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/
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]