Chor Leoni bass Paul Birch recently had a conversation with composer Zachary Wadsworth and is all set to recruit him. “I’ve found someone who would be a perfect fit for Chor Leoni! He’s got a really strong musical background, he’s…
Category Archives: Performances
Sea to Sky Explores the Power, Magic, and Beauty of Nature
A sky that ranges in colour from pewter to cantaloupe, a sea that often is a dance of whitecaps full of sailboats tacking and turning like schools of tropical fish, and soaring above them all, the stunning North Shore Mountains…
VanMan Male Choral Summit Concert Fills the Chan
Take a boys’ choir, an all-male youth choir, and three men’s choirs, and bring them together in the glorious acoustics of the Chan Centre for a day of musical exploration. The result is Chor Leoni’s second annual VanMan Male Choral…
All is Calm – Back by audience demand
Choirs generally thrive on new material – so why is Vancouver’s renowned Chor Leoni Men’s Choir bringing back last year’s All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 in two encore performances on December 5? The answer is simple –…
Brothers in Arms: all wars are civil wars
Recently voted “Best Local Classical Vocal Ensemble,” Vancouver’s renowned Chor Leoni Men’s Choir opens their season with their 23rd annual Remembrance Day concerts, Brothers in Arms, on November 11 (1pm at West Vancouver United Church, and 8pm at Vancouver’s St.…
The Dream We Carry: New Choral Music for Men’s Choir
Chor Leoni’s The Dream We Carry (April 18 & 19) is rich with stunning new music for men’s choir. Works by eminent Canadian composers will be featured, with the premieres of Jocelyn Morlock’s beautiful reimagining of An die Musik, and…
VanMan: Power & Beauty of Men’s Voices in Song
Take a boys’ choir, an all-male youth choir, and three men’s choirs, and bring them together in the glorious acoustics of the Chan Centre for a day of musical exploration. The result is Chor Leoni’s first-ever VanMan Choral Summit (March…
Alex Varty Previews Chor Leoni’s 2014/15 Season
Alex Varty interviewed Erick about our upcoming season and Manely #1’s for the June 19, 2014 issue of The Georgia Straight (available online now.) Here’s an excerpt: “Lichte is aware that he has inherited the reins of a well-run, disciplined,…
CBC TV features Passion and Resurrection
Over the weekend of April 5 and 6, CBC TV featured our upcoming co-production of Passion and Resurrection on it’s Our Vancouver segment. CBC is a proud sponsor of the concert, and we’d like to say a very heartfelt “thank you” for…
Author Jack Hodgins’ on Cadillac Cathedral
Chor Leoni first met Canadian author Jack Hodgins at the 2010 Vancouver Writers Festival where we backed him up at his sold out Pacific Medley reading. Diane and Jack hit it off and began talking about a program incorporating a purpose-written…
Cadillac Cathedral: Storytelling & Music
The lions first met Canadian author Jack Hodgins at the 2010 Vancouver International Writers Festival, where Chor Leoni backed him up at the sold out Pacific Medley reading. From that very successful collaboration sprang the idea that Jack would write…
Let Star of Wonder Guide You Into Christmas
What do an ancient Wassail from the steppes of Georgia, a Renaissance motet for double choir, and an Argentinian folk-inspired Christmas tune have in common? They are just a small part of the rich tapestry of music on offer as…