Sing For The Trees
Sing For The Trees
Lila Community Choir Annual Fundraising Concert
Directed by Cari Burdett
With Special Music Guests
Tanya Gillespie, Hanna Seinen, Quin Etheridge-Pedden, Sami Al-khalili, Swallowtail Nature School, Joanna Circle, Mena Pagaduan and Cellobride.
Saturday June 8th, 2pm
Duncan United Church
246 Ingram St.
Duncan BC
Website – – https://www.joythroughmusic.com/sing-for-the-trees/
Tickets at Event Brite – https://singforthetrees.eventbrite.ca
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/435183280602419/
Raising funds in support of the Where Do We Stand’s advocacy group for the long term health and sustainability of the Six Mountains and Community Forests.
Join Lila Music Centre’s Community Choir and share the joy of music in our annual fundraising concert, “Sing for Trees”, a fundraising concert on June 8th at Duncan United Church on Ingram Street. The concert will feature professional musicians, a children’s choir and our Community adult choir with a band to share the Joy, beauty and importance of the Forests, Mountains and the Trees surrounding our beautiful valley.
The Lila Community Choir has been singing together for 13 years in the Cowichan Valley and has offered over 35 performances. Choir director, Cari Burdett creates a fun and friendly atmosphere and welcomes and encourages all voices and levels to join in the joy of singing. She believes everyone can sing and is passionate about building community through music. Over the years, the choir has raised awareness and funds in the Cowichan Valley for many of the grassroot, non profit and community events that keep our community healthy, thriving and alive.
https://www.joythroughmusic.com/sing-for-the-trees/
Thank you to all our sponsors and for their great support in community engagement, nature, arts and bringing joy to our community in ethically minded practices.
Please shop and use their services!.
Harmony Yoga – https://harmonyyogaduncan.com
Resthouse Sleep Solutions – https://resthouse.ca
Natural Harmony Chinese Medicine Clinic – https://naturalharmonyclinic.com
True Grain Bakery – http://www.truegrain.ca
JS Plumbing – http://www.duncancc.bc.ca/list/member/j-s-plumbing-heating-ltd-duncan-659
Cowichan Valley Craniosacral – http://cowichancraniosacral.com
Lila Music Centre – https://www.joythroughmusic.com
Duncan Garage Bakery and Cafe –https://www.facebook.com/DuncanGarageCafeBakery/
Community Farm Store – https://www.communityfarmstore.ca
Cowichan Valley Voice –http://cowichanvalleyvoice.com
Guests Bios
Cari Burdett’s multifaceted education spans a number of disciplines that include; classical voice, new music, vocal improvisation, art song, dance, acting and musical theatre. She holds a music degree in Opera from McGill University, Montreal and a Master’s in Performance Voice form the prestigious Royal Academy of Music, London UK. Cari is the director Lila Music Centre, where she teaches choir, voice, vocal improvisation and parent and child music classes. Presently, she is working on her next album of original songs.
http://cariburdett.com/meet-cari
CelloBrideis a young Canadian cellist from Qc who graduated from the Juilliard School with both a Bachelor and a Masters of Music. While living in NYC for almost a decade, Audrey has performed as the principal cellists of numerous orchestras such as the Juilliard School Orchestra, the Salome Chamber Orchestra and the International Chamber Soloists. Her performing career took her to venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Metropolitain Museum to name a few. She is now fully engaged in raising environmental awareness through her short artistic video series: Voicing the Forest.
Video of CelloBride’s latest film in the clearcut
Tanya Gillespie is a multi-talented phenomenon. With what seems to be an endless abundance of energy, personality and shear genius all rolled up into a 5 foot something package. With her Jamaican roots, she certainly takes full advantage of that country’s rhythmic and eclectic culture. Tanya invites you into her world of clever innuendos, word phrasing, rhythms, impish humour as well as heart breaking truths. Her EP “Roots” which I predict will go viral, is just the latest, of what I’m hoping is an endless supply of musical treasures this young lady has to offer.
http://tanyagillespiemusic.ca/about-me/
Quin Etheridge-Pedden,a young emerging musician in British Columbia, portrays his music through 11 strings including a 5-string fiddle, guitar and his voice. Quin’s performances cause the audience to dance along to the high energy fiddle tunes, sing to the catchy songs, and stay intrigued throughout because of the cascading melodies pouring out of his loop pedal.
http://quinwithonen.com/q-bio/
Hanna Eliseis a singer/songwriter currently based in the Cowichan Valley. With roots in classical music, Hanna explores rich vocal colour in her storytelling. This past February, she released her debut album, “Shape of a Girl,” produced by Adam Dobres. In addition to poetry and song, Hanna explores the creative mediums of movement and burlesque in her art.
Sami Al-Khaliliis a beatboxing, poetry-spreading, vocal performance student at the Conservatory of Music in Victoria, BC. He considers himself a jack of art with interests in voice acting, acting for tv/film, improv acting, theatre, event production and event hosting. He discovered his voice in an isolation tank in Kelowna, BC and continues to push the boundaries of voice and sound.
Swallowtail Nature School Children’s Choir
We are a place-based, outdoor program through the Grove sd79. It is Distributed Learning, which is a program for home learners where students have some contact time with a BC certified teacher; in Swallowtail’s case that time is spent with hands-on, nature awareness programming on a beautiful property in Cowichan Station near the Koksilah River. It is a gr K-9 program and the group singing with the choir is the gr K-2 group.
Open for new enrollment for September. and Swallowtail .
https://grovecvdl.sd79.bc.ca
Joanna Circle – welcomes pausing and listening. Imagine standing within a circle of 8 Grandmother Cottonwood and hearing, “Where are the bones Joanne?” Respectfully River Otters’ bones were returned, and this gift of the Cottonwood Song fell from the treetops into the drum ~ a song speaking to our relationship and ability to be present and listen. Living in this valley for 4 decades, Joanne celebrates all our relations through her photography, textile sculpture, drawing, sweatlodge and music.
