To celebrate the Centennial of Calgary's Chinatown, the 2010 Beijing Opera Festival presents a feature concert of the Beijing Opera accompanied by a Western Symphony Orchestra.  The combined performance highlights multiple facets of the Beijing Opera and the Western Symphony Orchestra while seeking to bridge Eastern and Western culture.

This redefined style of Beijing Opera has only been performed in China, Germany, and a select few other countries.  Edmonton and Calgary will have the honour to be the first North American cities to present this kind of Beijing Opera to the general public.

To open the Festival, Mount Royal Kantorei joins Calgary's Zhu-Yin Choir and members of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in the performance of the Canadian and Chinese National Anthems.

Monday, September 13, 2010, 7:00 pm
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

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New Horizons

Please join Mount Royal Kantorei for the 16th season

"Remembering"

Mount Royal Kantorei and guests present a concert featuring the power of remembering -- special people, times and events which remain forever in our memories.

Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary

"Christmas In Song"

Celebrate the festive season with the Mount Royal Family of Choirs, Calgary Boys Choir, Heebee-jeebees and the Calgary Youth Orchestra.

Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm — Jack Singer Concert Hall

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Special Surprises in the New Year!!

Mount Royal Kantorei concludes its Crystal Anniversary season by bringing together current and past choir members to celebrate and sing favourite and most memorable songs from the past 15 years -- Best of the Best!! Selected pieces have been carefully arranged to present an anniversary concert that allows for the expression of Kantoreis impressive range of choral musical repertoire and talent. Featuring sacred and secular selections including:

Ave Verum — W.A. Mozart
Ave Maria — Franz Biebl
How Can I Keep from Singing — Robert Lowry, arr. Wayland Roger

Hymn to Freedom — Oscar Peterson, arr. Paul Read
Song for the Mira — Allister MacGillivray, arr. Stuart Calvert
Four Strong Winds — Ian Tyson, arr. Larry Nickel

Concert on Sunday, May 16, 2010, 2:30 pm – Knox United Church

Rehearsals at Knox United Church – main sanctuary:
Friday, May 14, 2010, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, reception & coffee 6:30 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, lunch break 12 noon - 1:00 pm

A Kantorei Celebration

Mount Royal Kantorei brings perennial choral favourite Carmina Burana to the stage of the Jack Singer Concert Hall on March 27.  Composed in the 1930s by Carl Orff and based on medieval Latin and German texts, Carmina Burana's themes of love, wealth, gambling and gluttony are as relevant today as they were then.

About Carmina Burana
Read the lyrics: Carmin Burana lyrics
Pre-view at youtube: Carmina Burana video

Guest artists Leon Leontaridis, Janet Youngdahl, Gregory Brookes, five percussionists and the Bergmann Piano Duo join Kantorei to perform this choral favourite.  Kantorei will also premiere the work by Canadian composer Imant Raminsh, commissioned to celebrate the choir's 15th anniversary.

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm — Jack Singer Concert Hall

This is the popular annual festive celebration featuring the four Mount Royal Choirs and the Calgary Youth Orchestra, with special guests Calgary's Heebee-Jeebees.

Friday, December 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm — Jack Singer Concert Hall