[BCMA] Vox Humana presents the MS Estonia remembered

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September 22, 2011

Vox Humana presents:
MS Estonia Remembered

September 28th, 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00pm)
Maritime Museum of BC
28 Bastion Square, Victoria BC V8W 1V9
Admission: $20 (limited seating)
Tickets can be purchased at Long & McQuade Music - 756 Hillside Ave., Ivy's Bookshop - 2188 Oak Bay Ave.; online at www.voxhumanachoir.ca<http://www.voxhumanachoir.ca>; by phone 250-483-4010; or by email at info at voxhumanachoir.ca<mailto:info at voxhumanachoir.ca>.


On September 28th, 2011, Vox Humana, Victoria's premier chamber choir, will present MS Estonia Remembered. On September 28th in 1994, the MS Estonia, with 989 people on board, began her fatal journey crossing the Baltic Sea. The ship was expected at Stockholm in the morning but never appeared. Join Vox Humana, seven years later, in the remembrance of the tragedy that claimed the lives of 852 passengers, and crew, through the music of Estonian composer, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and his work Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae (Song of Maritime Calamity).

Vox Humana, choir
Since 2001, Vox Humana has earned the reputation of Victoria's premier chamber ensemble for creating a rich and lively aural palette of musical expression while performing repertoire from all musical eras. Vox has delighted audiences with the highest quality performances of medieval to contemporary 21st century works and is sought after by various instrumental ensembles in Victoria. Vox has performed with the Victoria Symphony, the Galiano Ensemble, the Renaissance wind band "A Great Noyse", guitarist Alexander Dunn, organist Nick Fairbank, and pianists Tony Booker and Allie Cortens. In addition, Vox was invited to record the soundtrack for the TV documentary Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery, a co- production of ABC TV (Australia), Sky Network New Zealand, and Canada's History Television, scored by Victoria composer Tobin Stokes. Currently a 24 member performing force, artists in the ensemble bring a wealth of choral expertise and musical vision.

Brian Wismath, conductor
Brian Wismath began his education in choral music as a chorister in the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, under the direction of Robert Cooper. After completing a Bachelor of Music at Queen's University (Ontario, Canada), Brian received a Masters of Music in choral conducting from the University of Arizona (Arizona, USA). He has studied conducting, in Canada, the United States and Sweden, with Bruce Chamberlain, Robert Cooper, Anders Eby, Kenneth Kiesler, Robert Page, Donald Portnoy, Helmuth Rilling, Dale Warland, Jon Washburn, and William Weinert. Currently living on Vancouver Island, off the west coast of Canada, Brian is the director of Vox Humana, the Victoria Conservatory of Music Chorale and the University of Victoria Chamber Singers.
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For any additional details, please contact
MaryAnne Dieno
mdieno at mmbc.bc.ca
250-385-4222 ext. 113

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