Chor Leoni has been teasing the changes coming for its 30th season over the last few months. New Lions are joining the choir, Chor Leoni has a new home and has been named Choir in Residency at the newly renovated St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church in downtown Vancouver. Don Macdonald, a former Lion himself, is the choirs new Composer in Residence, and The Leonids, a new professional chamber ensemble debuted, to headline the annual VanMan Male Choral Summit.
Yesterday, Chor Leoni revealed its 2021/22 season featuring:
Breathe In Hope – the 30th Annual Remembrance Day Concert
November 10, 2021 @ 7:30pm,
November 11, 2021 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church
Christmas with Chor Leoni – A Vancouver Yuletide Tradition
December 17, 2021 @ 8pm,
December 18, 2021 @ 2pm, 5pm & 8pm,
December 20, 2021 @ 4:30pm & 8pm
St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church
Popcappella II – Pop Favourites Reimagined
March 4, 2022 @ 7:30pm
March 5, 2022 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church
A Sound Like This: Chor Leoni & The Leonids
May 12 & 13, 2022 @ 7:30pm
St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church
VANMAN Summit Concert – Canada’s Premier Male Choral Festival
May 14, 2022 @ 7:30pm
C/4 Canadian Choral Composition Competition – Go Behind the Scenes with 3 Top Composers
June 3, 2022 @ 7:30pm
For those unable to attend concerts in person Chor Leoni is reopening its Digital Concert Experience to allow free access to great music to audiences across the country.
“Music is defined by the silences around each note,” Artistic Director Erick Lichte says. “Often, the deepest connection, emotion and meaning of singing is found in the breaths between each phrase. Chor Leoni has taken its longest breath in thirty years, but is now ready to lift its voice and sing a new melody as we announce this 30th season.”
This season, ticketing will be handled by the choir’s new box office partner, Bard on the Beach. Bard will facilitate online sales, its staff will handle the box office phone line, and check audience tickets when attending shows, once live in-person performances return.
The launch of this season means live and in-person performance will return soon. Find full details of the season at chorleoni.org.