Vancouver Chamber Choir - YOUTH & MUSIC 2011: Young Composers Competition

YOUTH & MUSIC 2011 Young Composers Competition 8 pm Friday, May 6 Ryerson United Church Vancouver Chamber Choir British Columbia Girls Choir Linda Lee Thomas, piano John William Trotter, conductor Jon Washburn, conductor Every two years the Vancouver Chamber Choir organizes the Young Composers Competition and presents a Youth & Music concert. Our goal is to identify and champion the latest generation of creative musicians - university, secondary and even elementary school students! The programme includes music about youth and childhood, new compositions commissioned from past winners of the competition, and performance of the finalist pieces in this year’s competition from which the 2011 winning pieces will be chosen. If you have musical young people among your family and friends, this is the concert for them – always a pleasure for young and old alike. John Rutter - Five Childhood Lyrics Jon Washburn - Song, our Sweetest Joy Young Composers Competition Finalists: Elementary, Secondary and College/University nominees Premieres of five newly commissioned pieces by young composers,including previous winners of the Young Composers Competition: David von Kampen, Rob Teehan, Kathleen Allan, Stephen Feigenbaum and Timothy Corlis Subscribe now by calling the Vancouver Chamber Choir office at 604-738-6822! Single tickets are available as of September 1, 2010 through Ticketmaster (604-280-3311 or www.ticketmaster.ca). For more information about the choir or for full details on our upcoming 2010-2011 concert season please visit www.vancouverchamberchoir.com or contact info@vancouverchamberchoir.com.