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Pop goes Durham Philharmonic Choir

Choral group turns to carols for its Christmas concert

Nov 30, 2008 - 04:30 AM

OSHAWA -- The Durham Philharmonic Choir is going lighter for its Christmas concert this year.

"We thought we'd change our direction and style," said director Robert Phillips. "We're doing something a little lighter with a Christmas pops concert."

The Dec. 7 program will feature arrangements of some of the best-known seasonal music, including Do You Hear What I Hear, Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Twelve Days of Christmas, along with arrangements of some English carols and music by Leroy Anderson, Willcocks, Carter, Davies and Bob Chilcott.

In the past, the choir has done more classical Christmas choral music.

"It should be a big show," Phillips said. "We're only doing the one performance this time."

The 70-member choir will be joined by a 25-piece orchestra, made up of Durham and Toronto musicians, and the 60-member Young Singers, a choir from Ajax. The Young Singers will perform some selections on their own but will also join DPC in some carols, Phillips said.

The concert will be held at 3:30 p.m. at College Park Church, 1164 King St. E., Oshawa. Tickets are $25 at the door or $20 in advance at Wilson and Lee Music, 87 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, Cathy's Gold, 78 King St. W., Bowmanville, Walters Music, Oshawa Centre, lower level, Lafontaine, 100 Brock St. S., Whitby, and Information United Way kiosk in the Oshawa Centre. High school, college and university students can get in at the door for $5, as long as they have their student ID, through the EyeGo program.

The choir's annual gala gourmet dinner follows the concert and will be held at the Gallery Cafe, in the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Queen Street, Oshawa, for $65 per person. For more information, call June MacLean at 905-728-1739.

For more information on DPC, go to www.durhamphilharmonic.ca.

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