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The Cape Breton Chorale has been thrilling audiences since its formation over thirty years ago. The Chorale has given more than 200 performances throughout the Maritimes, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
The Chorale has shared the stage with a variety of musical stars, ranging from Celine Dion to Rita MacNeil and has performed before numerous visiting dignitaries including Queen Elizabeth II.
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The Cape Breton Chorale once again presents its traditional Christmas concert at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 2011, at St. Andrew's United Church, Bentinck Street, Sydney, NS. Entitled "Sounds of Christmas", the music is an eclectic choral introduction to the holiday season chosen to engage the audience in a broad emotional spectrum. It should evoke not only inspiration and meditation but also fond remembrances of Christmases past and joyful celebration of continuing blessings of family and friends. Several opportunities for audience singalong participation are included.
The program has been produced by Sister Rita Clare. The Chorale will be under the direction of Rosemary McGhee with Paula Jane Francis providing organ and piano accompaniment .
For this presentation, the Chorale will be joined by the Seton Elementary School Choir directed and accompanied, respectively, by Chorale members Paula Jane Francis and Mary Jane Ross. The program will also include selections by the woodwind trio All Sorts Consort.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 17:02 |
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The Cape Breton Chorale's spring program offered a full spectrum of colors from songs of praise to arrangements of folk songs and nursery rhymes. It included songs of love, a medley of well known songs by Allister MacGillivary, instrumental selections and the resounding Freedom Trilogy by Paul Halley, exploring the extensive range of the Chorale’s repertoire.
The joy of Easter and the awakening of spring were celebrated in John Rutter's Praise Ye the Lord, Gustav Holst's Psalm 148 and the well known Anthem for Spring from the opera Cavalleria Rusticana. The program moved through much-loved songs like Loch Lomond and The Turtle Dove to songs by Gordon Lightfoot and Andrew Lloyd Webber and evoked memories of childhood in whimsical arrangements of Old MacDonald, Teddy Bears' Picnic and other childhood favorites.
The concert proceeds went to the Sister Rita Clare Music Scholarship fund. The scholarship is awarded annually to assist a secondary school student from the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board who is planning to pursue studies in music or music education at a recognized post-secondary institute. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 June 2011 13:34 |
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