This choir, made up of around fifty young people aged 11 to 18, will take the road to the Big Apple on Tuesday morning for an unforgettable five-day adventure, as part of the choral singing event Canada at Cargenie.
Antoine Vautour has been part of this Acadian choir for six years. He recognizes the enormous luck that he and his companions will have this week.
« We are so happy and lucky to play at Carnegie Hall, one of the biggest performance halls in the world. There are artists who work their whole lives to go there and we will have this chance. It’s quite an honour. »
Seven Canadian choirs
A total of seven Canadian choirs will perform on this stage and sing repertoire in French, English and Anishinaabemowin. They will be accompanied by a Canadian string quartet.
Emma Breault has already gone to sing in Louisiana with the Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie.
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Emma Breault is in her seventh and final year with the Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie. This trip to New York is therefore the pinnacle of his adventure, with this trip to Louisiana in 2018.
We make a lot of great trips with Les Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie. Going to Carnegie Hall in my senior year is great. In Louisiana, we were able to sing with Zachary Richard
she recalls.
The experience of a lifetime
The choir put the final touches to its preparation on Monday evening, before leaving early by bus on Tuesday morning.
Nadine Hébert is the director of the choir Les Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie.
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It’s an important meeting and it takes us out of our house. Going to Carnegie Hall is an experience they will treasure for a lifetime. This is the room where the artists want to go to perform. It will be unforgettable
says director Nadine Hébert.
This is the first international trip since 2018 for this choir of young people aged 11 to 18. They will be under the direction of choirmasters Carrie Tennant and Jamie Hillman.
It’s an incredible opportunity for our young people to be able to work with choir directors of such high caliber, in addition to meeting young people from across the country who share their passion.
continues Nadine Hébert.
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