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CNotesSeptember 2011
In this issue...
Exciting New Season!
Last Chance to become a Subscriber
Sarah Dufresne is Niagara's Next Star!
First annual Golf Tournament a Success
Centre for the Arts News and Invitation
News from the Children's Choir

Dear Friends

 

Welcome to our stellar 2011-12 Chorus Niagara season!

 

I am very excited to introduce you to the inspiring, the passionate, the uplifting and the fun side of the choral spectrum we want to share with you this season.

 

We begin with Triumph of the Spirit...a stirring tribute to humankind's will to survive, blending the visual and aural testimony of Holocaust survivor John Freund along with a panorama of thoughtfully selected choral works into a profoundly poignant musical experience. You will be touched, you will be moved, you will be uplifted and you will be thankful you attended!

 

Home for the Holidays welcomes Christmas with three performances by Chorus Niagara and the Niagara Symphony in a merry spectacular for the whole family...all your festive favourites in new sparkling and delightful arrangements! It's a joyful stocking stuffer for one and all!

 

Premieres of new commissioned works play an essential role in our Chorus Niagara vision and No Mortal Business is this year's offering. A highly dramatic and appealing score by the renowned Canadian composer Allan Bevan, No Mortal Business captures man's eternal quest for inner truth through an innovative intertwining of Shakespeare' s The Tempest with the Liturgy into a powerful and evocative musical statement with narration by Stratford Festival star Geraint Wyn Davies. This, along with Beethoven's mighty Mass in C Major, all performed by the massed voices of Chorus Niagara and The Orpheus Choir of Toronto makes for a thrilling night of great music! Don't miss Beethoven, Bevan and the Bard!

 

And, for our grand finale...Deep In My Heart...a sparkling and melodic array of hits from those wonderful tunesmiths of the golden age of Operetta: Lehar, Strauss, Romberg, Friml, Herbert and many more! Swaying waltzes, toe tapping choruses and heart-rending songs are a guarantee to delight.

 

I hope this whets your appetite and spurs you to subscribe! Bring your friends...tell them about Chorus Niagara...you will not be disappointed!  Choral music has the unique capacity to poke and prod our conscience, uplift our souls, delight our spirits and tickle our fancies, and this season we hope to do this and more for YOU!

 

Warmest greetings

 

Robert Cooper

Artistic Director

 

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BECOME A SUBSCRIBER TODAY!

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Join an elite group of Chorus Niagara Supporters and become a subscriber today!  You have until September 30, 2011 to order our 2011-2012  Three Concert Subscription  with a 20% discount  for the Bonus Home For the Holidays concert.   

 

 

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Triumph of the Spirit, No Mortal Business  

and Deep in My Heart

 

$89.25       $84.15       $38.25

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NIAGARA'S NEXT STAR

Chorus Niagara is proud to congratulate Sarah Dufresne of Niagara Falls on her recent win in the Niagara's Next Star contest held at Seaway Mall. Sarah, who is a grade twelve student at St. Paul Catholic High School, sang with Chorus Niagara's Side-by-Side High School Chorale and was a part of the Gilbert and Sullivan Spectacular in 2010.

Sarah Dufresne 

Sarah's performance earned her perfect scores from all three judges in the contest. Ryan Malcolm, who was the winner of the first Canadian Idol, had high praise for Sarah's voice. "She's going to go far", he said. "What gave her the edge in the competition were her depth, range and ability for someone so young"

 

 

More than ninety people auditioned to become Niagara's Next Star.  Congratulations Sarah!

 

 

Golf Tournament 2011
Robert Cooper and family get set to tee off.

FIRST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS! 

 

 

 

Well, we did it! The first annual Chorus Niagara Golf Tournament was a huge success, raising over $2000.  Forty golfers, and would-be golfers, turned out to the beautiful links of Rockway Glen on June 12 to support this event.   Read More 

 

 

 

NEWS FROM THE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS

Chorus Niagara welcomes Steve Solski, the new Executive Director of the Performing Arts Centre in downtown St. Catharines.  Steve comes to this position from Brampton where he oversaw the building and development of the very successful Rose Theatre 

We look forward to working with Steve as this exciting project becomes a reality.

   

For information and updates on the progress of the joint project between the City and Brock University go to:www.buildingtheartsdowntown.ca  The website will be maintained by Brock and the City throughout the development and construction of both projects. Construction is to begin by early2012, with occupancy expected in late 2014.

 

Join the arts community on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at the site of the future Centre for the Arts (St. Paul and Carlisle Streets) for an Open House to meet Steve Solski and view the conceptual designs for the project.  There will be entertainment and light refreshments served from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

 


CNCC, OUR CHILDREN'S CHOIR

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The Children's Choir begins their busy season on October 28 with a joint concert with the Schedrick Choir from Germany at St. Andrews United Church in Niagara Falls at 7:30 p.m.

 

They join Chorus NIagara on November 5 for Triumph of the Spirit at Calvary Church on Scott Street in St. Catharines at 7:30 p.m.

 

On Wednesday, December 14 they hold a Christmas Carol Concert to benefit St. Barnabas Church in St. Catharines at 7 p.m.

 

   

 For more information, contact Lyn Hibbitt: cnccmanager@yahoo.ca

905 945 2049

CHORUS NIAGARA

IS AN ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER OF THE NEW

 

NIAGARA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS!



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 Photos in this edition by Kevin Argue, Paul Price, Welland Tribune and Barbara Vint 

 

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P.O. Box 28032, 221 Glendale Avenue
St. Catharines, Ontario L2T 4C4
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