YeeHA! – I get to visit my Alma Mater, Conrad Grebel University College and while I’m there, hear the choirs of the University of Waterloo perform Psalm 150. The choirs will be accompanied by Catherine Robertson on piano, my old teacher Marlin Nagtegaal on organ, Deb Lacoste on trumpet, and Carol Bauman on […]
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Warm words of encouragement and support for everyone in the Vancouver Peace Choir as you prepare for your concerts this weekend. Sara and I miss you all a lot and of course we miss singing together. It’s great to see the good work you’re doing, especial Dan Kocurek, the choirs new director… BREAK A LEG Dan. […]
I just received a recording from the premiere of “God So Loved the World” – Toronto Mendelssohn Choir performance, Good Friday, March, 2013. I love the way this excerpt shows the richness of the sound of the choir. Eighty accomplished singers in one choir. Each section has it’s own very unique character – clarity of […]
Congratulations to Brandon Elliot and Choral Arts Initiative. Sounds like your ensemble performed brilliantly at your debut concert. Listening to your recordings online, I’d say this is a choir to watch as it develops. Their blend and tone are clear. The instrument is perfectly balanced in each section. They’re also young. This choir is off […]
Thank-you Lorne for letting the Mennonite community know about our concert at the Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Vancouver. We appreciate your support! Read the full article at: Vancouver Peace Choir Builds Bridges. This photo is in the Simon Baker Room – the acoustics were great, wonderful to sing with Kirsten and Randy Wood, Russel Wallace, Hussein […]
I’m very proud of the work that the Vancouver Peace Choir did in their most recent concert – Honour Songs. Kirsten Wood deserves a HUGE thank-you for sharing her creativity and heart with us. I feel a deep sense of gratitude and privilege for being able to share in this celebration of Kirsten’s Cree culture… […]
I was very glad to find out from my good friend Hussein Janmohamed that Island Vocies Chamber Choir and Cantiamo Chamber Ensemble performed the Missa Pax this past weekend in Campbell River. Many thanks to Graeme Langager for directing this concert entitled, “Hands Across the Divide.” Sounds like a wonderful event. Proud to be able […]
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I’d like to offer a sincere word of praise for Noel Edison, John Marshman, and the TMC for their brilliant performance of “God So Loved the World.” I feel very lucky to have been able to attend – what a meaningful event! As few words from a reviewer who was in attendance… “…God so Loved […]
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Looking forward to attending the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Good Friday concert. They will be performing the premiere of “God So Loved the Word” – 20 minute work for cello and choir, featuring John Marshman on cello. This work is a setting of the traditional Seven Last Words of Christ, commissioned by Noel Edison and the […]
My sincere thanks go out to Noel Edison and the Elora Festival Singers… also to Kemuel, Jim, and Xavier. Congratulations – this is fabulous performance! Sanctus and Hosanna from Missa Pax. Elora Festival Singers (the professional core of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir). Kemuel Wong, conductor. Xavier Brossard-Menard, clarinet. James Bourne, piano. Performed at the Toronto […]