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Highlights of our Seasonal Concert

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After hearing the Cantala Women’s Choir sing their hearts out last saturday night to a crowd of very appreciative concert goers, we are looking forward to sharing with you our highlights.

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Cantala was honored to work with Erica Goodman, Harp, again this year on John Rutter’s Dancing day cycle. We enjoyed working together so much last year recording Britten’s Ceremony of Carols that we decided to do it again this year withe the Rutter. It was also a pleasure to work with Ms. Goodman on Kelly-Marie Murphy’s new choral work Hodie Christus Natus Est. It was a challenging and exciting work to learn and perform-Brava to everyone!

It was also a thrill to do the world premiere performance of Beverly Lewis’ Coventry Carol. It has a haunting quality that is heightened with the accompanying Oboe. Watch for an audio recording of this performance here soon.

I’m quite sure many people left the concert whistling Tomorrow Shall be my dancing day. It is such a memorable melody.

Look out for Cantala in the New year as we get ready to attend a choral intensive weekend at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, collaborate with Toronto’s Theatre scene, present a solo concert at Roy Thompson Hall and present a Latin themed spring concert in May. It will be a jammed packed term with Cantala-the most exciting yet!

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The Beginning of our 12th Season

The beginning of our 12th Season at Cantala has begun! If you haven’t auditioned yet for Cantala please do be in touch. We are always interested in meeting new and talented singers and musicians. Between a Fall weekend retreat to Haliburton to Banff in February and Roy Thompson Hall in May-it will be an exhilarating year in Cantala. Come and sing with us!

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New Beginnings

Cantala Choir and I had our first in person rehearsal in two years in February 2022 and for so many reasons, it feels like a new beginning. For one, as I re enter the world of choral music and choral programming I feel I have many new ideas and perspectives. So consider this: what about changing “hundred of years-old sacred text” to a sacred text that is relevant to our human society today? Radical idea? Read on.

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Saturday December 17th 2pm

Here at Cantala our favorite Winter themed concert includes A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten. However, we have now presented that work recently and made an outstanding recording of the work with Canadian legend Harpist Erica Goodman, so what could be next to rival that work? Read on to find out.

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The Beauty of Song -15th Season Celebration-Come and join us!

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our upcoming recitals. We are featuring brand new works that are looking forward to their world premiere. As we are entering our final rehearsals with this challenging program the excitement is growing at Cantala.

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The Magic of the Natural World: Seasonal Concert Announcement

Come and rediscover the magic of the natural world with Cantala during our winter seasonal concert, Saturday December 7th at 7pm. It will feature parts from a larger work called Lost words: A Spell book, which features one poet (Robert Macfarlane), ten composers (many of our Canadian favorites!) and twenty choral compositions.

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