2024 – 2025 Concerts
NEW MUSIC COMMISSION CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF BUILDING BRIDGES
A Joyful Noise (AJN) choirs (www.ajoyfulnoisechoir.ca/) will perform the world premiere of Canadian composer Stephanie Martin’s “Every Voice: A Cantata for Inclusive Singing” at a Gala Concert on May 31, 2025.
Specially commissioned by AJN to mark its 20th anniversary, the cantata was written by Ontario-born Stephanie Martin who is highly respected nationally and internationally as a composer, conductor, and professor of music (stephaniemartinmusic.com/). The piece has four movements of varying degrees of difficulty – one for each of the Joyful choirs and one for all to sing together – and includes texts written by Joyful Noise choir members Lori Stewart and Kisha Supernant.
AJN CEO & Artistic Director Roderick Bryce notes “Every Voice” has special meaning at a time of growing polarization in society. When we come together to sing, we break down barriers and build bridges. We celebrate what unites us – as a community, a nation, and indeed the world. Such is the power of choral singing.
A Joyful Noise is excited to share this work and believes it will appeal to many other choirs across the country. AJN is inviting special guests to hear the premiere firsthand – including conductors from the choral community, and AJN alumni from the past 20 years.
In addition to the cantata, the Gala Concert will include music such as Joseph Haydn’s “Little Organ Mass” and “Salve Regina in E” with guest soprano Jodi Penner.
The concert takes place Saturday, May 31 at 4:00 p.m. at All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral (10035 103 St. Edmonton). Advance tickets are available online through edmontonarts.ca or directly from choir members for $20. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $25.
A Joyful Noise has three choirs of varying levels. For more information, please check out our website at www.ajoyfulnoisechoir.ca or email us at info@ajoyfulnoisechoir.ca.
Ceilidh – A Joyful Noise Fundraiser
Saturday, February 8 5:00 PM
Edmonton Inn & Conference Centre
To celebrate our 20th anniversary, A Joyful Noise cordially invites you to our Fundraising Ceilidh [Gaelic, pronounced “KAY-ly”]; a family friendly evening of singing, dancing, food, live music, cash bar and more, all with a Scottish theme!
Artistic Director, Roderick Bryce, brings his Scottish roots to the Edmonton Inn & Conference Centre for our anniversary party. The doors open for cocktail hour at 5:00 PM, and the entertainment starts at 6:00 PM when all three A Joyful Noise choirs will perform some Scots songs and choral music. We will then enjoy a delicious buffet meal accompanied by live music.
After supper, we will hit the dance floor for some traditional Scottish Country dances accompanied by local Edmonton band Crossing Mackenzie. Enjoy a Silent Auction full of wonderful gifts and experiences and a 50/50 raffle to raise funds for A Joyful Noise Choirs.
So, get your tickets now and join us on Saturday, February 8 at 5:00 PM at Edmonton Inn & Conference Centre. Why not book a table of 8* (with a special bonus!) for your friends, family, or company?
Advance tickets are available through EAC Shop & Services or from A Joyful Noise choir members. Ticket prices: Adult (12+) $75; Youth (5-11) $40; Under 5 free. Inquiries, including dietary concerns, please contact info@ajoyfulnoisechoir.ca.
A Joyful Noise has three choirs of varying levels. For more information, please check out our website at www.ajoyfulnoisechoir.ca.
* Must be 8 adult tickets purchased at one time to qualify for the special bonus.
Remembrance – Saturday, November 23, 2024
A Joyful Noise – monday choir & thursday choir
In our secular and religious traditions, November is a time for remembrance and reverence. Since the guns were finally silenced at that eleventh hour of that eleventh day of that eleventh month in 1918, we have paused every November to reflect on the futility of war and the fragility of peace. We honour the sacrifice of lives lost in war, and contemplate the moral burden of taking up their torch. For centuries, November has been the month to remember and pray for the dead, since it begins with both All Saints’ and All Souls’ days and concludes with the season of Advent, a time to reflect on our own mortality.
It is in this spirit of contemplation and commemoration that A Joyful Noise opens our 20th anniversary season. The music we present in this concert explores the complexities and facets of remembrance: fond remembrance of times past; honour for those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country and beliefs; wistfulness at our own preparedness for death; hope for brighter tomorrows; and an impassioned cry for peace.
Join us on Saturday, November 23 at 4:00 p.m. at West End Christian Reformed Church (10015 149 St.). Advance tickets are available at edmontonarts.ca or from Joyful Noise choir members for $20. On concert day, tickets can be purchased at the door for $25. For advance tickets please email info@ajoyfulnoisechoir.ca.
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