September 26, 2024 by Lou Morin in Concerts 0 Comment
Tickets on sale for stars
The sheet music is flowing, our choir is warming up, and tickets are now on sale for Stars! Join us for this celestial-themed concert on December 14, 2024 or January 25, 2025. For information about the program and to buy tickets, visit our Current season page.
September 6, 2024 by Lou Morin in Concerts 0 Comment
2024-2025 Season Takes Flight
As the sound of flocks migrating overhead starts to fill the air, Ensemble Laude is thrilled to launch its 24th season with two sparkling concert programs. Stars Stars, our winter 2024 concert, takes the listener through the clear tones of medieval Marian music, to contemporary Cree composer Andrew Balfour’s telling of the Star Children creation […]
May 2, 2024 by Lou Morin in Concerts 0 Comment
Musical history made at Oxford
History was made on May 1st, 2024, when a piece composed by Canadian Sarah Quartel as an Ensemble Laude commission was performed at Oxford University. Sarah became the first female composter in 500 years to have her work selected for the traditional May Morning celebrations. Ensemble Laude congratulates Sarah Quartel on this momentous occasion! The […]
Join Ensemble Laude for a musical burst of joy and colour to top off our 2023–24 season. Our Bloom! program curates joyous music written for upper voices written by composers from around the globe, on the themes of renewal and blossoming creativity. This series of two concerts, held on April 27 and May 4, entwines […]
December 1, 2023 by Lou Morin in Commissions, Concerts 0 Comment
Winter Visions
Ensemble Laude is a staple of the Victoria, British Columbian, and Canadian music landscape, known for its innovative and uplifting repertoire. The choir has performed at national and international choral festivals and its seasonal concerts are a highlight of the city’s arts and culture calendar. Also joining Ensemble Laude this season is Lumina, our new […]
October 27, 2017 by Meghan Robertson in Concerts, Featured 0 Comment
Spellbound
This season is amping up to be spectacular! We have over 50 beautiful singers, repertoire that director Elizabeth MacIsaac has sourced from 3 countries, and heart, soul and enthusiasm! Spellbound…the very word conjures up images of fascination, imagination, enchantment. This December, Ensemble Laude will enrapture its listeners with songs of beauty and magic from the […]
September 15, 2016 by Meghan Robertson in Concerts, Featured, France 0 Comment
Flight! Tour in France Part 2
From Thoronet, we travelled to Aix-en-Provence, the ancient city of fountains! We were thrilled to sing in the Aix Cathedral, Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, as it is so beautiful and the oldest cathedral in France! According to tradition, the original chapel was built by St Maximinius, accompanied by Mary Magdalene herself, in the first century. Later construction around […]
August 23, 2016 by Meghan Robertson in Concerts, France, Tours 6 Comments
Flight! Tour in France Part 1
Ensemble Laude has just arrived back from its first international tour – to France! We sang at the Eglise St Pierre d’Arene in Nice, St Sauveur Cathedral in Aix-en-Provence, and then on to the international Choralies festival in Vaison-la-Romaine, as the only choir from Canada! When we arrived in Nice, it was to a city […]
March 24, 2016 by Meghan Robertson in Concerts 0 Comment
Caravan
Our pieces on the upcoming Caravan concert are so diverse, it is truly as though the listener were coming on a journey with us. And who better to travel with than a bevy of loud, passionate and fun women? Not only are we journeyers, we are singers of songs and tellers of tales! Even our […]