Christmas Choral Concert at Plymouthtrinity
With the holidays approaching and Yuletide tunes already in the air, La Maison d'opéra et de Concerts de Sherbrooke is offering a Christmas concert, Sunday afternoon, December 17 at 3 p.m. Under the direction of composer, teacher and renowned choral director Robert Ingari, the choir will sing a cappella in the rich acoustics of Plymouth Trinity Church. Among others, works by Kodaly, Ingari, Lang, Rameau; and traditional songs will be performed. In addition, La Maison will be announcing, before the holidays, its Winter 2018 program of concerts to offer as gifts.
Le Choeur de chambre du Québec is an ensemble dedicated to the creation, diffusion and recording of vocal works, mainly in French, including compositions by Robert Ingari and some members of the choir.
Le Choeur de chambre du Québec, made up of some of the province's best young singers, choirmasters and composers, aims to enrich the contribution of the Francophone community to the Canadian choral repertoire through its mandate to promote French in a stimulating and diverse repertoire. In the context of cultural exchange and through its performances, it shares the beauty and the subtleties of the French language, supported by a contemporary vocal musical composition. The choir performed at Carnegie Hall in March 2015 as part of the A Cappella NEXT concert, by Distinguished Concert International New York, an event bringing together three professional choirs from North America; it has also been invited to perform in France for the 1918-2018 Remembrance Day ceremonies.
Robert Ingari is founder and artistic director of Le Choeur de chambre du Québec. After ten years of teaching and conducting at the Boston Conservatory, Ingari began to teach choral conducting at Mcgill University's Faculty of Music in 2000 and became director of several established amateur choirs, including the Choeur Classique de Montréal. In 2008, he joined the Université de Sherbrooke's, École de musique, where he is now Associate Professor and head of the Master's program in Choral Direction, head of the Classical Interpretation sector, and artistic director of the Summer School of choral singing.
He is regularly invited to give workshops in choral direction as well as to lead instrumental ensembles, notably in Longueuil with the Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil, in Lyon, with the Conservatoire national de musique et de danse, and in Paris, with the ensemble Sequenza 9.3. In 2011, he founded Le Choeur de Chambre du Québec. His works have been performed by Canadian, American and French choirs.
Tickets are on sale at the door at Plymouth Trinity Church, 380 Dufferin Street. General Admission is $35, $15 for those 25 and under, $30 for those 65 and over, and free for children 12 and under. They are also available now on the Maison website at www.maisondoperaconcerts.com. Robert Ingari