FUNERALS WITH PHOEBE Comes to The Butterfly Club

Through songs and anecdotes, Funerals with Phoebe will pique your interest in funeral repertoire, touch your emotions and remind you of the powerful connections between memories and songs.

Phoebe is not your average funeral singer. For one thing, she is considered too young. For another, she wants to wants to put her stamp on funerals. Phoebe says "Death is sad, but it doesn't have to be boring". "Songs can unite people in grief like nothing else." Unlike glamorous wedding singers, funeral singers are overlooked in status, media and movies. Phoebe is addressing this oversight with her funeral-themed cabaret.

Join Phoebe in her search for songs to provide intimate, personalised funerals and explore with her the lows and highs of grieving in song. Let Phoebe's delightful singing demonstrate how song can string souls together. She will take you on a songful journey to help you find your perfect funeral repertoire - literally a funeral to die for. Sharing her experiences of funeral singing, Phoebe hopes to challenge your perceptions of funerals and their singers

A classically trained soprano, Phoebe has been singing solos on stage since childhood. Phoebe is passionate about all types of vocals and using singing to empower and bring communities together. Since finishing her tertiary studies in music a year ago, Phoebe has contributed to Melbourne's music scene by producing concerts with other emerging artists, singing at funerals and weddings, and running community choirs. She has recently been awarded a Creativity Australia With One Voice grant for a community choir in Coburg. Funerals with Phoebe is a world premier.

Let's face it. We all have to die sometime, so this show is for everyone. It would suit either people who are thinking about send-off songs for them or their loved ones, or those who have never ever given it a thought.

Phoebe has a lot to say about funerals:

Q: What's the most moving funeral you've attended?

A: Seeing the children of young mothers who have died, especially when a young relative plays music for their loved one.

Q: Are there any tried-and-true songs that get requested?

A: In religious funerals, and weddings too, the one song most requested is - Ava Maria. I call it my money maker.

Q: What's your funniest funeral?

A: The funniest funeral I have sung at was in a church when the organist couldn't stop crying. She was crying while playing and ran out of tissues, so I had to give her with mine...

Q: What's the weirdest song you've ever been asked to sing at a funeral.

A: I'm still waiting.

Funerals with Phoebe will show at 5:30pm from Monday 24th through to Sunday 30th September. Bookings recommended.

Tickets: thebutterflyclub.com

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