Tag Archive for the term: concerto della donna

Hey y’all,
Feel like catching yet another great show this weekend? Check out my homegalz’ Sunday afternoon show.

Who we are: Concerto Della Donna, an 18-voice woman’s chamber ensemble
What we do: we raise our voices in SONG
When we’re singing this weekend: Montreal West United Church. 8 Ballantyne (get directions here). Show’s at 3pm this Sunday. Tickets are [...]

Christmas means different things for everyone. For my childhood best friend, it means sleeping on the cold wood floor of her cousins’ attic listening for reindeer. For my half-Jewish-half-Catholic roommate, it means devouring fresh-baked chocolatines at her Grandmaman’s house minutes before midnight strikes on Christmas Eve. For my cousins in New York, it means [...]

Last week I had the privilege to attend a stunning choral concert at the Christ Church Cathedral in good ol’ downtown Mount Real. Lead by artistic director Iwan Edwards, the Concerto Della Donna presented their Give Thanks to Music program to a packed house and created such a lovely hush over the church pews you [...]

Hear ye! Those of you out there who are interested in experimental contemporary music should check out the show I’m in tonight. I’m in a chamber ensemble called Concerto Della Donna, and we have our seasonal concert this evening. We’re an 18-voice ensemble conducted by Maestro Iwan Edwards, who recently retired as [...]

Alas, I did not score points on the hipster-o-meter this weekend. While the rest of the Montreal world was at Osheaga catching tunes and having some fun in the sun, I was on a choir retreat in Orford, Quebec, deciphering obscure time signatures and phonetically translating German.
I sing with an 18-voice women’s ensemble [...]

Check out these ladies, if you get a chance, they are quite expert at what they do. I had the pleasure of a Christmas concert of theirs a few years ago, and their complexity and subtlety raised the bar for me for choirs…
If you’re looking for Thursday night plans, you should check this out:
My [...]