Choir dedicates concert to longtime member
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This article was published 21/06/2019 (2314 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A concert this Sunday by Prairie Blend Men’s Choir will be bittersweet — celebrating the seasons while commemorating the death of a longtime member.
The performance at Knox United Church is dedicated to Todd Bullee, who died this week, said choir director Deanna Ginn.
“It’s been a tough time for us, in lots of ways,” said Ginn, adding Bullee was a big part of the group, now in its 16th year.
The member of the bass section had been with the ensemble for five or six years.
“We actually were able to go and sing for him last Sunday, since we didn’t know if he’d be able to make the concert. We went and had a little private concert with him … at the Assiniboine Centre (adjacent to Brandon Regional Health Centre).”
Bullee, she said, “was the most positive, charismatic, kind-hearted person and just loved music. (He was) so passionate. It was infectious.”
He would have loved the concert.
The theme of the concert, “Music for a Summer’s Day,” is about appreciating nature, Ginn said.
“Lots of songs about changing seasons and beautiful landscapes, that sort of thing.”
The concert features choral works by Canadian, American and Estonian composers.
“We often include Canadian folk songs as part of our repertoire,” she said. “But this year, the program is really based around two sets of Canadian folk songs.”
Three of the pieces are centred around stars, two of them traditional Appalachian songs by American composer Shawn Kirchner, Ginn said. “He has arranged them beautifully for men’s choir and piano.”
The four Estonian pieces the choir will be singing are selected from a collection by Veljo Tormis and are based on “Regilaulud,” Estonian folk music.
Two of them are quite silly, Ginn admitted. In one piece, the choir imitates the mooing of cattle, and in another sound effects are used by the chorus as they joke about a friend’s dancing skills.
The approximately one-hour concert starts at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.
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