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Elektra Women's Choir Proudly Announces
Vancouver's Elektra Women's Choir and Artistic Director, Morna Edmundson, are pleased to announce the launch of From the Hearth as part of the relaunch of the choir's website, www.elektra.ca.
From the Hearth is a unique listening experience featuring
recorded music by Elektra with commentary from Artistic Director, Morna
Edmundson and Conductor Emerita, Diane Loomer, C.M. Join them as they
sit by the fire, enjoy a glass of wine, and reminisce about Elektra's
past 23 years.
From the Hearth is now available for listening or download from our
website for your enjoyment on your computer or MP3 device. We invite
you to sit by the warmth of the fire at home, sip a glass of wine, and
enjoy time with Elektra.
Elektra is a charitable organization and can issue you a tax receipt
for tax purposes for a minimum donation of $25 or more. All donations
will assist Elektra in its mission to "inspire and lead in the choral
art form through excellence in performance and through the creation,
exploration, and celebration of women's repertoire."
(If you are unable to listen to the recording by downloading the MP3
file from the website, please contact the Elektra office to request a
copy of the recording on a CD, which we would be happy to provide in
acknowledgement of a minimum donation of $50.)
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Elektra CD's now available for purchase through our website
 We've just simplified your holiday shopping!
With the relaunch of www.elektra.ca you may now purchase recordings directly through the website by using PayPal, clicking through to iTunes, or choosing to purchase through CDBaby.com. You'll find convenient links to each purchasing option on each CD page. (You can even choose to give a recording digitally through iTunes, making gift-giving to those far-flung friends even easier!)
Our latest recording, Elektra's Garden, is a collection of secular music from many parts of the world, including Spain, France, England, the United States and Canada, and it is sure to please the music-lover on your list.
Elektra's Garden evocatively explores the human
experiences of nature and love. Canadian composers Allan Bevan, Eleanor
Daley, Allison Girvan, Diane Loomer, and Stephen Smith offer works
ranging from new compositions to lyrical texts to exceptional folk song
arrangements. The disc also includes two major suites: the delicate and
deservedly famous Five Hebrew Folk Songs by Eric Whitacre and Stories of the Wind from Spain's Alejandro Yagüe, which was written for Elektra.
Elektra's
Garden represents the final recording under the co-conductorship of
Morna Edmundson and Diane Loomer, C.M. (Ms. Loomer stepped down as
co-conductor at the end of the 2008/2009 season and Ms. Edmundson was
appointed sole Artistic Director of the ensemble.) As such, this CD
(recorded over the past several years), is not only a beautifully
presented collection of works sung by one of Canada's foremost choirs,
but also a fitting tribute to the musical vision and friendship that
has lead them so sensitively for 22 years.
 All of Elektra's recordings may now be purchased through our website. Life just got easier!
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 Thank you!
Elektra would like to thank all of you who joined us for Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra. It was a joy singing for you!Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director; Edward Henderson, composer;
and Luci Shaw, poet. The premiere of Henderson's Star Song, to
Shaw's poetry, was a smash hit.
We hope that your holiday season is full of wonderful things and we look forward to singing for you again in the new year.
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Elektra Women's Choir
"To inspire and lead in the choral art form through excellence in performance and the creation, exploration and celebration of women's repertoire."
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Elektra gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Canada Council for the Arts, City of Vancouver, Government of British Columbia, CBC, BordenLadnerGervais, Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation, the Hamber Foundation, Nancy's Very Own Foundation, and the Wolrige Foundation. Elektra also thanks its many generous individual donors and volunteers - their support makes us sing. |
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