The Music of Canada presented by Pacific Spirit Choir

The Music of Canada presented by Pacific Spirit Choir

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Pacific Spirit Choir, a festival chorus that performs on the North Shore, is hosting its first ever all-BC

composers concert on May 10th, 3:00pm at West Vancouver United Church. Canadian Choral

Classics will feature works by composers who are either from BC or have lived in BC, including

Stephen Chatman, Alex Vollant, Allison Girvan, Corey Payette, Brian Tate, Matthew Emery and

others.

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“I have always been proud of the music that comes from right here in British Columbia,” says

conductor Kevin Zakresky. “The variety of styles is seemingly endless.”

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The performance will begin with Russell Wallace’s ubiquitous The Gift, which has been a welcome

song for Pacific Spirit in several of their recent concerts and other performances.

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A highlight will be Imant Raminsh’s sprawling cantata I Will Sing Unto the Lord. Raminsh has been a

favourite of the choral community for decades. “Whenever I travel abroad,” says Zakresky, “I always

bring a few copies of Imant’s Ave verum corpus in case someone wants me to show them some

music from BC. There is nothing quite like it.”

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The concert will feature tenor soloist Eric Schwarzhoff and pianist Geordie Roberts, whose own

House of God is on the programme.

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Tickets can be found at www.pacificspiritchoir.com