Date of event 8pm Friday, October 18, 2013
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Vancouver Chamber Orchestra
Focus! Choir of college/university singers
Jon Washburn, conductor 

Enjoy the music of iconic Baroque and Classic era composers Franz Josef Haydn and George Frideric Handel in the warm and intimate surroundings of Ryerson United Church in Kerrisdale. Handel’s rousing Dixit Dominus and Coronation Anthem Let Thy Hand be Strengthened and Haydn’s vivacious Missa Sancti Nicolai are the centrepieces of this program, but there are bonus works, too: the youthful Mozart’s ravishing Laudate Dominum and the brooding Tenebrae factae sunt by Haydn’s younger brother, Michael. We are joined by members of the Vancouver Chamber Orchestra and – for the finale – singers from local college and university music departments participating in this year’s Focus! Professional Development Program.

George Frideric Handel – Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
George Frideric Handel – Dixit Dominus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Laudate Dominum
Michael Haydn – Tenebrae factae sunt
Franz Josef Haydn – Missa Sancti Nicolai

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

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Date of event 8pm Friday, November 15, 2013
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Cris Inguanti, clarinet
Linda Lee Thomas, piano
Jon Washburn, conductor

Share in the release of A Quiet Place, the third CD in the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s outstanding Music for Healing series, with this concert of the entire repertoire from the CD. Wonderful music of reflection and introspection, ranging from Rachmaninov, Schubert and Fauré to Biebl, Lauridsen and Morricone. Special guests are clarinetist Cris Inguanti and pianist Linda Lee Thomas. And purchase your signed copies of the new CD!

Sergei Rachmaninov – Vocalise 
William Hawley – My River runs to thee
Edward Henderson – Your Fragrance
Claude Debussy – Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder
Lionel Daunais – Le pont Mirabeau
Gabriel Fauré – Pavane
Kosaku Yamada – Akatonbo
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Peter Lutkin – The Lord bless you and keep you
George Oldroyd – Prayer to Jesus
Jon Washburn – Lullaby
Franz Biebl – Ave Maria
Don Macdonald – Tabula rasa
Pablo Casals – O vos omnes
Ennio Morricone – Gabriel’s Oboe
Franz Schubert – Litanei
Johannes Brahms – In stiller Nacht
Anton Bruckner – Os justi
Johannes Brahms – Wiegenlied

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

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Date of event 8pm Friday, December 13, 2013; 3pm Sunday, December 15, 2013
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Michael Creber, piano
Jodi Proznick, bass
Pippa Johnstone, reader
Peter Carlone, reader
John Voth, reader
Jon Washburn, conductor

Add a little jazz to your Christmas joy this year. Let Charlie Brown the other Peanuts characters lead you though their holiday dilemmas towards finding the true spirit of the season. The jazz is provided by the Choir and its stellar Vancouver jazzers Michael Creber and Jodi Proznick performing the songs of Vince Guaraldi and other holiday fare. The Peanuts are served up by Pippa Johnstone, Peter Carlone and John Voth – actors from Pacific Theatre. As a prelude, there will be some Renaissance Christmas madrigals and songs. And you won’t want to miss out on the tasty Pie Carols ! 

Gibbons, Campion, et al. Madrigals for Christmas
Daniel Gawthorp The Pie Carols
Vince Guaraldi Christmas time is here
Traditional German O Tannenbaum
Traditional English What child is this?
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Vince Guaraldi Linus and Lucy
Traditional English Hark, the herald angels sing
Vince Guaraldi Christmas is coming
Ludwig van Beethoven Für Elise
Mel Torme/Robert Wells The Christmas Song

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

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Date of event 8pm Friday, December 6, 2013
Location of event Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe St., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Vancouver Chamber Orchestra
Pacifica Singers
Jon Washburn and Kevin Zakresky, conductors

Celebrate the festive season with the Vancouver Chamber Choir in the Orpheum Theatre. Christmas is a joyful time and Baroque is a joyful music – the combination is magic. One of JS Bach’s most luminous works is featured – the Magnificat for soloists, choir and orchestra. Monteverdi’s Gloria concertata virtually glistens with the vigorous passagework of the Early Baroque. There is a contrasting Bach set of intimate chorales and choral songs called Weihnachtslieder. Then the concert ends with Handel at his affirming best in Blessed are They that Consider the Poor drawn from the anthem he wrote for his favourite charity, closing with a rousing Hallelujah! The Choir is joined by the Pacifica Singers and our Vancouver Chamber Orchestra for this scintillating evening of music. 

Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat
Claudio Monteverdi Gloria concertata
Johann Sebastian Bach Weihnachtslieder
George Frideric Handel Blessed are They that Consider the Poor 

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

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Date of event 8pm Saturday, January 25, 2013
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Five Symposium Conductors
Stephen Smith, piano
Jon Washburn, conductor

Explore the world of choral music through the eyes of conductors at this concert which culminates the Choir’s 34th annual National Conductors’ Symposium. Five young but accomplished conductors from all over North America will join Master Conductor and Teacher Jon Washburn and pianist Stephen Smith for a fascinating look at choral music from around the globe. Hear the results of their week-long conducting course in this music from Europe, Asia, the Americas and, of course, Canada.

Johannes Brahms – Kyrie (Germany)
Sergei Rachmaninov – Choral Concerto (Russia)
Gioacchino Rossini – I gondolieri (Italy)
Zoltán Kodály – Esti dal (Hungary)
Julio Domínguez – Lela (Portugal)
Adolf Vedro – Midrilinnu mäng (Estonia)
Gabriel Fauré – Après un rêve (France)
David Hamilton – Only the moon has secrets (New Zealand)
Se Enkhbayar – Zeregleent gobi (Inner Mongolia)
Shinji Tanimura – Ii hi tabidachi (Japan)
Ernani Aguiar – Salmo 150 (Brazil)
Carlos Guastavino – Gala del día (Argentina)
Mexican folklore – La llorana (Mexico)
Sindo Garay – Retorna (Cuba)
Lionel Daunais – Maryse and partner (Quebec)
Larry Nickel – Dare alla luce (British Columbia)
R. Murray Schafer – Alleluia (Ontario)

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)

Date of event 8pm Friday, February 21, 2014
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Pacifica Singers
Jon Washburn and Kevin Zakresky, conductors

All abo-o-o-ard! Hop on the tour bus with the Vancouver Chamber Choir as we visit all the musical regions of Canada, singing some of the wonderful choral inventions of many Canadian composers. It’s a cornucopia of delights, as we sample the fruits of Canada’s masters – Henderson, Willan, Daunais, Somers, Eaton, Beckwith; the latest talented generation – Emery, Teehan, Martin; and savour the diversions of Canadian folklore. Jon Washburn and Vancouver Chamber Choir bring these Canadian voices to life and they’re joined in part by their associate ensemble, Pacifica Singers, with their conductor Kevin Zakresky.

Ruth Watson Henderson – Gloria
Healey Willan – Behold, the tabernacle of God
Lionel Daunais – Mutation
Harry Somers – God the master of this scene
Richard Eaton – Vive la Canadienne!
John Beckwith – Sharon Fragments
Matthew Emery – Love, will we stay
Rob Teehan – Hear my prayer, O Lord
Stephanie Martin – Rise up, my love
Derek Healey – Four Canadian Folksongs
Jean-François Sénart – Un Canadien errant
Pascal Germain-Berardi – O magnum mysterium
Pierick Houdy – Communion
Timothy Corlis – Sonnez les cloches!
Stephen Chatman – Five British Columbian Folksongs

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

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Date of event 8pm Friday, March 21, 2014
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Linda Lee Thomas, piano
Jon Washburn, conductor

Enter into the beguiling sound realm of the Romantic master songwriters – Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. Both died much too young but lived brilliantly… defining the tonal palette of an era and finding hidden lodes of lyricism in the German language. Their oft-neglected partners were many 19th century lyric poets. You’ll hear both choral partsongs and favourite solo Lieder on this intimate concert sung by the superb vocal artists of the Vancouver Chamber Choir.

Franz Schubert – Lebenslust, Schicksalslenker, Begräbnisslied, Der Tanz, Du bist die Ruh, Frühlingstraum, Im Abendrot, An die Musik, Heidenröslein, Ave Maria, Mailied, Ständchen

Robert Schumann – Der Sänger, Der Traum, Der Schmied, Widmung, Mondnacht, Waldesgespräch, Ich grolle nicht, Der Nussbaum, An die Sterne, Ungewisses Licht, Zuversicht, Talismane

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

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Date of event 8pm Friday, April 18, 2014
Location of event Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe St., Vancouver, BC

Shannon Mercer, soprano
Anita Krause, alto
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Pacifica Singers
Vancouver Chamber Orchestra
Jon Washburn, conductor

Bask in the eternal light of the greatest choral music in the Choir’s traditional Good Friday concert at the Orpheum. Experience Mozart’s venerable Requiem – one of the most sublime musical masterpieces of all time. And experience the golden sonorities and subtle shadows of Morten Lauridsen’s beautiful Lux Aeterna – a modern classic. Jon Washburn conducts the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Pacifica Singers, Vancouver Chamber Orchestra and special soloists Shannon Mercer and Anita Krause.

Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna 
Wolfgang Amadeus – Mozart Requiem

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

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Date of event 8pm Friday, May 9, 2014
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn, conductor

Explore space without leaving Ryerson Church! No, not the final frontier, but acoustical space. Rediscover music from every possible angle as the Choir revels in the space, grace and interface of innovative and spatial music from five centuries. Hear pieces written by Renaissance and modern composers for one, two, three, four choirs and various fragments, too. Be part of a magnificent sound-cloud, with conductor Jon Washburn as your guide and the Vancouver Chamber Choir as your acoustic vehicle. One night only… make your reservations now! 

William Albright – An Alleluia Super-Round
Michael Praetorius – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
Orlando di Lasso – Echo Song
Andrea Gabrieli – Magnificat
Claudio Monteverdi – Ave maris stella
John Celona – Round
Robert Ashley – She was a visitor
Henry Purcell – In our deep vaulted cell
Anne Boyd – As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Benjamin Britten – Hymn to the Virgin
Gregg Smith – Sound Canticle on Bay Psalm 23

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)

Date of event Aug 11-Sept 1, 2013
Location of event Napier Sq (Napier St@ Commercial Dr Vancouver
 

Britannia Community Centre hosts the annual, outdoor arts market featuring the work of local artists, live music, tea leaf reading, artist demonstrations and workshops, special events and more!

4 Sundays

Hours: Noon-5pm

More Info: (604)718-5800/www.britanniacentre.org