Motets

TOMORROW on ProCoro TV at 3:00 pm MST

We welcome you back to our TV channel for another exciting livestream. Our choir is performing in groups of 4 to 8 singers, presenting sacred music by Bach, Schein, Brahms, Messiaen, and Weelkes.

I look forward in particular to sharing some lesser-known music by British composer Michael Berkeley, the eldest son of the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley and a godson of Benjamin Britten. Another living composer in our program is Canadian Stephanie Martin, and we’re presenting her four motets which were composed for the choir of historic church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Toronto. In this very church, Healey Willan worked as organist and music director from 1921 until his death in 1968. St. Mary Magdalene's, under Willan, became a North American mecca for choral and Anglican church musicians.

It is of course a great pleasure to combine some of our groups of 4 singers from last concert, and to sing the Bach motet ‘Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf’ for 8 voices.

During our intermission, we are hosting the society’s Annual General Meeting, and we look forward to introducing you to our board of directors in our video-conference. Please see below for details.

We invite you to subscribe to our 20.21 concert season, purchase one of our Season Passports through our website before November 21. You can also purchase a single-ticket for the performance on Sunday at $12.- until tonight ($15.- regular admission).

Pro Coro Canada is looking forward to welcoming you for ‘Motets’

Michael Zaugg, Managing and Artistic Director

AGM on November 22nd
3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

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

This year’s AGM 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 for our AGM by clicking this link. All materials are available on our AGM page.

Our AGM will be held during the intermission of our televised “Motets" concert, and our ProCoro TV concert audience will be connected automatically to the telecast of the AGM.

Of course, you will be able to attend Annual General Meeting without purchase of a ticket, but prior registration is required.

From the Swiss Alps to the Canadian Rockies - a series of interviews around the anniversary of 75 years of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries

Our director Michael Zaugg was recently interviewed by the Swiss Embassy in Ottawa about this path from Elementary school teacher, to his music studies in Basel, to his post-grad work in Sweden, about his way across the Atlantic to Montreal and finally to the Canadian Prairies. Learn about the differences in choral singing between Switzerland and Canada, innovative ventures of Pro Coro Canada and the work with emerging artists in Canada.

Watch the interview on YouTube, or listen with iTunes or Spotify