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Jan 13, 2015

CCC ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS OF ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

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…

Sep 16, 2014

NEW BRUNSWICK / PEI TOUR – SEPTEMBER 2014 – Extended Program Notes

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…

Sep 15, 2010

Megan Chartrand

Praised for her “soaring, diamantine high notes” (Opera News) and “blood-curdling virtuosity” (San Francisco Enquirer), Canadian soprano Megan Chartrand feels equally at home singing early music, art song, chamber music and concert repertoire. Her present season features solos in Mozart’s Requiem with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Staunton Music Festival; Britten’s Missa Brevis with the Yale Choral Artists; and Vivaldi’s Gloria with Seraphic Fire, among others. Highlights of previous seasons include singing Dalila in Handel’s Samson with the American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall; Bach’s Mass in B minor, Cantata 198 and Haydn’s…

Mar 30, 2010

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Jul 10, 2000

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A founding member of the Canadian Chamber Choir and its Artistic Director since 2003, Dr. Julia Davids has led the ensemble on concert and workshop tours of every province, and conducted four recordings including their Juno-nominated 2015 release, Sacred Reflections. Born in London, Ontario, she grew up singing in the Amabile Youth Singers, the Ontario Youth Choir, and the National Youth Choir, for whom she was the first Apprentice Conductor. She is currently the Stephen J. Hendrickson Professor and Director of Choral Activities at North Park University in Chicago, Illinois. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of choral conductors and committed to giving emerging and established Canadian composers a forum for their work. Read More

Dr. Joel Tranquilla is a conductor and music educator noted for his versatile musicianship and creative programming. Associate Conductor of the Canadian Chamber Choir since 2015, Joel also recently returned home to the Maritimes to assume the positions of Artistic Director of the Halifax Camerata Singers and Chorus Master of Symphony Nova Scotia. Formative choral experiences include touring with the American Boychoir as a boy soprano and singing as a member of the Nova Scotia and National Youth Choirs. He holds degrees from Mount Allison University, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University where his doctoral research was in the area of Canadian choral-orchestral works. Read More

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