Phoenix Chamber Choir is inviting local music lovers along on a choral pilgrimage.
The Burnaby-based choir, a 25-voice ensemble under the artistic direction of Ramona Luengen, is opening its 2011/12 concert season with The Path of the Pilgrim.
The concert is on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. at Shaughnessy Heights United Church in Vancouver, and again on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 3 p.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Surrey.
In the choir's ranks are New Westminster residents Kevin Mattinson, tenor, and Julie MacLellan, alto, along with New Westminster music teacher Barb Paul in the alto section.
The program takes audiences on a musical journey through a range of music, including music from 14th-century manuscripts and two medieval pilgrim prayers evocatively set by contemporary British composer Jonathan Dove.
Other offerings include The Long Road, by the young Latvian superstar Eriks Esenvalds, plus compositions by Vytautas Miskinis, Knut Nystedt, Brian A. Schmidt and James Whitbourn, plus the world première of Miles Ramsay's arrangement of Walk in Jerusalem.
Tickets are $25, or $20 for students and seniors, $10 for secondary school students.
For full details about the concert, see www.phoenixchamberchoir.bc.ca, or call 604-584-4755 for tickets.
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