Warmest thanks to Morna Edmundson, Bev Johnston and Elektra Women’s choir for this beautiful recording from Heart Songs of the White Wampum. This song, Fire Flowers, is dedicated to the memory of Vilupti’s house on Galiano Island, that burned to ground Sept 18, 2014. So many priceless gifts, holding memories from friends and family were lost. It was […]
Noel Edison and the Elora Festival Singers premiered Immortality, poem by Sri Chinmoy, as part of their Carnegie Hall program this past Friday. Bravo Noel and choir, Bravo!! “Immortality, by Timothy Corlis, was for this listener, the highlight of the evening. A crowd-pleaser from start to finish, it is a work with something for everyone- driving energy, […]
Noel Edison and the Elora Festival Singers are scheduled to perform a new commissioned work at Carnegie Hall, March 13. The new work is entitled “Immortality,” a setting of the poem by the same title by Sri Chinmoy. Some press info from the Wellington Advertiser… ELORA – The Elora Festival Singers have been asked to perform at […]
Percussionist Bev Johnston and Elektra Women’s Choir will be performing a new work entitled, “Heart Songs of the White Wampum” on March 14 in Vancouver. About the work… Heart Songs of the White Wampum is a setting for four poems from the anthology Flint and Feather written by the Canadian poet […]
Between Friends Concert Date: Saturday, 16 November 2013 Location: Crescent Fort Rouge United Church, 525 Wardlaw Avenue Time: 7:30 pm This concert’s Friends include: University of Manitoba Women’s Chorus (Elroy Friesen, director) Riel Gentlemen’s Choir (Jesse Krause, director) Sisler High School Chamber Choir (Carolyn Boyes, director)
“It was a brilliant display of musical excellence. Calgary’s professional choir took on two fair-sized Masses of some difficulty by Haydn and Timothy Corlis, and showed every sign of international mettle…” “…resonant passage work from pianist Cheryl Emery and lucid arabesques from clarinettist, Krishan Power” “…punctuated by fine solos from mezzo Meghan Prescott, who has […]
The MISSA PAX (Peace Mass) represents part of a personal journey, beginning with my early years growing up singing the high mass as an Anglican boy chorister and later as a young adult engaged as an activist. These two early stages left a deep impression on me: my formative years in the church still resonate […]
This weekend’s performance of the Missa Pax in Waterloo, Ont. is one I’m very sad to miss. Sara and I sang under Len for many years both at Conrad Grebel University College and with DaCapo. It was a very special and formative time for us. DaCapo means “from the head” – Leonard is a director […]
All the best this weekend to Tim Schantz and Luminous Voices, the brand new professional choir in Calgary. What an achievement to establish an ensemble like this. Very glad and privileged to play a small part in the beginning of this wonderful ensemble. http://www.luminousvoices.ca/