This spring, ECC presents a program that blends choral music with jazz rhythms and pure blues harmonies. Delight in Will Todd’s jazz Mass in Blue, composed in 2003 – an acclaimed piece that pulls together the driving energy of jazz and the ethereality of the divine. The choir will be accompanied by a combo of piano, drums, bass and saxophone.
The evening’s program includes Duke Ellington’s iconic composition Caravan in a hot Latin and jazz inspired arrangement by Paris Rutherford. Our lead singers will perform Cheek to Cheek, the classic Irving Berlin jazz standard, as well as Manning Sherwin’s A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square from 1939. In a blend of traditional and jazz harmonies and inspired by the words of William Shakespeare, Songs and Sonnets by George Shearing explores a range of moods and ideas through a tuneful and spirited lens.
Saturday, April 5, 2025, Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Road, Toronto ON M6S 2Y8 7:30 pm. Come early and catch the Pre-Concert Chat with Music Director Henry Renglich, 7:00 – 7:15 PM
Tickets are $35. Admission is free for children aged 12 and under when accompanied by an adult. Book now. Order tickets online at etobicokecentennialchoir.ca/store or by e-transfer to treasurer@etobicokecentennialchoir.ca For ticket information, call 416-779-2258.
Soloists: Mélissa Danis, soprano, David Finneran, bass, Hermione Goss, soprano, Lauren Halász, alto, Pete Oundjian, tenor, Mikhail Shemet, baritone, Amanda Weatherall, alto
Adam Wicks, tenor
Accompanist: Carl Steinhauser, Music Director: Henry Renglich, Assistant Conductor: Mélissa Danis
Bass: Connor Crone, Saxophone: Jake Koffman, Drums: Raul Piñeda
