THE GLORY OF A
CAPPELLA
A Grand Celebration of the 90th
birthday author Mary Willan Mason
Elmer Iseler Singers - Lydia Adams,
Conductor
Soloists:
Rebecca Whelan, Soprano and James Baldwin, Baritone
Special
Guest: Mary Willan Mason
Sunday,
October 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
For Immediate Release – Toronto,
September 24, 2010:
Conductor Lydia Adams and
Toronto’s renowned Elmer Iseler Singers kick off their 2010/2011
32nd Toronto Season,
SPIRIT TO SING
with a diverse and expressive spectrum of the a cappella choral
sound and a grand celebration of the 90th birthday of author
Mary Willan Mason.
The concert – Sunday October 24th
7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Church, Toronto
includes inspiring works by Canadian
composers including the exquisite Eulogies by John Estacio, the
graceful and flowing Requiem by Eleanor Daley, the masterful
Missa Brevis by Ruth Watson Henderson and the timeless Missa
Brevis IX Sancti Johannis Baptistae by Healey Willan.
This evening promises to be
exciting as Lydia Adams, an ambassador of the Canadian Music
Centre and the Elmer Iseler Singers celebrate a choral birthday
for Mary Willan Mason, who exclaimed when she heard the news of
this special celebration: “I’ve never had a birthday party that was
an actual choral concert!” Mary graduated from
University College in the
University of Toronto in 1943. She was art, music, and drama critic on the Hamilton
Spectator, long-time executive director of the Ontario Choral
Federation, and a contributing editor of Antique Showcase Magazine. She
is a member of ACTRA and has worked in television and movies.
Mary Willan
recently authored the
Well-Tempered Listener: Growing Up with Musical Parents,
a
memoir of her father, distinguished composer
Healey Willan and his musician-wife pianist Gladys (‘Nell’) Hall,
published by John Parry’s Words Indeed Publishing Inc. This witty and
entertaining book will be available for purchase in the lobby.
The Elmer Iseler Singers,
conducted by Artistic Director Lydia
Adams, is a twenty-voice professional chamber choir based in
Toronto. Founded by the late Dr. Elmer
Iseler in 1979, the Elmer Iseler Singers are one of Canada’s most
illustrious professional choral ensembles. Reviewers have remarked on
the Elmer Iseler Singers’ “flawless intonation, rhythmic vitality and
great sensitivity to the expressive power of phrasing.”
THE GLORY OF A CAPPELLA
Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
The Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams,
conductor
Soloists: soprano Rebecca Whelan,
baritone James Baldwin
Special Guest: Mary Willan Mason
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
78 Clifton Road (West of Mt. Pleasant Rd.
at St. Clair, Toronto)
Birthday Cake Reception for All Following
Concert!
For tickets (Reg. $40/ Sen. $30/
Students $15) please call 416-217-0537.
Group rates available.
Media Contact: Olena
Jatsyshyn
416.217.0537 olena@elmeriselersingers.com
