Chor Leoni Men's Choir

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Chor Leoni men's choir

Background information
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia
Genre(s) Classical music
Years active 1992 (1992) - Present
Website http://www.chorleoni.org

The Chor Leoni Men's Choir is an award-winning male choir based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded by Diane Loomer C.M. in 1992, Chor Leoni consists of 50 men. While primarily focusing on classical repertoire, the choir sings music of all genres and in many languages.

Chor Leoni presents concerts every year on Remembrance Day, at Christmas-time, in the Spring and at the Summer Solstice. The Choir performs regularly with Vancouver ensembles and orchestras, has toured nationally, and recorded several national broadcasts for CBC Radio. In addition to its main concert series, Chor Leoni performs frequently at community events throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, is heard live as part of the CBC Food Bank Day[1] and on Shelagh Rogers’ Christmas Eve broadcast of CBC Radio's Sounds Like Canada[2]. In 2005, the Choir launched the Program for Mentoring Young Singers (PROMYS), inviting talented singers from surrounding high schools to join with Chor Leoni in rehearsals and performance.[1]

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[edit] Achievements

  • 1994 - Best Community Choir, CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
  • 1994 - 1st Prize, Equal Voice (Male), CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
  • 1996 - 2nd Prize, Equal Voice (Male), CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
  • 1998 - 2nd Prize, Equal Voice (Male), CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
  • 2002 - 1st Prize, Equal Voice (Male), CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
  • 2002 - 1st Prize, Contemporary - CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
  • 2002 - Best Performance of a Canadian Work - CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
  • 2003 - 4th Place, European Broadcasting Union's "Let the Peoples Sing" International Choral Competition
  • 2004 - National Choral Award for Outstanding Choral Recording ("Yuletide Fires"), Association of Canadian Choral Conductors[2]
  • 2004 - Western Canadian Music Awards, Outstanding Classical Recording ("Yuletide Fires"), Western Canadian Music Alliance[3]
  • 2006 - 1st Prize, Equal Voice (Male), CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs[4]

[edit] Notable Performances and Tours

  • 1997 - Atlantic Provinces Tour
  • 2000 - Association of Canadian Choral Conductors’ PODIUM 2000
  • 2000 - International Society of Music Educators’ 2000 Convention
  • 2002 - Regional conference of the American Choral Directors Association, Tacoma, WA
  • 2002 - Canadian representative, AmericaFest World Festival of Singing for Boys and Men, Collegeville, MN
  • 2002 - Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2007 - Central Canada Tour, performances and workshops in Montreal, Lachute, Quebec City, Ottawa, Kitchener
  • 2007 - Stratford Summer Music Festival, Stratford, Ontario
  • 2008 - Invited guest choir, NW Division Convention, American Choral Directors' Association, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2008 - Invited guest choir, Western Division Convention, American Choral Directors' Association, Anaheim, CA.
  • July, 2008 - Host Choir, 2nd International Boys & Men’s Choral Festival, Hradec Králové/Prague, Czech Republic

[edit] Recordings

  • Songs of War and Peace - Skylark Records Cat. No. 9501
  • L'Hymne au Printemps - Out of print.
  • Canadian Safari - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. CCR0603
  • Canadian Safari 2 - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. CCR0401
  • Goin’ Home - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. 0701
  • Chor Leoni - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. CCR0604
  • Yuletide Fires - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. CCR0601
  • Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. 0703
  • Healing Voices - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. 0602
  • Circle of Compassion - Cypress Choral Recordings Cat. No. 0702

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vancouver Foundation (2007). Vancouver Foundation Success Stories - Chor Leoni Men's Choir. Vancouver Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ Association of Canadian Choral Conductors (2006). ACCC - National Choral Awards:. Association of Canadian Choral Conductors. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  3. ^ Western Canadian Music Alliance (2004). WCMA - Western Canadian Music Awards:. Western Canadian Music Alliance. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  4. ^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2008). CBC Radio Canada - Canadian Choral Competition Winners:. CBC Radio Canada. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.

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