Concerto Della Dona demonstrates the strength and beauty of young wom n’s voices. The singers interpret works from around the world, in multiple languages, featuring pieces by female composers and Canadian compositions in particular.
Concerto Della Donna is comprised of approximately 17 young women, aged 18 to 30, who hail from Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, Texas, New Jersey, Oregon, India, and Pakistan. CDD members are university students, music teachers, community organizers, nurses, and jazz, folk, and classical musicians in their own right. Drawing from these diverse backgrounds, CDD interprets a wide spectrum of traditional, classical and contemporary repertoire from both secular and liturgical sources, including madrigals, motets, Romantic lieder, spirituals, avant-garde works. These singers present pieces from all over the world, in numerous languages, featuring pieces by women composers and placing a particular emphasis on Canadian compositions. The ensemble's goal is to produce vibrant performances of both serious and light-hearted repertoire, while demonstrating the strength and beauty of young women’s voices through technical precision and emotional depth.
Iwan Edwards
Iwan Edwards has specialized in choral conducting since he came to Canada from his native Wales in 1965. Since then, he has gained an international reputation as a prestigious conductor, adjudicator, clinician and teacher. Maestro Edwards received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 and, most notably, the Order of Canada for outstanding achievements in the arts in 1995.
Over the past four decades, Maestro Edwards has founded and directed the 110-voice St. Lawrence choir, the F.A.C.E. Treble Choir, Concerto Della Donna, Choeur des enfants de Montréal, and the Canadian Chamber Choir in addition to working with the Ottawa Choral Society, the Lanaudière International Festival Chorus, and the Vancouver Bach Choir. These collaborations have led to performances with prominent orchestras in Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, and Vancouver and, internationally, the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic. Renowned conductors with whom Maestro Edwards has worked include Charles Dutoit, Franz-Paul Decker, Zubin Mehta, Bramwell Tovey, Trevor Pinnock, Helmut Rilling, Robert Shaw, Leonard Slatkin, Roger Norrington and Kent Nagano.
After 21 years at the helm, Maestro Edwards retired as director of the Chorus of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 2007. During his tenure, recordings involving the chorus won a Grammy Award (“Les Troyens” – Berlioz) and two Juno Awards (Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” and “La Damnation de Faust”). Over the course of his long relationship with the MSO, Maestro Edwards has conducted numerous MSO performances including Handel’s “Messiah” at Notre Dame Basilica.
As an associate professor and Chair of the Choral Department at McGill University, Maestro Edwards conducted a myriad of ensembles and oversaw graduate students of conducting. He also served as Chairman of the Performance Department of the Faculty of Music form 1992-1996. Maestro Edwards retired from McGill in 2001 to devote himself to his many choral ensembles. Today he continues his journey, guiding and inspiring future generations of Canadian musicians.
Source :
www.imsq.ca/eng/programmation-2011/programmation-2012/concerto-della-dona
Artistes : Concerto Della Dona, Iwan Edwards
Category : Spectacle | Music | Concert | Sacred
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Location : Église Saint-RochAdress : 590, rue Saint-Joseph Est, Québec
City : Québec (La Cité-Limoilou)
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