It’s a rafter-raising finale that highlights the warmth, tenderness, and power of men’s voices singing raised in song!Īpr 12 (7:30pm) & 13 (7:30pm), Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
On Saturday evening the Chan resounds with solo sets and massed choir selections featuring Cantus, Chor Leoni, Chor Leoni’s MYVoice youth choirs, and the VanMan Festival Singers. Tying into the theme of communicating in our modern age, Chor Leoni will sing Ēriks Ešenvalds transcendent three-movement Wandering Heart featuring the poetry of Leonard Cohen, and premiere Future Folk Songs by Chor Leoni’s Composer-in-Residence, Zachary Wadsworth. Renowned as one of America’s few full-time vocal ensembles, Cantus has been praised by Gramophone Magazine for their “genuinely glorious music-making.” This chamber ensemble will present a varied program exploring the theme of connection in the modern world. The weekend opens with Cantus & Chor Leoni (April 12 at 7:30), a collaborative concert featuring two top-tier ensembles presenting the best of male singing. The parents became aware of their 13-year-old’s activity when their. Chor Leoni’s VanMan Male Choral Summit has become the “go to” place to experience the spine-tingling sound of 300-plus men singing together on stage at the Chan Centre, one of Canada’s premiere concert halls. Parents turn daughter, 13, in to police after finding out that she was sending and receiving nude pictures on her cell phone.