New members welcome!
Georgian Bay Concert Choir is always looking for new members.
Do you:
- Like to sing?
- Have the ability to read music?
- Want to have fun?
Previous experience singing in a choir is an asset but is not necessary.
Please contact us for more information if you are interested in joining us.
Rehearsal information: Tuesdays at the Harmony Center from 7:00 to 9:00pm with a 10 min. break at 8:00pm.
Next events
Georgian Bay Concert Choir is proud to present a fabulous spring concert at 7:30pm on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Georgian Shores United Church in Owen Sound. The repertoire will include a presentation of Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” (Missa in Tempora Belli).
The choir will be accompanied by Shawn Grenke (Organist and accompanist for the Elmer Eisler Singers); principal strings of the Georgian Bay Symphony; and Paul Sanvidotti (Trumpet).
Featured soloists are: Iris Rodrigues (soprano); Richard Cunningham (countertenor); Jacob Abrahamse (tenor); and Douglas Tranquada (bass-baritone).
In addition to Haydn’s mass, the Georgian Bay Concert choir is proud to present the premiere performance of “Wind Blown Group of Seven”. This gorgeous piece is composed by Dorothy de Val set to poetry by Jessica Outram. Dorothy de Val is professor emerita of Musicology at York University. Dr. de Val has taught at the Royal Academy of Music (London), Oxford Brookes University and the University of Oxford, and served as assistant curator of musical instruments at the Royal College of Music (London). She joined York University’s Department of Music in 1999 and served as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Fine Arts from 2004 to 2007, and as Graduate Program Director in Dance from 2009 to 2011.
Jessica Outram is an educator; author, poet, playwright, podcast co-host, and System Principal of Indigenous Education. A citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, Ms. Outram has roots in the Georgian Bay Métis Community from the verified Métis family lines of Solomon and Berger/Beaudoin. Her father’s family were settlers to the Britt area in the early 1900s. Her inspiration for “Windswept Group of Seven” comes from the painting ‘Byng Inlet’ by Tom Thomson. “That is where my parents live. It is called Britt today, but in 1914 many called it Byng Inlet North. On the back of the sketch for this painting it says “Gereaux Island Lighthouse” which is where my grandfather grew up. My great-grandfather was the lighthouse keeper at the time. It is highly likely Thomson met my family and maybe even stayed there a night.”
Tickets for the May 11 Concert can be purchased through the Georgian Bay Concert Choir eventbrite page; Adult Tickets 30.00, youth 18 and under 10.00, available at Lawson’s, at the door, or online through the clickable Eventbrite logo below:
Adult Tickets 30.00, youth 18 and under 10.00, available at Lawson’s, at the door, or online through the clickable Eventbrite logo below.
at Lawson’s in downtown Owen Sound, or at the door.
Doors open at 7pm on May 11, 2024.
Concert details and ticket options
Donations
Concerts are partially funded through ticket sales but we also welcome individual & corporate donations.
