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Karla Ferguson, Soloist Joel Tranquilla, Pianist Featuring the Sopranos and Altos of the Canadian Chamber Choir Recorded, mixed and mastered by Mike Cassells Multi-camera video edited by Andy Rice Filmed on July 16, 2023 at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts; Jennifer Velva Bernstein Performance Hall; Queen’s University; Kingston, ON. Composed by Joni Mitchell Arranged by Joel Tranquilla This arrangement of “River” appears on the Canadian Chamber Choir’s 2019 album, Seasons of Life and Landscape. Download and Stream the track: Bandcamp Spotify Apple Music

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The Canadian Chamber Choir is pleased to announce the appointments of Dr. Joel Tranquilla as Associate Conductor, and Jeff Enns as Composer-in-Residence for the ensemble. Both have been integral members of the CCC for a number of years, with Tranquilla serving as a singer, accompanist, and assistant conductor, and Enns lending numerous compositions to both concert programs and workshops as well as singing in the choir. They are the first to hold these newly created positions. Dr. Julia Davids, the Canadian Chamber Choir’s Artistic Director since 2003, spearheaded the decision to have Tranquilla and Enns formally recognized as members of…

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The Canadian Chamber Choir is pleased to begin this concert with our version of a Canadian Mass. The Ordinary of the mass is comprised of the following movements – Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. Throughout history the Mass has evolved from chanted settings for liturgical use in worship, to include much more elaborate settings, many written as large-scale concert pieces. Canadian composers from coast to coast have written their own musical settings of these mass movements that reflect the diversity of our country. We have selected just a few of them to share with you tonight and in…

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We are thrilled to introduce Liska Jetchick, as our Conducting Fellow for our Maritime tour this September! Her Bio is below: Liska Jetchick  is an active choral conductor in London where she serves as artistic director of the Conspirato Chamber Singers, assistant conductor of the Amabile Youth Singers, and music director at Holy Family Church. She is a graduate of the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University where she studied voice with Alvin Reimer and choral conducting with Rachel Rensink-Hoff and Gerald Neufeld. As her interest in choral conducting grew, Liska continued with independent studies with Charles Bruffy, Bruce…

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The Canadian Chamber Choir is pleased to announce our partnership with Cypress Choral Music! The Canadian Chamber Choir Series – Music for Accomplished Choirs – will feature exciting and challenging music by Canadian composers. Edited by Artistic Director Julia Davids, the series includes a diverse selection of music and exceptional texts set by outstanding composers such as Jeff Enns, Matthew Emery, Tim Corlis, Kathleen Allan, and others! For a complete list, recordings, and perusal scores, see http://cypresschoral.com/Canada/Composers/CCCS.html. Check back often as we will be adding more titles! ACCC Podium Event – You are invited to join with singers from the CCC for an informal reading…

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Apologies for being so late with these photos! Our BC tour kept us very busy with a number of workshops, some amazing concerts, and many memorable moments! Here are some photos that capture some of those times: The CCC! We all gathered at C.D.’s place for a lovely Thanksgiving celebration. At UBC there was a beautiful rose garden. We got to spend some time there before our conducting workshop.   New mascots for the CCC??    Beautiful sunset before our ferry ride! Waiting for the ferry One of our favourite parts of the tour? HOMEMADE DONUTS! mmmm! Preparing for our…

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Members of the CCC arrived in Vancouver yesterday. We all had great fun getting together for the first time in months and catching up! Today we all convened at Holy Rosary in downtown Vancouver to rehearse our hearts out. This is going to be an awesome tour with lots of amazing music. Have a happy Thanksgiving, and please stay tuned for pictures and updates as the CCC takes Vancouver and Victoria by storm!  

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