Chor Leoni: Blog: Choral & Current

Your Reviews of MYVoice: Heroes!

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT

MYVoice: Heroes! was a smashing success! Our near-capacity audience rewarded these young singers with enthusiastic applause and a standing ovation at the end. Feel free to submit your review here!

Musical Memories: The 20th Anniversary Collection

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT

To celebrate our birthday we've put together a 20th Anniversary Collection digital download card featuring two tracks from each of our CDs � a total of 24 tracks!

Post your review of Chor Leoni & Friends here!

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Were you part of our audience for Chor Leoni & Friends? We'd love to hear what you thought!

Diane Loomer, C.M., Memorial Page

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Please share your thoughts and memories of Diane on her memorial page. Click here to visit Diane's page on iLasting.com.

Post your own review of Luminous Night here!

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT

We hope you enjoyed Luminous Night. Please feel free to let us know what you thought.

Post your own review of Intonations of Immortality here!

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Were you at Intonations of Immortality? We'd love to hear what you thought. Post your own review here.

Intonations of Immortality Program

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT

There are times in all of our lives when loss and feelings of grief seem impossible to express in words. We hope Intonations of Immortality helps to say it with music. Read on for details and our upcoming concert program.

The Adriatic Prowl Compendium: All Posts

bruce@brucecat.ca (bruce) — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Chor Leoni's Adriatic Prowl has come and gone � but you can relive it here! We had bloggers assigned to each day of tour. You'll find links to each post. Enjoy!

Sunday, July 15th � Our final day of competition.

bruce@brucecat.ca (Paul Larocque) — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In many ways, this was our toughest part of the competition given the challenging works in German, Italian, and French and we used this rehearsal to continue to fine-tune our pronunciation and dynamics.

Day 2 of competition

bruce@brucecat.ca (Tom Kidd) — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The reward of intense focus.

Another Face of Chor Leoni

bruce@brucecat.ca (Pete Chamberlain) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

We're now in Gorizia, a lovely town shared by Italy and Slovenia, attending the 51st annual Choral Competition Seghizzi. We're one of 16 choirs participating, the others from Italy, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Russia, Croatia, Turkey, Indonesia and Colombia. It's a disparate bunch, ranging from a quartet of 4 women (from Rome) to a mixed choir of more than 50-60 (from Livorno).

Rehearsal day in Gorizia

bruce@brucecat.ca (Paul Birch) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Today was a day that was entirely blank on our printed schedule. Could it be a holiday, a day off? Yes, it was -- except for six hours of rehearsal here at the hotel in Gorizia.

Storms, the Adriatic, and Aquileia

bruce@brucecat.ca (Edwin Friesen, bass) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Getting drenched in a thunderstorm can be a welcome event!

July 10 - A Choir Mom Blog

bruce@brucecat.ca (Ros Hollett (Ken's wife, Cory and Noel's mom)) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

What I have learned during this trip to Europe: 1) Water is precious - we take it so much for granted in Vancouver 2) Carry your own toilet paper, just in case 3) European beer is far far superior to North American beer 4) Carry a light shawl for church visits 5) Chor Leoni can summon storms just by singing the right pieces 6) A smile and "thank you" in someone else's language goes a long way

Sliding

bruce@brucecat.ca (James Emery) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The day Russell went sliding.

Tolmezzo - July 8, 2012

bruce@brucecat.ca (Greg Mohr) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Experiencing the beauty of the Dolomites, the hospitality of Coro Tita Copetti, and the joys of singing with other choirs.

Venice / Venizia - July 7, 2012

bruce@brucecat.ca (Valerie Duma, spouse of Peter Spira) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In which a self-confessed Chor Leoni groupie (and spouse) experiences the "city of lions" with the singing lions.

Goodbye Slovenia Hello Venice!

bruce@brucecat.ca (Kyle Harland) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This morning we checked out of our hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and piled onto our tour buses to head for Venice, Italy.

Zagreb to Ljubljana - from here to there

bruce@brucecat.ca (Ryan Cho) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

After singing what is probably the hottest concert (temperature wise) that i have ever sung the night before, we spent the morning in Zagreb, a fabulous modern city in the heart of Croatia. Most of us took some time to wander around to see what we could see before the short amount of time that we had to be on the bus for Slovenia.

Good Bye Bosnia Hello Croatia

bruce@brucecat.ca (Mark Macdonald) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

So July 4th was the day we had to bid a fond farewell to our first home in the Balkans, Sarajevo.

In Which Hardship Is Endured & Support Is Offered

bruce@brucecat.ca (Greg Martin) — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

From charging rhino to serene sloth.

The Long And Winding Road

bruce@brucecat.ca (Keith Sinclair) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

From Sarajevo to Bugojno via Mostar � with an unexpected delay.

Ave, Maris Stella

bruce@brucecat.ca (Stash Bylicki) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

. . . a chorus of church bells coming from everywhere, a call and answer, conversation between church and mosque.

Hello Bosnia (Finally!)

bruce@brucecat.ca (John Wyness) — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Jet lag and travel by air are wonderful things, except when you have almost twelve hours of sitting!

Adriatic Prowl June 29, 2012: "Flying time 71:46"

bruce@brucecat.ca (Bruce Hoffman) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A day in which Bruce comes unstuck in the space time continuum.