Vancouver Cantata Singers in Pre-Concert Warmup in Roundhouse

Here are a few shots taken during our brief warmup for Romancero, given this evening in the Roundhouse to a filled house.  It was even more fun than I dared imagine.  The photos show the fun the choir has just being together, in spite of it being a Thursday evening after a full day of work, with a 5:00 a.m. wake-up facing some the next morning.  One (possibly more) singer went to work today in concert attire and come to the warmup directly from work.  Dedication to art!

Vancouver Cantata Singers Rehearse "Romancero" in the Roundhouse

The Vancouver Cantata Singers held their dress rehearsal for Romancero in Vancouver's Roundhouse.  This concert features choral music accompanied by the exceptionally talented Canadian marimbist Anne-Julie Caron.

The stage lighting sadly included row of blue spots which were unkind to skin tones, so I have rendered most of the photos without the customary colour range.

Vancouver Cantata Singers' 9th annual Christmas Reprise 2011

The Vancouver Cantata Singers performed its 9th annual Christmas Reprise at the Holy Rosary Cathedral on Saturday afternoon, December 17th, 2011.  The first photos record just a bit of our dress rehearsal the previous evening in the Cathedral.  The reverberant sound is very satisfying for choral music.

The next afternoon, Jesse Read once again took photographs of the concert from the organ loft at the back of the cathedral.  You can almost spot him in the balcony, leaning over the camera on the tripod.

This Spanish carol kept singers moving.

12 men from the choir + our singing conductor.

Bibel's Ave Maria is sung from the three aisles at the conclusion of each Christmas Reprise.

Watching music--watching conductor

The audience stood to join enthusiastically in singing The First Noël at the end of the concert.