Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20 in advance (available at Alcorn Music Studios, Herb & Spice Wellington St. West, and The Leading Note, or from choir members); $25 at the door. Student rush tickets (available 15 minutes before the show begins): $10. Children under 12 admitted free.
An evening celebrating the music of The Beatles. Thirty singers, a professional rhythm section, and guest performers from Canterbury High School and the Capital Youth Jazz Orchestra.
The concert represents some significant coming together in the Ottawa music community. Capital Vox (30 voices and a professional rhythm section under the direction of Elise Letourneau) is hosting the Capital Youth Jazz Orchestra for this concert. Canterbury High School for the Arts has accepted our invitation to have some of their students featured as guest lead vocalists. Ottawa's newest women's choir, Vox Eclectica, is on the bill as a guest vocal ensemble. The Four Seasons String Quartet rounds out the musical offering. And special guest Amanda Putz (host of Bandwidth on CBC Radio) is coming to emcee the evening. Close to 75 performers are gathering for one extravaganza concert to give the Fab Four their props.
Beatles songs will be performed in several vocal and instrumental configurations. And, due to the positive response to the choir's "Come Sing Standards" events and requests for more audience opportunities to sing, there are a couple of "everybody sing" selections planned for the programme.
Capital Vox was formed as a community choir to explore the works of classic jazz composers, as well as standards old and new, in a large group vocal setting. It also seeks to present music by Canadian jazz composers and expand the existing body of Canadian jazz choral repertoire; as well as recast traditional music in a new, jazzy light. The choir membership seeks continual growth in vocal, improvisational, and musicianship skills; culminating in quality music-making and concert performances.
Dominion Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper Street
Ottawa
Capital Vox Choir:
Soprano 1:
Fatima Allibhai
Sherrey Collier
Lynn McGuigan
Anne Naylen
Cathy Patton
Soprano 2:
Tonia Hearst
Geri Horsford-Lloyd
JoAnn O'Connor
Claudia Schiffo
Alto 1:
Carolina Arnoni
Sandra Clarke
Helen Glover
Pam Ladouceur
Sue McGowan
Alto 2:
Patricia Balfour
Marjorie Cooper
Penelope Goranson
Sylvie Marcil
Mary-Ellen Pitts
Tenor:
Aram Adjemian
Chris Armstrong
Richard Fujarczuk
Marcel Gagnon
Jerry Sociedade
Bass:
Bob Clarke
Michael Falardeau
Sam Hudson
Tim Lash
Nick Miller
Mike Steinberg
Marc-Andre Veselovsky
Special Guest Emcee:
Amanda Putz
CBC Radio 91.5
Piano: Mark Ferguson
Guitar: Tim Bedner
Bass: Mark Alcorn
Drums: Marilee Townsend
Music Director/Arranger:
Elise Letourneau
Vox Eclectica Women's Chamber Choir
Bethany Armstrong
Patricia Balfour
Lisanne Begin
Melanie Dillon
Kathy Eagan
Deborah James
Annie King-Smith
Denise Lachance
Laura Martin
Patricia Power
Rachele Racicot
Denise Roy
Berlayne Smith
Rebecca Taylor
Giatue Tonnu
Leslie Toope
Anna Torgerson
Four Seasons String Quartet
Gillian Gresham - violin
Julia Manthorp - violin
Olivier Philippe-Auguste - viola
Chris Bell - cello
Canterbury Singers:
Lindsay Anderson
Ruta Auzina
Julia Bueneman
Vivian Masswohl
Jessica Wilson
Capital Youth Jazz Orchestra
Saxophones
Alex Zaphiropoulos, alto
Chris Maskell, tenor
Meghan Heeney, tenor
Jennifer Atyeo, baritone
Trombones
Daniel Degroseilliers
Zachary Smith
Trumpets
Megan Jutting
Peter Crouch
Nicholas Cottee
Alex Kanabe
Rhythm
Alex Moxon, guitar
JP Lapensee, bass
Jamie Holmes, drums
"Penny Lane" Brass Quintet:
Peter Crouch, piccolo trumpet
Megan Jutting & Alex Kanabe, trumpet
Daniel Desgroseilliers, trombone
Christian Julien, bass trombone