Canterbury Cathedral Choir to Tour U.S. and Canada
Episcopal News Service. December 21, 1998 [98-2279R]
(ACNS) The Canterbury Cathedral Choir, one of the world's preeminent choral ensembles, will perform six concerts in the U.S. and three in Canada April 6-20, 1999.
The Canterbury Cathedral Choir, a performing organization with an international reputation for high standards, is the residential musical ensemble for the spiritual seat of the 70 million member worldwide Anglican Communion that reaches into more than 160 countries. As the birthplace of English Christianity and the church home to 103 archbishops of the Anglican Church, Canterbury Cathedral has become sacred to pilgrims as an international shrine.
The Choirs' itinerary includes: The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's Newfoundland -- April 6; Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa -- April 8; St. Paul's Anglican Church, Toronto -- April 9; Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago -- April 11; Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford -- April 16; the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta -- April 18; and the Church of the Incarnation, Dallas -- April 19. The tour will consist of 18 boys between the ages of 8 and 12 years, 12 lay clerks (men's voices,) David Flood, Master of the Choristers and organist Andrew Bryden.
Under Flood's leadership, the Choir has conducted critically acclaimed tours in Europe and North America - including a highly successful tour of the U.S. and Canada in 1994. In 1997, the Choir celebrated the 1400th anniversary of the arrival of St. Augustine in Canterbury with concerts in Rome and throughout France. That same year, Flood and the Cathedral hosted an American Children's Choir Festival with over 400 participants. This event will be repeated in 1999.
Tickets for the U.S. concerts will be available beginning January 2, 1999. To charge by phone call 800/874-9330 or log on to the web at www.stewartgrp.com/canterbury.