Oak BAY HIGH CHOIR EVENTS CALENDAR
October Eventssaturday, October 19 – the real group is coming
The Real Group is Coming! Saturday, October 19th, 2019, Fifth Street is proud to present internationally-renowned vocal ensemble The Real Group to Victoria. With the generous support of the University of Victoria’s School of Music, these five world-class musicians will be performing at the Farquhar Auditorium at 8:00 pm as the only Canadian stop on their upcoming international tour. The Real Group is one of the leading forces in the world of vocal music today, entertaining and inspiring international audiences using the voice as their sole instrument. Based out of Stockholm, Sweden, they have toured the globe for over 30 years with performances that include opening for the FIFA World Cup in South Korea, serenading the Emperor of Japan, and performing for The Royal Family in Sweden. Now, they're coming to sing for Victoria with special guests Fifth Street and the UVic Vocal Jazz Ensemble. CONCERT October 19th, 2019 @ 8:00pm The Farquhar at UVic Single tickets $49 Students $39 Groups of 8+ $39 Purchase at https://finearts.uvic.ca/music/calendar/tickets/ or call 250-721-8480 Download an the Real Group Event Poster HERE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 – CHOIR concert at 7:00 pm
7:00 pm (6:00 pm concert call) in the Oak Bay Theatre Works in Progress Concert by all choral ensembles Admission by donation - $5/person suggested THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 – CHOIR HALLOWEEN PARTY
The CHOIR HALLOWEEN PARTY sponsored by the Vocal Council is from 3:10 to 5:00 pm
NOVEMBER EVENTSFriday & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 & 2 – missing
MISSING Friday, November 1st at 7:00 pm and Saturday, November 2nd at 7:00 pm, 2019 Wingate Studio, Baumann Centre for Opera For tickets and more information click HERE The acclaimed new Canadian opera Missing, by Marie Clements and Brian Current, and directed by Peter Hinton, is going on tour. After a highly successful run in Vancouver and Victoria in November 2017, giving 14 performances in three venues and two cities, Missing goes on its first tour this month. THE OPERA Missing tells a story everyone knows, from the vantage of a woman no one remembers. A new chamber opera by Métis playwright Marie Clements and Juno-winning composer Brian Current, Missing gives voice, in English and Gitxsan, to the story of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women. Set in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and along the Highway of Tears, Missing is a poetic expression of loss and hope. Missing is an extraordinarily moving and thought-provoking work… a magnificent mélange of singing, acting and music that, one hopes, will be seen by audiences across Canada and the world. – The Whole Note, Toronto Co-produced by City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria, in association with Vancouver Moving Theatre and the DTES Heart of the City Festival, Missing had its world première in Vancouver and Victoria in November 2017. It was generously supported by – among others – The Vancouver Foundation, the City of Vancouver, the Edwina and Paul Heller Memorial Fund, the Stern Family Fund, the Lando Foundation, the private donors to City Opera, the BC Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts. This tour is organized by Pacific Opera Victoria, and made possible by the generous support of Creative BC, the Province of British Columbia, Women and Gender Equality Canada, Sask Culture, K+S Potash, and City of Regina. PERSONNEL The creative team and many of the opera artists who premiered the production in 2017 have reunited. Distinguished director Peter Hinton, who has significantly impacted the evolution of contemporary Canadian theatre through his commitment to new play development, Indigenous theatre and revisionist productions of canonical works, and conductor Timothy Long, Music Director of Opera at the Eastman School of Music and founding conductor of The Coast Orchestra, a Native American orchestra of classically trained musicians, are joined by an accomplished cast of singing actors. Returning cast members include Coast Salish mezzo-soprano Rose-Ellen Nichols, Kwagiulth and Stó: lō mezzo soprano Marion Newman, Alberta-born soprano Caitlin Wood, and mezzo-soprano Heather Molloy. Joining the cast for the 2019 tour are tenor Jan van der Hooft, baritone Kyle Lehmann, and Saugeen Ojibway/Métis soprano Joana Burt, who made her Canadian Opera Company debut in 2017 as Sarah Riel in Louis Riel. Scenic and projection design is by Andy Moro with costume design by Carmen Thompson, lighting by John Webber, and sound design by Sandy Scofield. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – THIS THIRSTY LAND
This Thirsty Land Saturday, November 9th, 2019 The Victoria Choral Society, under the direction of Brian Wismath, presents This Thirsty Land by Leonard Enns and No. 2 Mass in G major by Franz Schubert in collaboration with Oak Bay High School Choir, bringing together over 200 singers. The program features three soloists: Abby Schuliger (soprano), Casey Edmunds (tenor), and Nathan McDonald (bass). The choirs are accompanied by an orchestra of musicians from the Victoria Symphony. The performance opens with the BC premiere of Enns’s This Thirsty Land, a stirring five-movement tribute to our fragile planet. “From early recorded texts to the very present, water has remained a profound focus of our attention, and the realities of climate change make it an ever more crucial object of our concern: water as life source, as life sustaining, but also life threatening through both regionally dependent over-abundance or lack of access.” ~ Leonard Enns After intermission, the programme journeys back in time to Schubert’s second mass, which was composed in less than a week in 1815. The most popular of his three shorter masses, its charming song-like melodic writing, especially in the Kyrie and the Credo, forms a magical counterpoint to the more prominent solo instrumental parts in the Gloria and the Sanctus. More than 200 years later, Schubert’s beautiful Mass in G still captivates audiences worldwide. CONCERT November 9th, 2019 at 8:00pm The Farquhar at UVic Single tickets $35 Students/Unwaged $10 Groups of 10 or more 10% discount Please order in person at UVic Ticket Centre, by phone at 250-721-8480, or online at tickets.uvic.ca For more info go to victoriachoralsociety.ca Download a This Thirsty Land Poster HERE SUNDAY & MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 & 18 – COMOX VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Chamber Choir and Jazz Wave (including RS) Details to be announced. DECEMBER EVENTSWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11
7:00 pm (6:00 pm concert call) in the Oak Bay Theatre Winter Choral Concert by all choral ensembles Admission by donation - $5/person suggested FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20
Carolling on Oak Bay Avenue (brass to be added) & Ice Skating at Oak Bay Rec Center All choir students welcome! Lunch time start. |
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