2020 has been stressful in so many ways and for choir singers, choir is our happy place. Just when we most need to gather together to SING, we can’t! We miss our choir buddies! We all have family friends, work friends… and our choir friends! We are used to checking […]
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West Coast East Coast
The taxi driver dumped us off in front of the Memorial University residences at 4:00 am with the assurance that “I’m pretty sure this is the place!” As we unloaded our suitcases and started to search for the door in the dark, I stopped and looked around and took a […]
Read MoreSpellbound
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 […]
Read MoreFlight! Tour in France Part 3
Once the tour bus arrived in Vaison-la-Romaine, the group went its separate ways! Most of the group stayed in a single hotel, but others camped in the festival campground, surrounded by vineyards. […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
Read MoreA Hive of Honeybees
This is a momentous season in many ways! Ensemble Laude is larger and more vibrant than ever before with 50 singers, an Assistant Director, Composer-in-Residence and Administrator! This year in addition to our regular concerts we also have been invited to perform at the international Choralies festival in France. We […]
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