Join the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus along its 68th annual tour, from April 28 to May 5, 2012. Once again the UAMC is pleased to present, to communities across Alberta and Saskatchewan, an engaging assortment of choral work. Featured with the UAMC is the Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers. This group of 14 talented individuals plays one of Canada’s largest collections of handbells and chimes.
About
The Mixed Chorus, founded in 1944 by Gordon Clark, a medical student, is one of the University of Alberta's oldest non-athletic student clubs. Each season, its members come together to share their love of music. The Mixed Chorus has been under the direction of Dr. Robert de Frece for over 20 years, and continues to create beautiful music in the spirit of the students who founded it over 60 years ago.
Handbells
Founded in 1988, the Faculty of Education Handbell Ringers have for years been an integral part of the UAMC experience. A separate sub-group of the chorus, the Handbell ringers provide both accompaniment and their own incredible, inimitable form of musical entertainment. These talented members of Chorus play a set of over 75 finely tuned English Handbells (over 6 octaves) manufactured by Schulmerich Carillons of Sellersville, Pennsylvania.
Tour
Throughout its history, the Chorus has toured each spring, taking its music to many communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Idaho, Washington, Montana, and Oregon. Conveniently for students, tour takes place in the week after Final Exams end and before Spring Session begins. Even though spending seven days on a bus full of people traveling from town to town may not sound like fun at first, tour is often recalled as being the most enjoyable aspect of the UAMC.
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