![]() On this tour, a small, tireless crew (chiefly women with daughters on the tour) keeps track of hotels, concert wear, meal details, bus times, venue entrances, time off, etc. Before the tour, the Amabile volunteers contributed to costs, raised money from foundations and City of London grants and planned the tour and its budget of about $150,000. A volunteer sisterhood: London’s July music fests, such as TD Sunfest, Home County Music & Art fest and Rock the Park all have strong volunteer armies to make it happen. When the choir heard a terrific ensemble from Manila on this trip, one Amabile singer instantly asked where to find one of its pieces which she loved.Ģ. Like many other great teams, they also have the confidence to know they can learn from others who also excel. Dream Team: The 32 girls and women in the ensemble are committed to choral music excellence. What: Five quick notes about the Amabile Young Women’s Ensemble’s road to the gold in Greece:ġ. The festival attracted choirs from Greece, Canada (Amabile), Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Philippines.Īmabile continues to tour Greece with informal concerts before returning to London on. In a truly ambassadorial moment, its singers were the first to stand up Sunday when the festival’s volunteers were being thanked on stage as part of the closing ceremonies. The Manila chorale also won gold in its category with a mark of 90.33.Īmabile is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit cultural enterprise. In a lighter moment Sunday, Amabile said farewell on stage to a crowd favourite, Manila’s De La Salle University Chorale, after the festival had officially closed. The three women were visibly moved by the end of the Youth Singers’ set. ![]() The three women from Prima watched their younger “sisters” who were in top form. In the touring lineup, there are 32 singers. The ensemble blends singers from the Youth Singers with Prima, the Amabile women’s choir. On Saturday, the choir competed as the Amabile Youth Singers, going on to win youth category gold. The Amabile organization takes in hundreds of singers in choirs for girls and women, boys and men. Since its founding by John Barron and Zadorsky in 1985, Amabile has grown to become an internationally recognized choral powerhouse. It’s an honour to be able to carry that banner,” she said. “We’re definitely ambassadors for our country, for our city, for our families and for Amabile. Zadorsky last led an Amabile ensemble here in 1999. Sunday night’s triumph capped four days of competition indoors mixed with joyful outdoor concerts. “It is an excellent choir with a very good future,” Stefanov said through an interpreter. ![]() almost a religious moment where everybody’s mind and hearts were totally together in making the best music possible - definitely, that’s the highlight moment for me,” she said.įestival artistic director Valentin Stefanov praised Zadorsky and the London ensemble. That was for Canadian composer Mark Sirett’s Watane, a delicately poised work celebrating Canada’s aboriginal heritage.Īfter the choir returned from singing in its place of honour as the festival closer at the jammed courthouse square on the seafront, Zadorsky could look back on the performances in competition on Friday and Saturday. The judges also awarded the choir, conducted by Brenda Zadorsky, with the award for best performance of folklore music. The ensemble gold brought a prize of 500 euros, while the youth category’s win added 400 more euros. On Sunday night, the girls and women of the London choir picked up two golds and a fest-best mark of 91.0 from the judges at the town’s sacred music competition during its international choral festival. London’s Amabile Young Women’s Ensemble is coming home with the golds - and 900 euros - and top marks in the 90s.
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