Saskatoon Children’s Choir Annual Spring Concert

“Cantus Populi: Songs of the People”

The Saskatoon Children’s Choir presents its spring concert, “Cantus Populi: Songs of the People”, on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Third Avenue United Church in Saskatoon.

On the program are choral works by Claude Debussy, Paul Halley, Z. Randall Stroope, as well as Canadian composers Peter Tiefenbach, Mark Sirett, Stephen Hatfield and others.

In the finale, the 125 voices of the Saskatoon Children’s Choir choristers will be joined by four guest church choirs from around Saskatoon in a rousing rendition of Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom.

The Saskatoon Children’s Choir has earned an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative performance practices that are focused on initiatives promoting global understanding. The choir has performed on choral stages in Europe, Asia, the United States and across Canada, and is currently preparing for a performance/humanitarian tour of South Africa in July 2011.

Tickets are $20 and are available at McNally Robinson Booksellers, and at the door. Reserved seating.

For more information, contact

Rita McLeod, SCC GM and Communications

Phone (306) 374-8077, email: ritamcleod@shaw.ca

Or visit the SCC website at www.saskatoonchildrenschoir.org