bendigo, in the scenic Cataract Gorge in Launceston as well as in front of the Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner and an “invite only” audience at the opulent Government House in Hobart.
It came after an audition, then an intensive three-day dance and music rehearsal throwing together singers from across the country.
“It was a lot of work and a lot of fun,” Livinia said.
The power of singing in a large group, in unison or in parts, is an amazing thing, she says.
“It’s a skill that’s so useful. It’s an instrument that you don’t have to carry around with you.”
The Kambrya College student has become adept at any style from old-timers, pop to country.
It will be a lifelong pursuit, even if she doesn’t know where singing will take her.
As for next year, she plans to try out for more AGC national and international tours.
