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2010/11 Season 

SPIRIT TO SING!

Elmer Iseler Singers' 2010-2011 Toronto subscription series:

October 24, 2010 November 21, 2010 December 3, 2010 January 30, 2011 May 2, 2011

#1: THE GLORY OF A CAPPELLA  

Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm.  

  • Lydia Adams, Conductor
     
  • Join us in a grand celebration of the 90th birthday of
    Healey Willan’s daughter, Mary Willan Mason.
     
  • Featured works:
    • John Estacio - Eulogies
    • Eleanor Daley - Requiem
    • Ruth Watson Henderson - Missa Brevis
    • Healey Willan - Sancti Johannis Baptistae (Missa Brevis No. 11)
       

  • Birthday Cake Reception for All Following Concert!
     

  • Special Guest Soloists: Rebecca Whelan, Soprano; James Baldwin, Baritone

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

#2: THE GLORY OF ADVENT

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 7:30 p.m. 

  • Lydia Adams, Conductor
     

  • All-Canadian Programme with Michael Greyeyes, Narrator
     

  • Featuring a unique merging of special narrations and a performance of works by Canadian composers: Alex Tilley, Robert Anderson, Graeme Wearmouth, Derek Holman, Jason Jestadt, Healey Willan, Leonard Enns and Timothy Corlis.


Michael Greyeyes

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

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#3: THE GLORY OF CHRISTMAS! Handel’s Messiah

Friday, December 3, 2010, 8:00 pm 

  • Lydia Adams, Conductor
  • Special Guest Artists: The Amadeus Choir
  • Continuing a tradition of presenting great Canadian soloists:
     
    Jennifer Taverner photo Jennifer Enns photo Patric Huang photo Gilles Tomkins photo

    Jennifer Taverner,
    Soprano

    		 Jennifer Enns,
     Mezzo Soprano    		 Patrick Huang,
     Tenor    		 Giles Tomkins,
     Bass

        with Patricia Wright, Organ; Robert Venables and Robert Di Vito, Trumpets; and Chamber Orchestra

Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East (at Bond), Toronto   Handicapped accessible icon

We invite your to join us for a special Pre-Messiah dinner at the Albany Club (91 King Street East) before the performance. $55 per person. Arrive at 5:30 pm for a 6:00 to 7:30 pm dinner, then walk one block to the concert.
Reserve now on the Order Form or call 416-217-0537.

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#4: THE RIVER

Canada’s Elmer Iseler Singers welcome special friends
Alex Pauk and ESPRIT Orchestra!

Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

  • Lydia Adams and Alex Pauk, Conductors
     
  • Featured works:
    • José Evangelista, Symphonie minute
    • György Ligeti, Lux aeterna 
    • Douglas Schmidt, Discouraged Passion 
    • Giya Kancheli, Styx
  • Guest Artists:

    • ESPRIT Orchestra; Teng Li, Viola; Douglas Schmidt, Bandoneon

  • Pre-concert talk at 7:15 p.m. led by Alexina Louie.

Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor St. West (Bloor and Avenue Road)  Handicapped accessible icon

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Alex Pauk
Lydia Adams - Photo by V. Tony Hauser

Lydia Adams
 

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#5: GET MUSIC! Gala Concert

SUBSCRIBERS’ BONUS CONCERT

Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:30 pm (On National Music Day)

All Participating secondary school choirs of this season’s leadership GET MUSIC! Educational Outreach Initiative in Memory of John C. Bird join conductor/clinician Lydia Adams and the Elmer Iseler Singers in a diverse and lively gala performance of works by Canadian and International composers.

Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East (at Bond), Toronto  Handicapped accessible icon

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Note: All concert programmes subject to change.

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