spine-tingly,
soul-touching sound.
Camerata Xara welcomes you
to our 2011/12 Season.
deirdre kellerman, apprentice conductor
Deirdre Kellerman is a music student at Acadia University, studying
vocal performance with Christianne Rushton. She has experience as an
accompanist, teacher, director and performer.In addition to singing soprano in Xara, Deirdre was selected for the
2010 tour of the National Youth Choir of Canada and has sung with the
Nova Scotia Youth Choir for four seasons. Deirdre's conducting
experience began in high school, where she founded and directed Volare,
an award winning student vocal ensemble. She is currently an apprentice
conductor with Camerata Xara, the Annapolis Valley Honour Choir, Kings
Chorale and the Acadia Chorus.
As a vocalist, Deirdre has sung in various productions, including Puccini's Suor Angelica and an upcoming role as the Mother in Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors. Deirdre
is also an accomplished pianist, regularly accompanying for the Acadia
School of Music and freelancing throughout the province.
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.