Calling All Singers!
Join Our Thousand-Voice Chorus

City Opera Vancouver invites all local choirs, choruses and their members to participate in a unique musical event.

On October 26, 2007, at 8:00 pm, Carl Orff's famous cantata Carmina Burana will be produced in Canada's first sing-along version.

Join us at St Andrew's-Wesley Church in downtown Vancouver for an extraordinary evening in which a thousand people will be able to fulfill a great fantasy: singing the choral part in Orff's 20th century masterpiece.

We will give Carmina Burana in the chamber version, with two pianos, three soloists, and four percussionists playing 15 instruments. The percussion section will be led by Sal Ferreras. The conductor is Dr. Charles Barber. Our soloists will shortly be announced.

The entire event is a benefit for City Opera Vancouver, a new professional chamber opera company that will be resident at the restored Pantages Theatre in the Downtown Eastside.

Purchase your choir members’ tickets now (see below) for only $30, before general admission $40 tickets go on sale to the general public this fall.

For more information about City Opera Vancouver, visit our website.

It is your unique voice, joined with a thousand others, that will make this Sing-Along Carmina Burana a spectacular and memorable experience for everyone.

In order to earn your participation, we offer:

• A special $30 ticket price* until tickets go on sale to the general public at $40.
• An invitation to wear your choral robes or insignia;
• Reserved seating in the soprano / alto / tenor / bass-baritone sections, as preferred;
• Mention of your chorus in all media and program materials if ten or more members of participate;
• The services of our conductor and artistic director Dr. Charles Barber and our rehearsal pianist at an early session of your chorus. With the consent of your music director, we will take one rehearsal to work the chorus-only musical materials, and do this by coming to you;
• An invitation to participate in a dress rehearsal one week before the concert;
• Music provided by City Opera;
• An invitation to a workshop with legendary American conductor Vance George.

Judging by initial response, our sing-along Carmina Burana will attract a tremendous audience, and offer a wonderful experience. Will you join us?