Choral Art: Meet the Participants
“Each conductor/composer participant is carefully paired to work closely together and with the ensemble bringing new music into the world. The end result is everything Pro Coro Canada stands for in the choral community: The creation of new musical art, a journey of mentorship for the next generation of choral artists, and the development of a stronger connection between all elements of the choral world. “
Choral Art: Pro Coro Canada at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Perhaps you’ve been wondering where we are? The month of February is an exciting one for Pro Coro Canada as the ensemble has departed south to the Rocky Mountains to spend three weeks as the resident ensemble of the Choral Art program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. This multi-faceted program features Pro Coro as Resident Ensemble to engage in workshops and masterclasses with some of today’s finest emerging composers and conductors, as well as Canadian community choirs, to encourage collaboration and artistic development within the broader choral community.
From The Podium: Roots II: Korinnya
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this musical exchange: Roots. It is a great honour for Pro Coro Canada to work with renowned conductor Mykola Hobdych, and to perform in this beautiful and culturally significant sacred space, St Josaphat’s Cathedral, seat of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton.
From the Podium: Heaven and Hell
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you today to this musical exploration of Dark and Light, of Hope and Despair - of Heaven and Hell. I’ve given much thought as to the thread through this concert program and would like to share some of my ideas.
From the Podium: Missae VII - with the Male Voices of Pro Coro Canada
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to today’s concert, the 7th edition of our series Missae .This annual event focuses on musical settings of the Latin Mass text, and we’ve covered over 5 centuries of musical works over the last seasons. Some of the compositions that have stood out are the Mass for Four Voices by Byrd, or the Mass for double choir by Swiss Martin, Cantus Missae by Rheinberger, or just recently, the Mass in E Minor for choir and brass and woodwind ensemble by Anton Bruckner. These are all settings for mixed choir, and today, we’re departing from that tradition, and are presenting four masses for male voices.
From the Podium: Listen, My Beloved
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the first concert in our 2019-2020 season. The choir has been in existence for nearly 40 years, and today’s program reflects our raison-d’être through a selection of eclectic a cappella masterworks from the European tradition interspersed with new Canadian music.