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Hello!
Finally the sky is clear and the sun is out! A lot has happened at Katterwall in the last month. First and foremost, Kassia Women’s Choir made their debut performance in New York at Lincoln Center with 200 singers from around the world marking International Women’s Day. Bethan, our musical director, has written a note about the tour below.
Closer to home, Kassia Women’s Choir completed another successful performance ‘Honky Tonk Women 2’ at our favourite venue, Sheung Wan Civic Centre on 1st April. Thanks to all our fans that turned up with cowboy hats and boots - it was a lot of fun!
Easter is coming up. If you haven’t arranged any activities for your children yet, please have a look at our Easter programmes. I am sure you will find something to keep them entertained and singing.
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Yours
General Manager , Katterwall
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Kassia Women’s Choir @ New York
Last month 30 members of Kassia Women's Choir took part in a 200 voice massed-choir performance at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall (NYC). Women's choirs from Australia, Germany, Brazil, Hong Kong, Canada and America presented "Lust & La Femme Mystique" a programme of contemporary music celebrating International Women's Day. The music was significantly outside of our usual remit (no Burt Bacharach to be seen!) but our singers rose to the challenge, doing themselves, the choir and me proud.
It was our first performance outside of Hong Kong and was well received by the critics: "Beautiful sounds, with excellent diction, and near perfect intonation. Clearly these women and their conductors were dedicated to this music, and the music was worthy of their labors." [NY Concert Review]
The concert was put on by Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) who did an excellent job in putting the show together. In fact, we are already signed up for our next New York appearance – this November for “Messiah Refreshed” – another massed voice performance including a full symphony orchestra.
We are inviting singers from any choir in Hong Kong to get involved. Please drop Celia a line for more details.
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Vocal Recital with Sally Martin and Yen Yen Ng
May is a month of recitals. Other than the 3 student recitals we are hosting, here is a Katterwall first – a recital by two of our classical teachers, Sally Martin and Yen Yen Ng. Sally is a graduate from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama whilst Yen Yen received her performance degree from Université de Montréal, Canada. Together, they are going to present an afternoon of songs by Mozart, Fauré, Elgar and more.
Saturday 31st May, 3pm
Li Hall, St. John’s Cathedral, Central
Tickets: $120
Available from Katterwall. You can also reserve online here
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Hullaballoo @ 4:30-5:30pm with Celia Leung |
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Saturdays
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Katterwall Children's Music Theatre @ 10:30 - 11::45am with Sally Martin |
| April |
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Saturday 31st
Monday 14th to Fridat 16th
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Easter Programmes for
Children, Teens and Adults @ Katterwall
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| Wednesday 30th |
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Kassia Women's Choir "Love Songs - a
singer-songwriter concert" rehearsals begin
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| May |
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Saturdays 3rd, 17th and 26th
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Katterwall Vocal Academy Students Recitals
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Saturday 31st
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Vocal Recital by Sally Martin and Yen Yen
Ng @ Li Hall, St. John's Cathedral
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June
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Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th
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Love Songs - a singer-songwriter concert by Kassia
Women's Choir and Kassia Men's Chorus
16th @ St. John's Cathedral
17th @ Methodist Church, North Point
Tickets will be available in May
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Thursday 26th
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Anthem for Doomed Youth - A Centenary
Commenoration of the Beginning of World War 1
Concert with choirs, music and poetry
St. John's Cathedral
Tickets will be available in May
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"Habanera" from Carmen (Bizet)
by Sally Martin
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Bachianas brasileiras No.5 Aria (Heitor Villa-Lobos)
by Yen Yen Ng
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Katterwall Ltd. Tel: +852 2575 3931 Fax: +852 2542 2442
Room 806, Arion Commercial Centre, 2-12 Queen's Road West, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
For general enquiries, please contact Celia Leung at info@katterwall.com
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