Notice Annual General Meeting November 22

We invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Pro Coro Society, on November 22nd, from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m

This year’s AGM Annual General Meeting will be held virtually, and participation at the meeting will be via Zoom. In-person attendance is not be possible due to current requirements for social distancing. Please register by clicking on the link below. You will be send information about the AGM the week prior directly to your email address. Attendance at this year’s AGM requires access to the internet. 

Our AGM will be held during the intermission of our televised “Motets" concert, featuring music by Bach, Brahms, Messiaen, Schein, Weelkes and Canadians Healey Willan, and Stephanie Martin with the choir performing in groups of 4 to 8 singers. Concert passports are available for purchase through the Pro Coro website or by calling our office. Our television concert audience will be connected automatically to the telecast of the AGM.

Of course, you will be able to attend Annual General Meeting only without purchase of a ticket. Please register by clicking on the link below.

Russ and Johann Mann Endowment Fund

In honour of retired Executive Director Russ Mann, and in appreciation of his service to the choir as a member of the Board of Directors as well as a volunteer Executive Director for nearly a decade, the Russ and Johann Mann Endowment Fund supports the commission of new musical works by today’s best and brightest composers. We asked Russ Mann to provide some context and inspiration.

For many years Pro Coro Canada needed to use all donated funds to support the operations of the choir. Nowadays, Pro Coro Canada uses the donated dollars from its thoughtful donors in one of two ways:  operations and endowments.  About 20 years ago, John and Barbara Poole established the Pro Coro Canada Endowment Fund with a gift of $25,000, and the income from this fund was to be used to support operations. Some time later, a charitable gift was made to support operations. This gift came in the from of stock which was subsequently sold to generate revenue in the range of $35,000. The Canadian Government Department of Heritage matched the contribution made by the anonymous donor, moving the capital amount of the endowment to about $100,000. The annual income from this endowment of about $4,000.00 goes to operations of the choir.

A further Endowment was established about five years ago, when the Board of Directors of Pro Coro Canada decided to establish The Russ and Johann Mann Fund as part of the endowment. The income from this fund was to be directed towards the commissioning of new music for Pro Coro Canada. As the fund approached $10,000 it was partially matched by the Department of Heritage.

On a very personal level, Johann and I make charitable contributions to Pro Coro Canada to support both operations and the endowment. We do this as we believe Pro Coro Canada is a precious gem in our city and is garnering national and international attention for its voice and innovative choral presentations. Simply there is currently no other choir in Canada that does what Pro Coro Canada can do, and we feel our support contributes to the vision and success. We also contribute to the endowment, and that portion of our charitable giving will endure forever, continue to grow, and help create wonderful new choral compositions Pro Coro Canada will give voice to.

There is great satisfaction in knowing that some of our charitable dollars support the choir in different and meaningful ways. We are appreciative of those patrons who support Pro Coro Canada and hope that others will do so as well.

Russ Mann

Motets

November 22 on Pro Coro TV

We invite you to our second concert of the 20.21 season on November 22 at 3:00 p.m. with an introduction starting at 2:30 p.m.

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