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Our latest announcements, concert highlights, community initiatives, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the life of the Vancouver Cantata Singers.
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A Special announcement
Following the 2026/27 season, Artistic Director Paula Kremer will transition to Conductor Emerita, honouring her lasting artistic legacy and continuing role in the life of the choir.
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Kantatefeier! A Cantata Celebration: Celebration, Joy, and Hope
For our 60th anniversary performance this Saturday, Vancouver Cantata Singers debuts a brand new choral commission from Jocelyn Morlock, Io, Io!, alongside J.S. Bach’s cantatas: Wachet Auf (BWV 140) and Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61), motets: Komm, Jesu, Komm (BWV 229), Lobet den Herrn (BWV 230), and O Jesu Christ (BWV 118) and a choral work by J.S.…
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Kantatefeier! A Cantata Celebration: Q & A with Jocelyn Morlock
Vancouver Cantata Singers debuts a brand new choral commission from Jocelyn Morlock at our May 12th performance of Kantatefeier! A Cantata Celebration. We interviewed her about her recent composition and thoughts about her composing life. You have been composer-in-residence at the Vancouver Symphony for several years now, composing many orchestral works in recent years. Vancouver…
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Congratulations to Jocelyn Morlock – JUNO winner!
Congratulations to Jocelyn Morlock for winning the JUNO Award for Classical Composition of the Year for her fantastic work, My Name is Amanda Todd! We look forward to performing her new work commissioned for Vancouver Cantata Singers on May 12th at Kantatefeier! A Cantata Celebration.
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The Protestant Reformation, Bach, and Modernity
2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Originally sparked by one man’s courage to challenge the religious authority of the Roman Catholic Church, the Reformation eventually transformed European culture, religion, and music. Martin Luther, the man who posted the 95 theses and translated the Bible into the vernacular, was also a prolific hymnodist, writing many…
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Cantus Missae. Anton Bruckner & The Cecilian Movement
Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist most well know for his symphonies, masses, and motets. His music is often defined by a rich harmonic language and strong polyphonic character. In the 19th century, ‘serious’ German music was being revolutionized by the New German School (composers such as Liszt, Berlioz and Wagner are…
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Christmas Reprise Composer Focus: Jean Mouton
Jean Mouton (c.1459-1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance, an influential composer and teacher. In northern France he worked in churches with choirboys and eventually as the principal composer for the French court where he often wrote music for state occasions—weddings, coronations, papal elections, births and deaths. Of Mouton’s music, 9 Magnificat settings, 15 masses, 20 chansons, and over 100 motets survive. The survival…
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Handel’s Messiah: Iconic, Influential, and Immeasurable
Messiah was composed in 24 days by George F. Handel in the mid-18th century, an extremely short time to compose a major musical work. Since then, Messiah has had its fair share of influence on Western culture which continues to this day: mention the Hallejuah chorus and most will undoubtedly recognize the melody and text (for an…
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Vancouver’s choral scene, 60 years ago.
It was the late 1950s and the world was changing. In 1957, the Soveit satellite Sputnik was launched and in 1959, Xerox introduces the first commercial photocopier to the market. Locally, in 1957, the Oak Street bridge opened, Elvis came to town (while fans ended the performance with a riot, read more here), and in 1958, Oscar Peterson performed at the Orpheum Theatre.…
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