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Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 12 Noon
Roy Thomson Hall
FREE Admission
Call 416-872-4255 for further information
The concerts are suitable for ages 6 and up -www.roythomson.com
Toronto, ON – Led by founding conductor-organist John Tuttle,
the award-winning Exultate Chamber Singers present an enchanting
concert of choral masterworks on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at
12 Noon as part of Roy Thomson Hall’s 08/09 Free Noon Hour
Choir & Organ Concerts. The program covers a wide range of
hymns and madrigals from the Renaissance era to the 20th
Century, featuring the works of such masters as Thomas Morley and
Josquin des Pres, and includes Benjamin Britten’s lovely "Hymn to
St. Cecilia." Interspersed throughout the one-hour concert are several
solo organ works by the great French organist-composer Charles Marie-Widor
(1844-1937). The performance marks the choir’s eighth appearance
on the series.
The popular noontime series, currently celebrating its 12th season,
showcases Canada’s finest choral ensembles and organists.
The concerts also spotlight Roy Thomson Hall’s magnificent Gabriel
Kney Pipe Organ, a four-manual, mechanical action organ with
5,207 pipes and 71 stops.
The Exultate Chamber Singers are two-time winners of the CBC
National Radio Choral Competition and recipients of the Canada Council’s
Healey Willan Grand Prize in 2000 and 2004. The 20-member choir, established in 1981 by John Tuttle, presents
an annual subscription series in Toronto and is also a regular guest
at such Canadian events as Colours of Music Festival in Barrie,
the Elora Summer Festival, and the Indian Rivers Festival in Prince
Edward Island. The choir’s fourth CD, All Around the Circle,
is a collection of Canadian folk songs.
John Tuttle enjoys a varied career as recitalist, church organist,
choral conductor and educator. A graduate of the Curtis Institute
of Music in Philadelphia, he is currently organist and choirmaster
of St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, Huron Street; organist to the University
of Toronto; and Adjunct Associate Professor of Organ at U of T’s
Faculty of Music. He conducted the Hart House Chorus at U of T for
25 years until 2006 and was music director of the Canadian Children’s
Opera Chorus from 1985 to 2000. In 2006 he was appointed organist
and music director of the University’s Trinity College Chapel and
visiting Instructor in Church Music for the Divinity School. In
2005, Trinity College awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Sacred Letters
degree for his contribution to sacred music.
Roy Thomson Hall’s Choir & Organ Concerts are generously supported
by Edwards Charitable Foundation
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