Hexaphone: Music in Me Singing

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Saturday, November 23rd, 2013
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Hexaphone, Victoria�s six-member a cappella vocal ensemble, presents Music in Me Singing a celebration of women composers and arrangers. This season, Hexaphone replaces one male voice with a female voice, becoming three men and three women, and is honouring that change with the program�s exclusive focus on music written by women. A wonderfully diverse repertoire has been chosen to show the range and vibrant sound of this dynamic sextet and includes contemporary works by Ysaye Barnwell, Abbie Betinis, Nancy Telfer and Libby Larsen, a baroque motet of Barbara Strozzi, jazz standards in arrangement, and more.

The ensemble consists of Carolyn Howe (soprano), Hannah Mitchell (mezzo), Arlene Overman (mezzo), John Doughty (tenor), Nicholas Fairbank (baritone) and Paul Boughen (bass).

Now in its twelfth season, the group was formed in 2002 with the goal of performing diverse styles of vocal music, one voice to a part. Hexaphone has become a highlight of Victoria's music scene, singing music of many styles and periods, with a particular focus on new Canadian works. They have appeared at the Victoria Symphony's New Currents Festival, the Voice++ Festival, and the New Music In New Places concert series sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre. In 2011 and 2012 they toured the Okanagan, singing in Hope, Penticton, Westbank and Kelowna. At the International Choral Kathaumixw in July 2012, Hexaphone won the Elmer Iseler Prize for the Best Performance of a Canadian Composition, and placed second in the two classes they entered, competing against larger international ensembles.

�tight, polished, entertaining a cappella performances... by the adventurous, eclectic vocal sextet Hexaphone� - Kevin Bazzana, Times-Colonist, Victoria

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact 250-479-2773 [email protected], [email protected], or visit our website www.hexaphone.org