The Richard Eaton Singers
On December 9, 1951 the choir, now known as Richard Eaton Singers, gave its first performance. At the time the group was called "University Singers", and the conductor was Richard Eaton, the first Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alberta. On the program were seasonal selections by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel and music by R. Vaughan Williams and H. Willan.
Next Performance
Home and Away
Transports of Delight from Canada and Abroad
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 8 pm
McDougall United Church
10025 - 101 Street, Edmonton, Alberta
Richard Eaton Singers
Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor
Leanne Regehr, piano
Be part of a “Home & Away” experience as Richard Eaton Singers, take you on a journey around the world with a diversity of music by composers “Abroad”… J.S. Bach, Pavel Chesnekov, Edward Elgar, Morten Lauridsen, Norman Luboff, Felix Mendelssohn, Hubert Parry, and Ralph Vaughn Williams, PLUS composers from Canada… Stuart Calvert, Stephen Chatman, Ruth Watson Henderson, Rupert Lang, Diane Loomer, Larry Nickel, Healy Willan, and Trent Worthington.
A highlight of the concert will be the premiere of "branche"*, a newly-commissioned work by JUNO nominated composer, John Estacio.
The concert is a sneak-peek into the repertoire that Richard Eaton Singers will be performing on its July 2013 concert tour of Germany.
Tickets Advance $20
Tix on the Square 780.420.1757
Tickets Door: Adults $25, Seniors $22, Students $15
*branche
Commissioned by Brian R Haliburton for Dr.Leonard Ratzlaff and the Richard Eaton Singers,
and lovingly dedicated in memory of Frieda H. Haliburton
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