Pacifica Singers is a select Vocal Ensemble, now anticipating its fourth season, which exists as part of the Vancouver Chamber Choir organization. The Ensemble performs with Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir on three or four concert programmes ...  morePacifica Singers is a select Vocal Ensemble, now anticipating its fourth season, which exists as part of the Vancouver Chamber Choir organization. The Ensemble performs with Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir on three or four concert programmes each season and also presents one or two independent concerts with its own conductor. Pacifica Singers provides an ideal performance venue for experienced and motivated choral singers whose goal is to make music at a very high level. By providing direct exposure to the world of professional music making, it is an experience of great value for singers intending to make a career in music. Current members live throughout the lower mainland, with many serving as conductors, music educators, and/or professional singers in their communities.  less

As the finale to the Vocal Art Ensemble's "INKSPELL--Choral Music Inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, we performed Jaako Maantijaarvi's first three Shakespeare Songs, culminating on our playful, crafty interpretation to this famous text from MacBeth....  moreAs the finale to the Vocal Art Ensemble's "INKSPELL--Choral Music Inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, we performed Jaako Maantijaarvi's first three Shakespeare Songs, culminating on our playful, crafty interpretation to this famous text from MacBeth. The women shed their shawls and toss them into the center to represent the ingredients being dropped into the bubbling 'cauldron'.  

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Swara Vocal Ensemble - Ivan Yohan, conductor From the online edition of "Ciudad Sin Sueño" concert, 2021. Link to watch the full concert: https://youtu.be/3D7XiHWbXa4 Recorded at the Church of Our Lady and Saint Peter, Ghent. ELIAS Recording

North Shore’s  Children’s Choir is on tour this month, and  their Wellington concert is a special programme combined with a Choir from the Hutt Valley- The Major Minors Children’s Choir.   Both Choirs between them have s...

LUX AETERNA by Swiss/Italian composer Ivo Antognini (b. 1963) De Angelis Vocal Ensemble - Matthew Gray, conductor Mission Basilica, San Juan Capistrano CA - USA October 27th, 2012 ***WORLD PREMIERE***

As part of The Vocal Art Ensemble's "INKSPELL--Choral Music Inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, this piece started the 'modern poetry' section of the concert. As the introduction states, Eric Whitacre's famous "Sleep" was originally composed to Rober...  moreAs part of The Vocal Art Ensemble's "INKSPELL--Choral Music Inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, this piece started the 'modern poetry' section of the concert. As the introduction states, Eric Whitacre's famous "Sleep" was originally composed to Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", but when Whitacre realized the Frost estate was not releasing permission for musical settings of the poem, Charles Silvestri wrote the poem "Sleep" around the music Whitacre had written. To honor the inspiration the poem gave Mr. Whitacre, and to further honor all poets who inspire choral composers, we presented this beloved piece with the original Frost lyrics.  less

The Vocal Art Ensemble, an adult a capella chorus directed by Tracia Barbieri in Davis, California, presents Missa Brevis #8 of Eleanor Daley as part of their "Solstice -- Dance of Light" concerts December 9-11, 2011. This piece was presented in the seco...  moreThe Vocal Art Ensemble, an adult a capella chorus directed by Tracia Barbieri in Davis, California, presents Missa Brevis #8 of Eleanor Daley as part of their "Solstice -- Dance of Light" concerts December 9-11, 2011. This piece was presented in the second half of the program, representing the changing seasons, which paralleled the changing moods and textures in the piece's three mini movements.