Elektra Wishes You and Yours a Blessed Holiday Season!
We Look Forward to Singing for You in the New Year! | | Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director |
Dear friends, This time of year finds me and our 50 singers deep in preparations for get-togethers with friends and family, planning for food, gifts, travel, music, and more. I am so grateful for the music that lights up this and every season for me. Thanks to everyone who attended "Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra". A personal highlight was the exquisite music of Vancouver's own Borealis String Quartet. Yes, it's Elektra's 25th Anniversary season! Who would have imagined a quarter century ago that we would be connected instantly via the internet to choirs, conductors, and composers around the world? Fresh music and ideas pour in this way, and our Canadian music is also getting out to far-flung places. My sights are now set on the Pure Elektra concert on March 4th, when we will premiere a new work by Kathleen Allan, welcome our 12 Mira Mentorship singers, and offer up a feast of my favourite music. CBC Radio will be at Ryerson with us, recording the concert for national broadcast. Looking forward to seeing many of you there! In the meantime, all the best to you and yours. Morna |
Some Last Minute Gift Suggestions, Courtesy of Elektra!
We know what it's like! Suddenly you look at the calendar and realize THE BIG DAY is only 10 days away and there are still a few items on missing from your gift list.
Fear not! The wise women of Elektra are here with a few timely suggestions!
Elektra CDs & Downloads
Elektra CDs make wonderful stocking stuffers, last-minute hostess gifts, or presents under a tree. There are ten to choose from, with everthing ranging from folk tunes to avant-garde and sacred selections - and of course, Christmas music. You'll find the details of our CD catalogue on Elektra site here.
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"But Uncle Ivan lives in Patagonia!" you say? No problem.
here and choose the "Gift this Album" option from the price menu (right click on it to see the options available.) If your uncle has internet access then sending him an Elektra CD is easy - and you can check another off your list!
Concert Tickets
 If you'd prefer to give the gift of live music, then tickets to our upcoming Pure Elektra concert are the perfect item! By turns serene, gripping, beautiful, and surprising, Pure Elektra will surround you with beauty in a program of works full of the radiant "Elektra sound" that has captivated audiences for 25 years. Close your eyes, open your ears, and take a deep breath of Pure Elektra. This is also our 25th birthday party so you're invited over to the Ryerson hall after the show for refreshments! Pure Elektra is the perfect opportunity for you to introduce your friends to your favourite women's choir. (Don't forget to order your own ticket as well - with only one performance we expect these to sell like hotcakes!)
Pure Elektra
Sunday March 4 * 3pm
Ryerson United Church, Vancouver
Adults $28 * Seniors $22
Available online at Brown Paper Tickets
1.800.838.3006
Give a Singers' Experience 
If your friend is a choral singer then this last suggestion would make a fabulous gift - and if you get the registration in before December 16 you'll save yourself $6 as well!
Elektra is the special guest at an upcoming Women's Choral Workshop hosted by Bellingham's Allegra Women's Choir (Ann MacDonald, Director) on January 21 in Bellingham, WA. Guest clinicians include our own Artistic Director, Morna Edmundson, mezzo-soprano Fabiana Katz, and Ann MacDonald, director of Allegra and Founder of Bellingham Sings.
Early registration costs $39 USD until December 16, so register now! Click here for all the details and to register!
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Chez Nous - the CD!
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We know we talked about Elektra's CDs already, but we really must highlight our latest disc, Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra.
Featuring favourites from recent concerts of the same name plus the rerelease of Benjamin Britten's gorgeous A Ceremony of Carols with harpist Rita Costanzi, this disc makes the perfect holiday playlist!
Here are just a few of the gems you'll find on Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra:
* Stephen Smith's ravishing arrangement of Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming as well as his beautiful Three in White: a suite of songs about snow.
*Ed Henderson's Star Song (poetry by Luci Shaw) Watch it on YouTube! 
* Daniel Kantor's Night of Silence
and many more!
It's available through the Elektra website, on CDBaby, and iTunes.
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Support Elektra Now
It is a sad fact that ticket revenues come nowhere near to covering the production costs of an Elektra concert. We couldn't exist without the generous support of people like you; people who believe that choral music is important enough to support. As the year draws to a close, please take this opportunity to make a donation. All donations made before December 31 will qualify as a deduction for the 2011 tax year.
You may donate online by clicking here.
If you'd prefer to make a donation over the phone, please call our office at 604.739.1255 or mail your donation to
Elektra Women's Choir
939 W 49th Ave
Vancouver BC V5Z 2T1
Every donation helps, no amount is too small, and we thank you for your generous assistance.
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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.
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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 support of the Canada Council for the Arts, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Foundation, Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation, ArtsFACT, Borden Ladner Gervais, and Ryerson United Church. Elektra also thanks its many generous individual donors and volunteers - their support makes us sing!
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