All My Heart is Listening – a line from the beautiful poem Noche de Lluvia by Juanita de Ibarbourou and the title of Elektra Women’s Choir’s twelfth recording. Elektra is delighted to announce the release of its 12th CD, featuring music of composers Christine Donkin, Malcolm Edwards, Bjørn Kruse, Ramona Luengen, Kate MacColl, Sid Robinovitch, Sheldon Rose, Stephen Smith, Ward …read more
I’m thrilled to be launching The Elektra Sound series for choral conductors. It’s an idea I had last year when I realized that YouTube is now the place to get help learning everything – from pruning your roses (done it), to solving a Rubik’s cube (done it) to tiling a bathroom floor (done it) and everything else.
Welcome to a new season and a new website for Elektra! Thanks for visiting – we know this is how so many of our listeners experience us, and we’re thrilled to make that experience smoother and more up-to-date for you. As well as giving details on our upcoming 28th season, and sharing our past programming …read more
by Danica Kell – Elektra 1st soprano. Sitting in Kerrisdale this evening, sipping my coffee and preparing for the last of three rehearsals to put the finishing touches on our “Norwegian Spring”, repertoire, I found myself musing on what an experience it has been for Elektra to work with renowned choral conductor Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo. …read more
By Shannon Lythgoe, Elektra 1st soprano. My history with Elektra’s newest patron, soprano Nancy Argenta, and guest artist for Elektra’s concert ‘To Music’ on Saturday, May 11th, 2013, goes back many years, to a summer when both of us were attending Courtenay Youth Music Camp on Vancouver Island. We were both there as young singers, …read more