Photo Exhibition in conjunction with Concert

                             Illawarra Mercury Article by Justin Huntsdale                                   24 April, 2014

Harmony and photography combine to highlight 

Illawarra women

 The Wollongong Harmony Chorus has been a staple of the Illawarra live music scene for the last 23 years, performing beautiful a cappella singing at community events and their own concerts.

Nina Kourea is a Wollongong photographer who is slowly creating an impressive suite of exhibitions documenting female community groups in the Illawarra.

Together they make a great match, and this weekend Nina will show a special one-day exhibition of the Wollongong Harmony Chorus as part of their concert at the Regent Theatre.

"I've always thought about singing and learning how to sing, and it's been interesting to see how it comes together," she says. "Visually, it's been challenging at times to display what these women do, but after three months some great images have come together of the women and their passion has come through."

Harmony Chorus musical director Jan McCarthy says she enlisted Nina's help to showcase their chorus group to a new and younger audience. "I've felt very comfortable with Nina, and when she walks in it's like she's another person who fits in. "Everyone keeps saying she needs to join the chorus now. "I understand the difficulty of taking photos of people when they're singing because we always have our eyes open or our mouths shut - if you freeze frame someone singing it's so hard to get them looking attractive."

Nina's exhibition will be part of the Wollongong Harmony Chorus concert at the Regent Theatre in Wollongong at 3pm, Saturday 26th April.

And here it is .....

Wollongong Harmony Chorus – An exhibition by Nina Kourea, follows the sights, sounds and friendships behind the Wollongong Harmony Chorus.

Following on from her successful Port Kembla Mermaids book and exhibition, Nina continues her celebration of amazing women by spending 3 months documenting the female-led Wollongong Harmony Chorus. She will be sharing this journey with the public in a ONE DAY ONLY exhibition to be held in the foyer of Wollongong’s iconic Regent Theatre.

Saturday 26th April 2014

The exhibtion is on show from 2pm-4pm with the performance by Wollongong Harmony Chorus starting at 3pm.

Entry to exhibition is free.