Chor Leoni, The Leonids, VanMan Festival Singers – Erick Lichte, conductor | MYVoice choirs – Carrie Taylor, Melodie Langevin, Jonathan Krueger, Johnson Lui, conductors
The VanMan Summit represents the pinnacle of our commitment to education and community. It also features the widest range of choral treasure for you to enjoy: from the intimacy of The Leonids, to the polish of Chor Leoni, to the pure joy of our MYVoice youth choirs, and the spectacle of 200 singers joining together as one. Goosebumps will rise as these voices wrap around you and soar into the grand acoustics of the Chan Centre, one of Canada’s premier concert venues.
Section A $47.50 | Section B $37.50 | Section C $32.50
Ticketing by Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
Ticket price includes $2.50 service fee.
Canada’s premier male choral festival is back as Chor Leoni, The Leonids, and more than 200 fellow singers celebrate the joy and power of raising voices together.
Ticketing by Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
"This piece was originally written for the inauguration of a swimming hall in Lund and is therefore simply called "Badhusintro" (Swimming House Intro). After singing this intro, the choir dived into the pool in a synchronized fashion. The soloist on the high dive took over and the number was rounded off by the choir serenading as they were floating in the water."
Poet and mystic Thomas Merton's psalm-like prayer is sensuously set to the music of a tango by Dr. Ysaÿe Barnwell.
"My Dear Little Leron is a popular Filipino folk song from the Tagalog region. It is traditionally a work song, representing those who are in the fields harvesting fruits. It is often presented as a children's song, though some parts of the text may have been meant for a more mature audience as some sources also refer to it as a song of courtship."
"I wrote the poem about a couple that emerges from the dark to find a renewed appreciation of life and love. I think it's going to be quite rewarding to sing and I hope that it will be equally rewarding to listen to."
The Leonids are a world-class professional TTBB chamber ensemble under the direction of Erick Lichte. Members have been handpicked from across North America and have sung with such ensembles as Chanticleer, Cantus, Roomful of Teeth, New York Polyphony, Conspirare, Theatre of Voices, Seraphic Fire, Trinity Church Wall Street, Clarion Choir, TENET, Skylark, and Phoenix Chorale.
Chor Leoni warmly welcomes all people singing tenor, baritone, and bass to the VanMan Festival Singers for a life-changing weekend of music-making, learning, connection, and community in the context of a male choir, regardless of gender identity or expression.
Carrie has been teaching in the public school system for 32 years. She began her teaching career in Coquitlam and is currently teaching in Burnaby, where she enjoys teaching both band and choir. Carrie has also been the coordinator for the B.C. Provincial Honour Choir for the past several years and is one of the Directors of Vivo Children’s Choir.
Melodie is the Director of Choirs at Seycove Secondary, a vibrant school nestled in a cozy town residents affectionately call “The Cove” in North Vancouver. An avid chorister herself, Melodie discovered a passion for conducting while completing her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Manitoba.
Jonathan teaches choral music, concert band, and vocal jazz at North Surrey Secondary School. He is a keen student of the Kodály method of music education and enjoys the challenge of working with students whose voices are developing. His award-winning choirs continue to inspire young musicians wherever they perform.
Johnson Lui has been teaching at St. Thomas More Collegiate in Burnaby for the past 11 years where he directs three concert choirs, two chamber choirs, and jazz choir. The groups have won a few awards through the years including a first and two second-place finishes at the National Music Festival.
