UPCOMING EVENT : PARAISO
Join us for PARAISO, a concert of music focusing on Filipino composers and featuring multiple special guest artists.
Led by Scott Reimer, Polycoro welcomes our friends from Garden City Collegiate Senior Choir( led by Stacey Brown and Alisa Wiebe), Maples Collegiate Chamber Choir (led by Philip Lapatha and Cynthia Peyson Wahl), and Musica Singers conducted by Oscar Pantaleon Jr for a huge community gathering to celebrate Filipino composers.
These composers are amazing, and deserve to be household names in Canada. While Nilo Alcala has had a presence in Winnipeg for a while now, and we are thrilled to add Saunder Choi, Ruben Federizon, George Hernandez, Ily Matthew Maniano, Ryan Cayabyab, and Christopher Morela to the list.
The concert will feature performances by Polycoro's talented roster of singers, including Paula Potosky, Kristel Peters, Alisa Wiebe, Sara Clefstad, Sarah Hall, Karla Ferguson, Josiah Brubacher, Lukas Sawatsky, Matt Pauls, and Jereme Wall.
May 25th @ Lutheran Church of the Cross 560 Arlington St, Winnipeg - Get Tickets Here
VIDEO PROJECTS
Light of a Clear Blue Morning
A Laina Brown / Scott Reimer / Polycoro collaboration
“Everything’s gonna be alright. It’ll be okay.”
When we released this video, we were repeating this to ourselves, to our families, our neighbours and friends for sixteen months.
We made plans and cancelled them over and over. Postponed. Again. We missed births, deaths, weddings, and dessert recommendations from our favourite waiter. Everything is different now. But It’ll be okay. Now we really know how much we need each other.
In the Bleak Midwinter
A Laina Brown / Scott Reimer / Polycoro collaboration
Since we haven't been able to sing for 9 months,
we decided to create a virtual choir by recording singers one-by-one.
In 2020, we were longing to share our voices in person, and wished the world peace and love through this adapted classic.
It was our way of sending the world a bit of love in a time of waiting.
Nunc Dimittis
A Laina Brown / Polycoro collaboration
The Nunc Dimittis: reflecting the moments before, during and after a long period of waiting. Simeon is old, moving with difficulty, but devoted to his wish. Every day he comes to the same spot and waits, hoping to see something important come to fruition.
In the distance, he sees what he was waiting for. His heart begins to sing the words he has been contemplating for many years: “Lord, let me now depart in peace… My eyes have seen what you have prepared… A light to bring us out of darkness.”
PAST HIGHLIGHTS
See selections of past concerts on our MEDIA page, including excerpts from “Path of Miracles,” by Joby Talbot, “Four Songs About Not Being There” by Norbert Palej, “Nú legg ég þér í lófa” by Þóra Marteinsdóttir, and others.
