Con Anima Chamber Choir

Join Con Anima Chamber Choir to sing a modern masterpiece: Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. Participants will learn the music during a single day of workshops led by our Director, Dr Paul Mealor, ready to perform the same evening.

Saturday 29th May 2010 Registration 10am MacRobert Building, 581 King St, Aberdeen AB24 5UD Workshops 10.30am to 4.30pm Performance 8pm St Machar’s Cathedral, The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen

The day will start off in the University of Aberdeen’s MacRobert Building, which has plentiful parking and modern facilities, moving later to the performance venue nearby – the beautiful St Machar’s Cathedral. In the evening, singers and audience will be treated to a short performance by Con Anima Chamber Choir, before moving on to the main event.

Tickets for the whole day, including lunch, cost £10 (£8 concessions).

Audience tickets are also available for the evening performance, costing £5.

Singers will each need a copy of the music, which can be hired from Con Anima for £3, or bought at most music stores, including:

Top Note, Crown Street, Aberdeen – Tel: 01224 210259.
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Aberdeen choir, GSOH, seeks experienced soprano to make beautiful music together. Obscure sense of humour a plus…

Con Anima will be auditioning for up to two sopranos to join us for the upcoming concert in March. This is initially for one concert only, but there may be the opportunity to join as a permanent member of Con Anima in future, as space becomes available.

Auditions will be held on Saturday 16th January from 3pm onwards at the MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen (off King St.)
Applicants will be expected to sing a prepared song, and will also be tested on sight-singing.
An accompanist will be provided – please give advance warning if you require any obscure or difficult music not commonly in general repertoire.

The successful applicant(s) will need to be available for rehearsals in Aberdeen on Thursday evenings, 8pm-10pm until the concert on the evening of Friday 19th March.

For further information, or to book an audition, please Contact Us.

Con Anima’s first CD is now on sale!

Paul Mealor: Stabat Mater was launched on Friday 2nd October at King’s College, Aberdeen.

“Mealor’s Stabat Mater is sublime! Stylistically evolved from Part and Gorecki, it is a work of deep introspection with luminous tonality and a real directness and openness of expression… I wept tears of joy from beginning to end” – Carter Joel Burrell, NYE, New York

“My only complaint was that this piece seemed to be over far too soon. Con Anima’s performance had somehow abolished the passing of time for me.” – Alan Cooper, reviewing Con Anima’s performance of Stabat Mater, June 2009

The CD also features the distinguished soprano Irene Drummond, and Drew Tulloch on piano.

Visit the Con Anima Shop to buy your copy today!

Tickets for our next concert, Mozart, are now on sale at the Aberdeen Box Office. They can be purchased online or by telephone: 01224 641122. They will also be available at the door on the night.

Hope you can make it along.

Tickets for our next concert, Vaughan Williams, are now on sale at the Aberdeen Box Office. They can be purchased online or by telephone: 01224 641122. They will also be available at the door on the night.

Hope you can make it along.

Lux Aeterna – Sunday 4th November 2007, 7:45pm
St Andrew’s Cathedral, 28 King Street, Aberdeen

Con Anima Chamber Choir will perform the Aberdeen premiere of Morten Lauridsen’s powerful and uplifting Lux Aeterna in the presence of the composer. The programme also features William Byrd’s Mass in Five Parts, Paul Mealor’s Lux Benigna (premiere) and Thomas Tallis’ Te Lucis Ante Terminum.

Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2 students and children
To book: 01224 641122 or Aberdeen Box Office
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Aberdeen University Music

Composer Portait- Sunday 6th November 2007, 7:45pm
King’s College Cathedral, Aberdeen

Morten Lauridsen in conversation with Paul Mealor discussing some of the inspiration behind his work. Performances of some of his work will be given by Con Anima Chamber Choir.

Tickets: £5, £3 conc, £2 students and children
To book: 01224 641122 or Aberdeen Box Office
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Aberdeen University Music

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