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February 2022
JUST SOCIETY
This concert is a true celebration of youth: we will be joined on stage by the Vancouver Youth Choir, the Argyle Secondary School Chamber Choir and our Focus choir. Another layer of youthful energy will be added by the winning contributions of our Young Composers' Competition. All the musical selections reflect this exuberance and thematically look towards greater justice and equality. This concert is proudly supported by: IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE IS SUBJECT TO PROVINCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON MASKING, AUDIENCE…
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DIXIT DOMINUS
We are thrilled to return to Vancouver's historic Orpheum Theatre for a sparkling performance of Bach and Handel's early choral works. In 1707, Georg Friedrich Händel (later to be known as George Frideric Handel) and Johann Sebastian Bach were precocious 22-year-olds. For Bach, it was a good year: he applied and was hired as the organist of the Blasius Church in Mühlhausen and was able to marry his second cousin Maria Barbara. Part of the application was the performance of…
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PATH OF MIRACLES
Joby Talbot is a versatile British composer who was written music for a variety of purposes and in a wide range of styles. His Path of Miracles from 2005 is an exciting choral work that describes the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, the Camino de Santiago. The texts are in several languages and the musical style reaches in many directions, balancing somewhere between traditional and novel. This work is a magnificent live experience! IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE IS SUBJECT TO PROVINCIAL…
Find out more »May 2022
NORDIC SOUNDS
We are delighted to be able to return to the traditional form of our annual Conductors' Symposium. Five to six selected conductors will work with the choir during an intensive week and the results will be on show in a concert for our audience to see and experience. This season, the theme is Nordic music, in keeping with the Nordic Bridges cultural incentive in Canada. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE IS SUBJECT TO PROVINCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON MASKING, AUDIENCE CAPACITY AND VACCINATION STATUS.…
Find out more »June 2022
BRIGHT MOON 明月 *NEW DATE*
Vancouver's Asian communities have, for well over a century, helped shape the face of the city. This concert celebrates this essential part of the diversity of our city, the history, cultures and many of the languages. Guest conductor Jennifer Tham (Singapore/Vancouver) will take the podium to lead us on this journey. Jennifer directs the SYC Ensemble Singers, a choir devoted to the work of living composers; and brings the same contemporary sensibility to school and university choirs, and the choirs…
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