Song Trivia & Regional Singers’ Lounge

As a musical director, pianist and vocal coach, Vicky has worked broadly in Australia’s entertainment industry.

In recent years, Vicky has been Associate Musical Director for ‘Hairspray’, ‘Moulin Rouge’, ‘Come From Away’, ‘Singin’ In The Rain’, ‘Jersey Boys’ and ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’. She has played for rehearsals and in the orchestras of some of the biggest shows to have graced the Australian stage including ‘Wicked’, ‘Xanadu’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Strictly Ballroom’ and Hugh Jackman’s ‘Broadway to Oz’ to name a few.

In 2022 she was Musical Director for Melbourne Theatre Company’s acclaimed new Australian play, ‘The Heartbreak Choir’. She has also been Musical Director for ‘Motherhood The Musical’, and ‘Elegies: A Song Cycle’, and has been nominated for Greenroom Awards for her work on ‘John and Jen’ and ‘Thrill Me’.

As an arranger and composer, you can find Vicky’s work at The Australian Music Vault Choir project, Total Choir Music and available to purchase at Sheet Music Plus.

Vicky is proud to be part of the team that developed the Number 1 Vocal Warm Up app for smartphone, Warm Me Up.

Vicky has hosted community and corporate singing events around the country including Festival of Voices’ ‘Big Sing Bonfire’ in 2018, 2019 and 2022.

Most of all, Vicky enjoys making music for the fun of it so loves sharing her skills with singers and enthusiasts from all walks of life!

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Rose Wilson is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, singing teacher and generally enthusiastic human.

Rose holds a Bachelor of Music with a major in vocal performance, has taught singing and choirs for over 20 years, and has always delighted in singing in as many different styles and exploring as many different instruments as possible.

Rose can wax lyrical for hours about all the reasons why everyone is allowed to sing (whether they think they're any good or not), about why it’s learnable, and about how our culture often robs us of the delight of singing-making under the weight of its various baggages around all things creative.

Rose loves community choirs and considers singing in one of the most soul-affirming, meaning-making, people-connecting and joy-inducing things a human can do. Rose has run choirs and workshops in many places, and currently runs three choirs in the Huon Valley; The Cygnet Song Circle, The Little Boat Choir, and the Huon Homeschool Choir.

Glee Plus are a 60 voice choir who get together every week in Southbank, Melbourne. They are a part of Glee Club Singing which hosts singalongs and choirs across Victoria and Tasmania. Glee Plus are conducted by Vicky Jacobs and have just celebrated their tenth anniversary of making music together. There are never any auditions at Glee Plus - just a willingness to do a bit of practice and throw yourself in to our raft of quirky performances!

The Cygnet Song Circle is a community choir led by choir-human Rose Wilson. The choir sings acapella songs in many varied styles, all with much vigour and joy. There are no auditions, no expectation of anyone ever singing by themself or reading music (unless they want to) and rehearsals and performances alike are warm-hearted, welcoming and enlivening things. We sing together on Tuesday nights in Cygnet, and all are welcome to join us. More info at www.cygnetsongcircle.com.au

The Little Boat Choir is a community acapella choir based in Franklin and led by Rose Wilson. Little Boat Choir has been singing together for almost a decade, for most of that time under founding director Tiffany Eckhardt. Rose now leads the choir, where she delights in creating warm, safe and satisfying musical experiences for people to share in. More info at www.littleboatchoir.com.au