CHORAL WORKSHOP WITH STATE CHOIR LATVIJA AND MARIS SIRMAIS

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Trinity-St Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts

The Choral Workshop with conductor Māris Sirmais and the State Choir LATVIJA on Wednesday, July 3 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm at Trinity St. Paul’s United Church will be presented as part lecture, part performance and part audience participation. They will take the audience on a journey from the beginnings of the UNESCO-recognized Latvian song festival tradition in 1873 right up to today and will demonstrate the unique Latvian musical tradition of folk song arrangements. The second half of the workshop will feature a sampling of some of the best-known Latvian composers of the last decade.

July 3, 2019