I can hardly contain my excitement.
It's Monday morning, and barely 12 hours after the last Take Flight! concert with Spiritus Chamber Choir before we go abroad. My bags are still not packed and there's still quite a bit to do.
TAKE FLIGHT! - a review
Last night's concert went rather well. There were a few rough patches, and a plea from Tim Shantz to engage both him and our audience a little bit more. I'll definitely have to remember that. I suppose many of us were a little nervous for one reason or another. But on the whole, the audience seemed to enjoy it. I especially enjoyed having Calgary composer Allan Bevan present so he could hear his commissioned piece Quiet for the first time in concert (he wasn't present when SPIRITUS gave Quiet its world premiere on May 7).
We still have some work to do on some of our competition pieces but for the most part, I'm fairly certain everything is taking shape. For the first time since March, we performed the pieces written by fellow SPIRITUS members Georgina Craig (Alberta Autumn, Intruders) and George Fenwick (Cold Spell). It was nice to sing those again - we hadn't sang those pieces since our collaborative concert with the Canadian Chamber Choir. In addition, the Renaissance singers had a first opportunity to perform their pieces so that was a nice addition to the tour repertoire.
Stay connected with SPIRITUS
SPIRITUS takes flight this coming Thursday. We land in Paris on Friday morning and immediately take a tour of the sites including the Eiffel Tower and the l'Arc de Triomphe. I've been asked to maintain a blog of our French adventure so please come back often and I'll try to have as many updates as possible - including how we fare at the prestigious Florilège Vocal de Tours competition.
Many thanks for all your support! Stay tuned!
It's Monday morning, and barely 12 hours after the last Take Flight! concert with Spiritus Chamber Choir before we go abroad. My bags are still not packed and there's still quite a bit to do.
TAKE FLIGHT! - a review
Last night's concert went rather well. There were a few rough patches, and a plea from Tim Shantz to engage both him and our audience a little bit more. I'll definitely have to remember that. I suppose many of us were a little nervous for one reason or another. But on the whole, the audience seemed to enjoy it. I especially enjoyed having Calgary composer Allan Bevan present so he could hear his commissioned piece Quiet for the first time in concert (he wasn't present when SPIRITUS gave Quiet its world premiere on May 7).
We still have some work to do on some of our competition pieces but for the most part, I'm fairly certain everything is taking shape. For the first time since March, we performed the pieces written by fellow SPIRITUS members Georgina Craig (Alberta Autumn, Intruders) and George Fenwick (Cold Spell). It was nice to sing those again - we hadn't sang those pieces since our collaborative concert with the Canadian Chamber Choir. In addition, the Renaissance singers had a first opportunity to perform their pieces so that was a nice addition to the tour repertoire.
Stay connected with SPIRITUS
SPIRITUS takes flight this coming Thursday. We land in Paris on Friday morning and immediately take a tour of the sites including the Eiffel Tower and the l'Arc de Triomphe. I've been asked to maintain a blog of our French adventure so please come back often and I'll try to have as many updates as possible - including how we fare at the prestigious Florilège Vocal de Tours competition.
Many thanks for all your support! Stay tuned!
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