spine-tingly,
soul-touching sound.
Camerata Xara welcomes you
to our 2011/12 Season.
maureen anthony mcgee, accompanist
Maureen
Anthony McGee grew up near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She studied piano
from the age of four, with her mother, Nancy, and Miss Evelyn Rieser. As
a youth, Maureen won many awards in voice and piano at the Kiwanis
Music Festival and was the recipient of numerous scholarships to attend
Dalhousie University to study music. She received her Bachelor of Music
Education in 1986, having studied piano with Lynn Stodola and Tietje
Zonneveld. While at Dal she was accompanist for the Dalhousie Chamber
Choir and pianist for the award winning Dalhousie Trio.
In 1986 she became the first accompanist for the Halifax Camerata Singers and began her music teaching career with the Dartmouth District School Board. Over the years, she has worked with the Nova Scotia Choral Federation as teacher and accompanist for various programs. Maureen is a former director of the Halifax County Girls Choir, and has accompanied the Nova Scotia Youth Choir. In addition to her work with Xara, she is also accompanist for the Bay Chorale and Music Director at Fairview United Church.
news
Xara will join the award-winning Halifax Camerata Singers with artistic director Jeff Joudrey in a family concert of Christmas music on Sunday, Dec. 4, 4 pm at First Baptist Church, Halifax.
Dylan Thomas’s celebrated story, A Child's Christmas in Wales will be woven throughout the performance. The nostalgic and popular story of a snowy Welsh Christmas is told from the view of a child and will be read by John Hancock, a familiar voice from CBC Radio.
The two choirs will present an enchanting selection of seasonal music from Canadian and international composers. Xara will present selections from John Rutter’s Dancing Day, as well as works by Claude Debussy, Samuel Barber, R. Murray Schafer, Finnish composer Heikki Sarmanto, and a Christina Murray arrangement of the traditional Swedish song, Stig in, Lucia, Stig in.
The audience will be invited to join the choirs for a singalong of familiar carols, accompanied by organist Shawn Whynot.
Tickets – $20 regular, $10 student – are available through our Online Ticket Wicket using PayPal or from choir members and at the door.