2007-2008 Season

Link to Summer Festival performances by Elmer Iseler Singers in 2008

Synopsis of the Elmer Iseler Singers' 2007-2008 Toronto subscription series:

#1: Tribute Concert in Honour of John Charles Bird  Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 7:00 pm  

• Lydia Adams, Conductor
• Celebrating the lifelong support of John Bird as a member of the Board of the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Festival Singers of Canada
• Special Guest Artists:
  Canadian Brass and Peter Tiefenbach, organ

• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 78 Clifton Road at St. Clair, Toronto (W. of Mt. Pleasant)

#2: Byzantine Festival Celebration  Saturday, October 13, 2007, 8:00 pm

• Lydia Adams, Conductor
• Mystical choral music by great composers, including Christos Hatzis, John Tavener and Jonathan Harvey.
• In collaboration with Soundstreams Canada
• Special Guest Artists: Patricia Rozario, soprano
• St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. (N of Dundas St. W.) Toronto

#3: Handel’s Messiah  Friday, December 7, 2007, 8:00 pm

• Lydia Adams, Conductor
  Join the Elmer Iseler Singers for their well-loved traditional performance of Messiah.
• Special Guest Artists: The Amadeus Choir
• Outstanding Canadian Soloists Meredith Hall, Soprano; Anita Krause, Mezzo Soprano; Mark Dubois, Tenor; Alexander Dobson, Bass; Robert Venables & Robert DiVito, Trumpets; Patricia Wright, Organ
  With Orchestra
• Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East (at Bond), Toronto

#4: The Journey  Saturday, February 16, 2008, 8:00 pm

• Lydia Adams, Conductor

• World Premiere of “Pimooteewin–The Journey” by Melissa Hui, based on Cree mythology with text by Tomson Highway and choreography by Michael Greyeyes; plus shorter choral works from New Zealand and Australian composers.

• Jane Mallet Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street E., Toronto

#5: Choral Celebration  Friday, March 7, 2008, 8:00 pm

• Lydia Adams, Conductor; Jon Washburn, Guest Conductor
• Special Guest Artists: Vancouver Chamber Choir
• Richness resounds as two of Canada’s great choral ensembles join together in repertoire for forty voices.
• Repertoire includes music by Whitacre and Willan, with a World Premiere by Christos Hatzis
• Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East (at Bond), Toronto

PLUS: Songs of Springtime - SUBSCRIBERS' BONUS CONCERT  Friday, May 30, 2008, 8:00 pm

• Free to full-season subscribers; regular price for non-subscribers (except $10 for students with valid student ID)

• Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East (at Bond), Toronto

 (All programs and locations subject to change)

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