Education Packages for High School Teachers
Vespers Education Package
We are offering a unique educational package in connection with our Vespers concert. Our package gives students an opportunity to engage in a multi-arts learning experience by watching a choral concert, participating in a workshop and engaging with our resource guide. Students will take a deep dive into the power of music and its ability to offer peace and a space to reflect. Activities in the resource guide not only provide opportunities for exploring and discussing current events, but also connect to expectations in the Ontario Arts Curriculum (grades 9-12). See more information below.
About the concert:
VESPERS is a choral concert experience designed to bring a moment of rest and spiritual reflection to all who attend. Originally planned as a full performance of Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil in 2020, this concert has since developed into a program that surrounds excerpts of the Vespers in music by Ukrainian, Latvian, and Canadian composers on themes of evening prayer, seeking peace, and reconciliation. We are delighted to partner with the Guelph Chamber Choir for this joint concert.
The world premiere of “will I, night” by Ian Cusson, with poetry by Marilyn Dumont, brings Indigenous ways of knowing to the concert’s themes of healing and restoration. Music by Larysa Kuzmenko, Iryna Aleksiychuk, Shavon Lloyd, Uģis Prauliņš, Francesca Hauser, and Jon Washburn weave amongst the Rachmaninoff and Cusson to create a transportive musical experience ending just before sunset on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday.
CONCERT REPERTOIRE
Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil
Shavon Lloyd Alleluia
Ian Cusson will I, night (world premiere)
Larysa Kuzmenko Sviatyi Bozhe
Uģis Prauliņš The Way Children Sleep
Iryna Aleksiychuk Holy is the Lord of Hosts
Francesca Hauser Twilight
Jon Washburn Dona Nobis Pacem
Included in the Virtual Education Package:
An archival recording of our April 2, 2023 concert
Resource guide which includes information on the pieces of music, the composers, the artistic director’s process, discussion questions and activities for the classroom
Sheet music for ‘Twilight’ and a note from composer, Francesca Hauser
Links to livestreamed conversations with Kathleen Allan and select composers
Cost: $300 for entire package
Add a virtual workshop with Artistic Director Kathleen Allan and a post-workshop Q & A for $200.
*We are happy to discuss a sliding scale for schools that are unable to pay full price
To Book: Contact Alison Daley at education@amadeuschoir.com