‘NEWS photo Paul McGrath GEOFFREY Leader has organized a series of Friday evening chamber concerts at Highlands United Church. len singing i Chor Leoni to perform on Nov.11 By Layne Christensen Community Reporter CHOR Leoni men’s choir honors peace- keepers on : Remembrance Tay. Under the direction of Diane Loomer, the choir per- forms a noon-hour concert, Monday,. Nov. 11, at West Vancouver » United Church, 21st and Esquimalt. Singing Hilis in Delbrook THE Hills are alive with the sound of music. Roger and Patti Hill and their daughters Kelli, Kini and Corrie average 80,000 miles a year travelling to sing at con- _ certs, conferences and meet- ings. . Today they bring their deep faith and warm gospel sound .to Delbrook Baptist Church, 515 W. Windsor, North Vancouver. Their per- formance starts at 10:45 a.m. The singers hail from the Six Nations reservation in Southern Ontario and now make their home in Red Deer, Alberta. They appear regularly on the gospel TV program Tribal Trails (ITV). Visitors are welcome to attend this special concert. Admission is by donation. Icis the fourth year in a row the 40-member choir has per- formed the Rememberance Day tribute. This year’s concert is being called A Salute ro Peace and it will be different than last year’s performance, Songs of War and Peace. “The whole thrust of this year’s concert is a celebration of peace, a focussing on the human toll of war and on what we can do to prevent it from ‘ happening again,” said Chor Leoni publicist Bruce Hoffman, a former soloist with West Van United’s church choir. The performance will fea- ture works by = Fauré, Gretchaninoff and Casals, The repertoire is varied, featuring songs in Russian, French, ie Eee Highlands U By Layne Christensen Community Reporter FRENCH horn player Geoffrey Leader thinks Highlands United Church makes an excel- lent concert hall. The artistic director of the Pacific Chamber Soloists is bringing The Romance of Chamber Music, a series of tive concerts to the Edgemont Village church. The concerts are Fridays at 7:30 p.m. on Nov, 8, Jan. 31, March 7, April 11 and May 9, “With chamber music, the ambience is No. 1,” says the former West Van resident, who, for the past 10 years has worked as a music teacher with the Surrey School Board. Leader also performs with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Chamber music is best lis- tened to in an intimate set- ting, he says. In a small venue like Highlands Church “you peace English and Latin, from the 14th century to modern day. The B.C. Boys’ Choir will join Chor Leoni for selections from Randall Tompson’s The Peaceable Kingdom and in works by Healey Willan. The choir will also premiere Canadian composer Stephen Chatman’s Greater Love, to the words of First World War poet Wilfred Owen. Trumpeteer Christopher Robertson will perform The Last Post. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 280-3311 and at the Magic Flute in Vancouver. Adinission is $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors. Tickets are $10 each for groups of 10 or more, available by call- ing 682-4554, Winemakers’ Dinner : e$ Tasting Wednesday, November 6 mS 5:30 p.m. WY Sample over 75 wines WY Culinary offerings created by award-winning chef Michael Noble Y Lach table hosted by a selected Sonoma Valley winery representative The Metropolitan Hotel - Vancouver 645 Howe Street $125 (partial tax receipt upon request) Proceeds to benefit the Vancouver Museum Ta reserve your tickets call CBO 280-2801 wee eee eH Ls ited to host series almost feel like you are sur- rounded by the music,” says Leader, which is exactly the way it should be. “We want the audience to feel a connection with the performers,” he explains. To that end, there will be a musical discussion before cach concert. 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