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<p>Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 8:00pm</p>
<p><a href="http://performance.rcmusic.ca/plan-your-experience/directions-and-transit" mce_href="http://performance.rcmusic.ca/plan-your-experience/directions-and-transit" target="_blank">Koerner Hall</a>, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning&#8211;></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://nathanieldettchorale.org/experience/toronto-subscription-series#2">Voices of the Diaspora…The Book of Negroes</a></strong></p>
<p>Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM</p>
<p><a href="http://performance.rcmusic.ca/plan-your-experience/directions-and-transit" target="_blank">Koerner Hall</a>, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://nathanieldettchorale.org/experience/toronto-subscription-series#3">And Still We Sing…Treemonisha</a></strong></p>
<p>Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 8:00 PM</p>
<p><a href="http://performance.rcmusic.ca/plan-your-experience/directions-and-transit" target="_blank">Koerner Hall</a>, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning</p>
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		<title>Tony Fernando &#8211; Member</title>
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		<title>Michelle Farrell &#8211; Secretary</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chorale is proud to be participating in a fundraiser to support the North York General Hospital&#8217;s Senior Health Centre. &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; by Charles Dickens will be an evening of dramatic readings, with beautiful holiday musical selections presented by The Nathaniel Dett Chorale and the Adult Choir of St. Timothy&#8217;s Anglican Church in North [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Chorale is proud to be participating in a fundraiser to support the North York General Hospital&#8217;s Senior Health Centre. &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; by Charles Dickens will be an evening of dramatic readings, with beautiful holiday musical selections presented by The Nathaniel Dett Chorale and the Adult Choir of St. Timothy&#8217;s Anglican Church in North Toronto.</p>
<p>This wonderful event is taking place on Sunday, December 4th at 7pm, at St. Timothy&#8217;s Anglican Church located at 100 Old Orchard Grove. Tickets are available by calling 416-488-0079. Hope to see you there!</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Voices of the Diaspora… The Book of Negroes




Voices of the Diaspora…
The Book of Negroes
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
8:00pm
Renowned Canadian writer Lawrence Hill joins The Nathaniel Dett Chorale for a multimedia presentation based on his award winning novel, The Book of Negroes. This concert will weave together excerpts read by Mr. Hill, with favourite folk, classical, spirituals [...]]]></description>
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<h3>Voices of the Diaspora…</h3>
<h3>The Book of Negroes</h3>
<p><em>Tuesday, February 14, 2012</em></p>
<p><em>8:00pm</em></p>
<p>Renowned Canadian writer Lawrence Hill joins The Nathaniel Dett Chorale for a multimedia presentation based on his award winning novel, <strong><em>The Book of Negroes</em></strong>. This concert will weave together excerpts read by Mr. Hill, with favourite folk, classical, spirituals and jazz selections by the Chorale and the Joe Sealy Quartet.</p>
<p>All concerts will take place at our beautiful new venue, <a href="http://performance.rcmusic.ca/plan-your-experience/directions-and-transit" target="_blank">Koerner Hall</a>, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, just west of the ROM on Bloor Street.</td>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="home-image" href="http://performance.rcmusic.ca/event/nathaniel-dett-chorale-presentsbrand-still-we-sing-%E2%80%A6-treemonisha" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0px solid;" title="buy-now-event" src="http://nathanieldettchorale.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/buy-now-event2.png" alt="Buy Tickets Now An Indigo Christmas…Navidad Nuestra" width="174" height="56" /></a></p>
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<h3>And Still We Sing…</h3>
<h3>Treemonisha</h3>
<p><em>Tuesday, May 29, 2012</em></p>
<p><em>8:00pm</em></p>
<p>Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of North America’s first Afro-American opera, Scott Joplin’s <strong><em>Treemonisha</em></strong>. Set during the period of reconstruction, this story of racial uplift reflects the great hunger for education in African American communities after the Civil War. Never performed in Joplin’s lifetime, this brilliant work draws on both African American and 18th century operatic traditions. Featuring talented Chorale alumni in principal roles.</p>
<p>All concerts will take place at our beautiful new venue, <a href="http://performance.rcmusic.ca/plan-your-experience/directions-and-transit" target="_blank">Koerner Hall</a>, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, just west of the ROM on Bloor Street.</td>
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		<title>Tom Lillington</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Lillington, a professional vocalist and pianist, keeps busy with a wide range of activities in the Toronto area.  As well as maintaining a full schedule as a Certified Piano Technician, Tom is also an accomplished composer (BFA, York University 1994), accompanist, arranger, director and vocalist performing with various different groups.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom Lillington, a professional vocalist and pianist, keeps busy with a wide range of activities in the Toronto area.  As well as maintaining a full schedule as a Certified Piano Technician, Tom is also an accomplished composer (BFA, York University 1994), accompanist, arranger, director and vocalist performing with various different groups.</p>
<p>As well as being an original member of the Nathaniel Dett Chorale and singing part-time with the Elora Festival Singers, he is also a founding member of The Canadian Chamber Choir, a professional touring ensemble comprised of singers from across the country with the mandate to promote Canadian composers and conductors while bringing top-level choral music to smaller regions and towns which would not otherwise have access.</p>
<p>He sang with 80’s band Retrocity as well as Hampton Avenue, an award-winning acappella group (named 1999’s Jazz Vocal Group of the Year by <em>Jazz Report Magazine</em>) which has performed on CBC’s <em>The Vinyl Café with Stuart Maclean</em> and has three popular albums to its credit.</p>
<p>Tom’s bass voice can be heard singing in many jingles, soundtracks and recordings, and</p>
<p>as a writer he is entering his 10<sup>th</sup> season as composer and music director of the Driftwood Theatre Company, a touring outdoor Shakespeare company dedicated to reaching out to audiences in urban and rural communities across the Ontario that do not have access to professional classical theatre.<em></em></p>
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		<title>Aria Umezawa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aria Umezawa is a Canadian opera director and freelance singer based out of Toronto. She is a founding partner of Opera Five, an opera company that produces mixed-media operas, and in January 2012 she will be travelling to Boston, MA to direct “David et Jonathas” as part of Helios Opera’s premier season.
Aria has worked extensively [...]]]></description>
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<p>Aria Umezawa is a Canadian opera director and freelance singer based out of Toronto. She is a founding partner of Opera Five, an opera company that produces mixed-media operas, and in January 2012 she will be travelling to Boston, MA to direct “David et Jonathas” as part of Helios Opera’s premier season.</p>
<p>Aria has worked extensively with Patrick Hansen at Opera McGill, acting as Stage Manager, and/or Assistant Director on ten of their productions over the past three years including their 2008 staging of Lully’s &#8220;Thésee&#8221;; the 2009 staging Handel’s &#8220;Agrippina&#8221;; and the 2010 production of Stravinsky’s &#8220;The Rake’s Progress&#8221;, directed by guest director David Lefkowich. She has also assisted Canadian directors François Racine, and acclaimed counter-tenor Daniel Taylor in his directorial debut of “Dido and Aeneas” in 2010. For the past two seasons, Aria has worked at the Janeic Opera Company at the Brevard Institute of Music in North Carolina. There she worked with acclaimed directors David Gately, Dean Anthony. Performance credits include 2010 Musimars performance in Montreal with German actor and composer Christian Kestin, singing with the choir at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, and Alto soloist for the world premiere of Canadian composer Darren Russo’s “Missa Sylabus”. She also sang and acted as vocal coach for the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir under Lynn Janes for their 2007/2008 season.</p>
<p>Aria is absolutely thrilled to be singing her first season with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale.<span id="_marker"> </span></p>
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		<title>Leonie Hentschel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leonie Hentschel graduated from University of the Arts in Berlin and Free University of Berlin completing her Bachelor in Music Education, a Masters in Vocal Pedagogy as well as a Masters in Business Economics.  In Germany, Leonie performed in opera productions such as Philip Glass&#8217; Einstein on the Beach and Mozart&#8217;s Don Giovanni as well [...]]]></description>
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<p>Leonie Hentschel graduated from University of the Arts in Berlin and Free University of Berlin completing her Bachelor in Music Education, a Masters in Vocal Pedagogy as well as a Masters in Business Economics.  In Germany, Leonie performed in opera productions such as Philip Glass&#8217; <em>Einstein on the Beach</em> and Mozart&#8217;s <em>Don Giovanni </em>as well as in many concerts including Pergolesi’s <em>Stabat Mater</em>, Mozart’s <em>Exsultate, jubilate </em>and de Falla’s <em>7 canciones</em>, among others. After relocating to Canada in 2007, she worked at Soundstreams where she founded Soundstreams’ successful <em>Salon 21</em> series. Currently, she also works for a voice over agency. Leonie is delighted to be a member of the inspiring Nataniel Dett Chorale.</p>
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		<title>An Indigo Christmas&#8230;Navidad Nuestra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Indigo Christmas… Navidad Nuestra
Tuesday December 6, 2011


Maderaz Latin Music and COBA (Collective of Black Artists) join The Nathaniel Dett Chorale for a lively and exuberant program of Afro-Latino and Andean rhythms. Featuring the Misa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra of Argentinian composer Ariel Ramirez, both of which weave together a colourful array of folk traditions [...]]]></description>
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Tuesday December 6, 2011</div>
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<div>Maderaz Latin Music and COBA (Collective of Black Artists) join The Nathaniel Dett Chorale for a lively and exuberant program of Afro-Latino and Andean rhythms. Featuring the <strong><em>Misa Criolla</em></strong> and <strong><em>Navidad Nuestra</em></strong> of Argentinian composer Ariel Ramirez, both of which weave together a colourful array of folk traditions from across South America.</div>
<div>All concerts will take place at our beautiful new venue, Koerner Hall, just west of the ROM on Bloor Street.</div>
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