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Vancouver Chamber Choir - Choral Tapestry
CHORAL TAPESTRY - Our Heritage of Song
Vancouver Chamber Choir with Jon Washburn, conductor
PLEASE NOTE: Tickets will also be available at the door beginning at 7:15pm.
The outstanding repertoire of North American choral music is based substantially on the models of musical immigrants from Europe. Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir illuminate many of these ties in this varied and invigorating concert of music from two continents.
Healey Willan - Behold, the tabernacle of God
Artus Aux-Cousteaux - Missa grata sum harmonia
David Squires - Deep Peace
Steven Sametz - The Heroine Triumphant
Ola Gjeilo - Northern Lights
Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei
Carl Orff - Four Choruses from Catulli Carmina
Florent Schmitt - En bonnes voix
Jon Washburn - Rise! Shine!
The Vancouver Chamber Choir wishes to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council and the Alan & Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation for making this concert possible.
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR
The Vancouver Chamber Choir is one of Canada's national treasures, an outstanding professional vocal ensemble noted for its diverse repertoire and performing excellence.
The Choir has been performing to audiences at home in Vancouver and on tour across Canada since it was formed in 1971 by conductor Jon Washburn. International excursions have taken the Vancouver Chamber Choir to the USA, Mexico, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Finland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Honoured with the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence by Chorus America, the Vancouver Chamber Choir has to its credit countless performances and broadcasts, 32 recordings and numerous awards. The groundbreaking "Music for Healing" CD series continues to be successful with the Juno-nominated "A Quiet Place music for healing III". Foremost supporters of Canadian music, Jon Washburn and the Choir have commissioned and premiered more than 250 Canadian choral compositions. Over the years they have sung over 3,000 performances of 350 pieces by 120 Canadian composers in addition to their extensive international repertoire.
The Choir's award-winning educational programs include the National Conductors' Symposium for advanced choral conductors, Interplay interactive workshops for choral composers, Focus! professional development program for student singers, OnSite visitations for school choirs, the biennial Young Composers Competition, and many on-tour workshops and residencies.
JON WASHBURN, CONDUCTOR
Jon Washburn is the longtime Conductor and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Well known internationally for his mastery of choral technique and interpretation, he travels widely as guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and master teacher. He is also an active composer, arranger and editor and has had many compositions published, performed and recorded around the world.
In 2001 Mr. Washburn was named a Member of the Order of Canada (the nation's highest civilian honour) and in 2002 received Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee Medal for his lifetime contribution to Canadian choral art. Mr. Washburn received a Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors in the spring of 1996 and the Louis Botto Award from Chorus America in June 2000, in recognition of "innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in the development of a professional choral ensemble of exceptional quality." He was given the Friends of Canadian Music Award 2000 by the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) and the Canadian League of Composers in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Canadian composers' music. In the fall of 2009, he was named a CMC Ambassador and in 2010 received a star on the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame's Starwalk. In 2012 Mr. Washburn received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In June 2014 he received the Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art, presented by Chorus America.
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LocationKnox United Church (View)
400 Edmonton St.
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2M2
Canada
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