Laudate Singers is a professional-level chamber choir based on Vancouver’s North Shore. The choir usually performs at West Vancouver United Church.
On Saturday, May 4th, Laudate Singers, Paragon Singers, a Baroque Orchestra and conductor Lars Kaario presented a double feature of two rarely performed Baroque masterpieces. The first was Handel’s Dixit Dominus and the second was J.S. Bach’s Christ Lag in Todesbanden. The concert took place at 8:00 pm at West Vancouver United Church in West Vancouver.
Tickets to the May 4th concert cost $45 for adults, $40 for seniors and $15 for folks ages 35 and under. The performance was also livestreamed which you could watch online for $25. Livestream ticket holders could watch the concert multiple times, up until May 31st, 2024.
For details about the concert, see the Laudate Singers website.
Laudate Singers
Laudate Singers is a chamber choir based on the North Shore. Lars Kaario founded the group in 1995. To this day, Lars remains the choir’s Artistic Director. The choir consists of about 14 members. Together, they are a professional-level chamber choir. The group celebrates Canadian choral music with various concerts in the Lower Mainland. Some are free and others are ticketed.
The choir is an impressive group. In fact, it has released several critically-acclaimed records over the years. The choir also mentors young composers and collaborates with other talented singers and musicians.
Paragon Singers
Paragon Singers is a newer choir that formed in 2021. It is also under the umbrella of Laudate Singers Society and is directed by Lars Kaario. However, Paragon Singers is an intermediate-level choir. It is also a much larger group, with about 60 members. All singers in this second choir have at least some previous choral experience, and they had to complete an informal audition to join the group. Paragon Singers performs a variety of different choral works, including well-known pieces and shorter works.
Choir Concerts
For its 2024-2025 season, Laudate Singers Society’s choirs has three regular series concerts, two community outreach concerts, and a gala fundraiser. Exact dates and details about the various concerts between the fall of 2024 and spring of 2025 are to be confirmed.
Other Information
To learn more about the choir, see the laudatesingers.com website.
Note: Laudate Singers Society is grateful to live and work on the traditional unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Laudate Singers Society gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver through the Arts & Culture Grants Program of the North Vancouver Recreation & Culture Commission. It also gratefully acknowledges the District of West Vancouver through the district’s community grant programs, the Province of BC, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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