Vancouver Chamber Choir alumna Kathleen Allan leads a programme of music from some of the greatest choral masters - Palestrina, Gabrieli, Bach, Brahms, Britten and Poulenc. Also, Jon Washburn combines the Choir’s professional singers with advanced choral students from six Metro Vancouver university music departments in the annual FOCUS! event – guaranteed choral excitement! A native of St. John’s, NL, conductor, composer and soprano Kathleen Allan is rapidly becoming internationally respected for her compelling performances and engaging compositions. She is…

The Vancouver Chamber Choir joins forces with musica intima and Elektra Women’s Choir in presenting a gala choral concert as part of the ISCM World New Music Days 2017 - an event being presented one time only in Vancouver by the International Society for Contemporary Music. Featured will be new and recent choral works by composers from all around the globe, including Sweden, Slovenia, China, Hungary, Estonia, Egypt/Austria, USA and Canada. Also, a performance of R. Murray Schafer’s delightful creation…

The Vancouver Chamber Choir joins forces with musica intima and Elektra Women’s Choir in presenting a gala choral concert as part of the ISCM World New Music Days 2017 - an event being presented one time only in Vancouver by the International Society for Contemporary Music. Featured will be new and recent choral works by composers from all around the globe, including Sweden, Slovenia, China, Hungary, Estonia, Egypt/Austria, USA and Canada. Also, a performance of R. Murray Schafer’s delightful creation…

Chilly December days herald the warmth and intimacy of Christmas choirs singing the Nativity story. You are invited - join conductor Jon Washburn, organist Bryn Nixon and the Vancouver Chamber Choir for an evening of beloved favourites and new discoveries, all in the welcoming ambience of Dunbar Ryerson United Church. Music of Praetorius, Bach, Berlioz, Rubbra, Sibelius, Joubert, Tavener, Quinn, Mendelssohn and traditional carols galore. Michael Praetorius Johann Walther Seth Calvisius J.S. Bach Hector Berlioz Edmund Rubbra (French trad.) (French…

The great Baroque composers knew how to write music that virtually dances with joy. Make it a party - meet the Vancouver Chamber Choir family of choirs, orchestra and soloists in the Orpheum for a concert which celebrates the Christmas season like no other. Our guest conductor is John William Trotter, the Choir's former Associate Conductor, who will lead the various forces in music of Bach, Vivaldi and carols for all to sing. Canadian-born conductor John William Trotter interacts with…

Our guest conductor for this concert is Timothy Shantz from Calgary, where he is the music director of Spiritus Chamber Choir and Luminous Voices, as well as Chorus Master for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. He will lead the Vancouver Chamber Choir and pianist Stephen Smith in a programme from favourite composers old and new in our familiar performance home at Dunbar Ryerson United Church in Kerrisdale. Music of Ešenvalds, Sisask, Debussy, O'Regan, Palestrina, Brahms, Ryan, Elgar, Monteverdi and Jonathan Dove.…

Our Conductors’ Concert is one of the most fascinating events of the choral season. As the culmination of our 38th annual National Conductors’ Symposium, Jon Washburn, five invited conductors from around the world and pianist Stephen Smith will focus on three distinct musical genres — famous prayers, indigenous songs and story ballads. Come and enjoy the unusual repertoire and the varied interpretations of the six conductors. Music by Mozart, Bruckner, Duruflé, Foss, Enkhbayar, Healey, Adams, Crossin, Bartók, Daunais, Washburn and…

Choral programmes are often organized by similarities of the composers included or the texts being sung or chronologically by the eras they represent. But for this concert we’re experimenting with affective elements of music, grouping pieces together by the emotions they evoke. Of course, all music affects us emotionally, even those by composers who try expressly to not be expressive. Our Moods and Modes concert is more playful in concept, taking us on an evening’s journey through cheerfulness, piety, intensity,…

Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov’s music for the Orthodox All-Night Vigil - often known in the West as the Vespers - is known as his finest unaccompanied choral work, one of the landmarks of the entire choral repertoire. The Vancouver Chamber Choir combines with the Vancouver Cantata Singers to create a suitable Slavic sonority. As a companion piece, the Pacifica Singers join us for a 21st-century masterpiece and Vancouver Chamber Choir favourite - Morten Lauridsen’s Lux aeterna for choirs and orchestra,…