Berkshire Choral Festival: Willan & Vaughn Williams Choral Works
Saturday June 21/2008
8:00 pm
Chan Shun Concert Hall
Presented by the Berkshire Choral Festival
Healey Willan - Requiem
R. Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music
R. Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs
Jennie Such, soprano
Anita Krause, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Tyler Duncan, bass-baritone
Jon Washburn, conductor
Jon Washburn (pictured left) is the Conductor and Artistic Director of Canada's outstanding professional vocal ensemble, the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Well known internationally for his mastery of choral technique and interpretation, Washburn travels widely as guest conductor, lecturer, clinician, and master teacher.
Each year Washburn conducts approximately 50 concerts, broadcasts, and CD performances of twenty separate repertoires, in addition to many workshops for choral conductors, composers, students, and singers. He has appeared as guest conductor with groups such as the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, and prepared choruses for the Royal Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic, and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
In 2001, Mr. Washburn was named a Member of the Order of Canada and, in 2002, he received Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of his lifetime contribution to Canadian choral art.
Berkshire Choral Festival
The Berkshire Choral Festival was founded in 1982 with a unique purpose: to provide choral singers with the opportunity to rehearse and perform masterpieces of the choral repertoire under the direction of world-class conductors and with the help of a professional musical staff.
