Purchase Season Tickets and be part of Elektra's Silver Anniversary Season

It's our Silver Anniversary and you're invited!

New Subscription offer

We've packed our 25th season with the gorgeous music you love - from the family-friendly Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra, to the radiance of Pure Elektra and the richness of Tapestry International - the whole year is an Elektra birthday party you won't want to miss!

And what's a party without invited guests? The renowned Borealis String Quartet and Surrey Children's Choir join us at Christmas, and A Touch of Brass plus guest women's choirs from afar join Elektra for Tapestry International.

The most important guest and friend, however, is you! Come join us for our 25th Anniversary season and experience the "Elektra sound" that has captivated audiences worldwide.

Beautiful music - and an opportunity to save money!

To make this season even more attractive we're offering a 20% discount on Season Ticket orders. Not only will you have tickets in hand well before our first concert, but subscribers pay no service charges, no taxes - and save 20% - AND receive RESERVED SEATS at the Gala Concert of Tapestry International Festival of Women's Choirs on May 5, 2012!

Save money and enjoy Elektra's 25th season - it's an opportunity you don't want to miss, so order now! Click here to download the order form as a pdf.
_______________________________________________________________

ReSounding Ryerson

A choral benefit concert for Ryerson United Church

September 18 · 3pm, Ryerson United Church

Elektra has had a special relationship with Ryerson United Church since the choir's beginning. The church has been it's reheasal and performance home formost of our 25 years. In 2008 Elektra received the fabulous donation of a 9' Steinway piano which is housed at Ryerson, where it is used by the entire Vancouver musical community.

Elektra is very pleased to be part of ReSounding Ryerson, a choral benefit concert on Sunday September 18 that will see all proceeds go towards the ongoing refurbishment of the church as a performance space.

This concert is emceed by Christopher Gaze and features performances by Elektra Women's Choir, Chor Leoni Men's Choir, EnChor, Ryerson Church Choir, Vancouver Cantata Singers, and the Vancouver Chamber Choir.

Have we mentioned that the tickets are a BARGAIN at $30 each? They're available now through Brown Paper Tickets.

The first ReSounding Ryerson was held in 2008 and sold out quickly, so don't delay - click the Brown Paper Tickets logo and order your tickets now!

ReSounding Ryerson

Sunday September 18, 2011 3:00 PM
Ryerson United Church
2195 W45 Ave, Vancouver

$30 General Admission

1.800.838.3006 brownpapertickets.ca
Also available from choristers and the Elektra office.
Information 604.266.5377

Changing Lives

A benefit concert for Educating Girls of Rural China

October 2 · 3pm, St. Mary's Kerrisdale Anglican Church

Elektra is proud to present a fundraising concert for the life-changing work of the BC Society for Education Girls of Rural China (egrc.ca). Founded in 2005 with the motto "Educated women have educated children," EGRC has sponsored the university education of 250 young women from the impoverished rural areas of China's Gansu province.

In addition to the warmth and variety of Elektra's beloved choral repertoire, the instrumental duo Cloud Bell Duet will perform a spotlight set of traditional Chinese music on the erhu, ryan, sanxian, and zheng.

This concert is part of the St. Mary's Kerrisdale 100 Years of Grace centennial celebrations.

Changing Lives

a benefit concert for

Educating Girls of Rural China

Sunday October 2, 2011 · 3 pm

St. Mary's Kerrisdale Anglican Church

2490 W 37th Ave, Vancouver

All tickets $25 available through

Brown Paper Tickets 1.800.838.3006

(click on the BPT logo to purchase)

1.800.838.3006 brownpapertickets.ca

Also available from choristers and the Elektra office

604.739.1255

Connections

Whether by mail, email, Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube, we love hearing from you!

Did you know that your comments are always welcome, and that we have several ways for you to reach us? If you read something that you enjoy on the Elektra blog, feel free to leave a comment. You can find the Elektra blog by clicking on the RSS icon on the Elektra site. (That's the button that looks like this:

) or you may click on this link.

Elektra's Facebook Page is a going concern, full of comments, posts, photos, and general newsy bits, perfect for checking out while enjoying your morning coffee. Feel free to join in the conversation.

We're on YouTube as well.

If comments in 140 characters are more your style, follow Elektra on

Twitter. We're @ElektraYVR and we'd love to connect.

If you feel moved to write a review of a concert, we'd love to see it!

Email it to us

and we may post it to our website. Of course, you can also send us a card or a note through the mail. Our address is

Elektra Women's Choir, 949 W49th Ave, Vancouver BC V5Z 2T1.

Whichever way you choose to interact with us, we'd love to hear from you!

Elektra couldn't exist without the generous support of people like you; people who believe that choral music is important enough to support. Please consider making a donation to Elektra.

Every donation helps and no amount is too small.

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."

Elektra gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Foundation, Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation, Borden Ladner Gervais, and Ryerson United Church.

Elektra also thanks its many generous individual donors and volunteers - their support makes us sing!