The Choirs YYJ Winter Concert

The Choirs YYJ Winter Concert w/Trent Freeman & Dana Sipos Saturday February 1st 2025 at 7.30pm Tickets: Adult/General $25.00 Child $5.00 THE CHOIRS YYJ WINTER CONCERT WITH DANA SIPOS & TRENT FREEMAN It's time for our Winter Concert - The Choir, The Chorus, Sound Dragon and The Mini-Choir are excited to share our original choral and piano arrangements of songs by Aurora, Beach House, Florence and the Machine, Cyndi Lauper, Yo La Tengo, The Grateful Dead and more! We’re honored to be sharing the stage with singer-songwriter Dana Sipos, and Trent Freeman (of The Fretless) on violin. Doors at 7:00pm, show 7:30pm - 9:30pm-ish. We are proud to donate all net proceeds from ticket sales to 1UP Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre https://singleparentvictoria.ca/ More about Dana Sipos: Known for crafting music that is both fragile and orchestral, acclaimed Canadian songwriter Dana Sipos invites the listener beneath the surface through a nuanced lens that isn't afraid to be out of focus at times. https://www.danasipos.com/ More about Trent Freeman/The Fretless: This award-winning Canadian foursome has firmly established itself on the international music scene with prolific playing, masterful compositions, iconic collaborations, and electrifying live shows. The Fretless has expanded the idea of what a string quartet can be, transforming fiddle tunes and folk melodies into intricate, high-energy arrangements. Trent accompanies many Canadian folk musicians, and performs his own hybrid violin/electronic music https://thefretless.com/ https://www.trentfreeman.com/ More about The The Choirs YYJ: Since 2013 The Choirs YYJ has endeavored to bring amateur singers together to perform unique and original choral arrangements of pop, indie and folk songs. Before we were four ensembles (The Choir, The Chorus, Mini-Choir and Sound Dragon), we were a motley group of people who gathered in local music shop in 2013 to sing well-known and not-so-well-known songs for fun. (Still our first love.) In those early days, we had no idea that so many of our friends and neighbours were eager to belt out a song! Today, our group has multiplied in size, notoriety, and music-making activities. Collectively, our non-auditioned ensembles, “The Choirs YYJ,” includes over 200 people of all ages, genders, experiences, vocal abilities and musical tastes. The Mini-Choir is an auditioned chamber group performing similar yet more challenging repertoire. The Choirs are Directed by Marc Jenkins, and accompanied on piano by Erin Gray, and sometimes on guitar by Layten Kramer. The Choirs YYJ rehearse and perform, and are guests on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) and SENĆOŦEN-speaking (W̱SÁNEĆ/Saanich) peoples, known today as Esquimalt, Songhees and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations.