[music at sharon temple]

Ok, I admit. When I heard the word "temple" I thought "oh no..." this is going to be some kind of *religious* thingey...but in fact I was pleasantly relieved and the acoustics were amazing (the temple topped last year's Toronto Star list of Canadian essential architecture) . The choir was moving and the first song, Gloria, written by choir member Timothy Corlis was my favourite - it seemed to suit the surroundings the best.

Here is a blurb from the site:

"June 10: Noel Edison will conduct the Elora Festival Singers in a varied programme highlighted by notable Canadian commemorations including John Beckwith's Three Motets on Swan's "China", which was performed at the first Music at Sharon concert in 1981. Glenn Gould’s witty So You Want to Write a Fugue? will honour the 75th anniversary of the late- musician’s birth, and movements from Glenn Buhr’s Richot Mass will mark the 10th anniversary of Manitoba’s 1997 Red River flood."