Choral Festival

Choral festival soars to a closing note at St. Bernard
Malcolm Bradley conducts the 120-voice mass choir at the High Cs Festival choral concert in St. Bernard. Karla Kelly photo
Published on May 30th, 2010
Published on May 30th, 2010
By Karla Kelly FOR THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com

Topics : Saint Bernard Church , Summerside Community Choir , Dartmouth Community Singers , New York , Atlantic Canada , Berwick
The third annual High Cs and Digby Choral Festival ended on a high note May 23 with a choral concert featuring the mass choir of 120 singers at the acoustically renowned Saint Bernard Church in St. Bernard.

The concert also highlighted the choir Les Voix Dans L’Vent from Clare and the Summerside Community Choir from Prince Edward Island.

Malcolm Bradley, conductor of the Dartmouth Community Singers and Grace United Church Choir, was artistic director for the weekend festival, as well as conductor for the performance at St. Bernard.



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Richard Probert, music director of the Sackets Vocal Arts Ensemble in New York, taught a master class in English diction in choral singing.

Festival director Richard Treleaven said the weekend was a great success and it was a pleasure listening to the concert Sunday night.

“Listening to a great concert with three choirs was a pleasure and bringing the mass choir together was a masterful feat on the part of the conductor,” said Treleaven.

The festival was not intended to be an all work and no play event for the choristers. - Festival director Richard Treleaven
“What was even more fun was watching the mass choir come together in the relaxed atmosphere we tried to create. The festival was not intended to be an all work and no play event for the choristers and I believe we were successful in accomplishing that.”