Ontario 2013- Behind the Scenes – Canadian Chamber Choir

Feb 19, 2013

Ontario 2013- Behind the Scenes

Here are some great memories of our Ontario 2013 tour (in no particular order):

Catherine Lippitt with the super-creative drum/donation bucket at an elementary school workshop in Windsor

Yoga with Claire Leger

Joel Tranquilla serenading us with his beautiful new version of the Wood River piano interlude

Wing Assembly Party (with Meghan Tranquilla, Matthew Peach and Claire Leger)!

Fun at Music Plus with Naomi Russell and Sandy Jasper

Actual heights are shown in this picture (with Tina Alexander and Justin Jalea)

CCC is FULL of love 🙂 (with Christina Murray and Claire Leger)

Emily Walker talking about her composition with Jeff Enns and Sandy Jasper

More fun at Music Plus with organ master Jeff Enns

Justin Jalea and Rachel Abma enjoy the most delicious noodles ever!

Matt Pauls and his fancy office!

Bill Hamm enjoys a massage from our resident nurse, Naomi Russell

Bill Hamm and Sandy Jasper just following the signs

Naomi, are you ok? Did Sandy kick you?

Igor

Doing our cool yoga warm-ups

Even more fun at Music Plus with Julia Davids

Aaron Bartholomew tries to fly

Team peche, fishing the world.

We LOVE our Tim Hortons

Fun with “Icarus” composer Erik Ross

Christopher Lane finds his long lost twin

Sandy Jasper and Joel Tranquilla on the crazy drive to Toronto

Naomi and Sandy’s sweet photo-op on the way to the airport

Aaron Bartholemew, Johanna Hildebrand and Dawn Coulter enjoying Bill’s giant van

Tina Alexander and Johanna Hildebrand photo-bombing the tenors, Bill Hamm, Justin Jalea, Michael van der Gaag and Tristan Cleveland-Thompson

Michael van der Gaag, Rachel Abma, and Cy Giacomin enjoying some yummy pizza before the concert with TCC

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