North Idaho choir BOUNDLESS off to perform
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April 12, 2018 |
 The
BOUNDLESS vocal ensemble, which features 10
singers from Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, and
Creston, British Columbia, will be performing in
the King’s Singers 50th Anniversary Concert in
New York City's Carnegie Hall on Sunday, April
22.
Last spring, BOUNDLESS conductor Vicki Blake
Thompson sent an audition CD from the group’s
“Stardust” performance to Distinguished Concerts
International New York which is hosting the
performance. To everyone's delight, BOUNDLESS
was selected to be part of a larger choir
backing up the King’s Singers for their
performance. While most of the choirs chosen
come from Canada and the United States, some are
from as far away as Australia, Wales, and South
Africa.
“The King’s Singers have long been a favorite
group of mine,” said director Vicki Blake
Thompson. “To stand on stage and perform with
them is, at the same time, absolutely humbling,
and a deep honor. BOUNDLESS is thrilled to have
this opportunity.”
Last week BOUNDLESS had to send in a video of
their own performance of the works they’ll be
singing in New York for the New York conductors’
perusal. “Singing songs which sometimes divide
into 8 parts with just 10 singers is a huge
challenge, especially with the dissonant
contemporary pieces. I was so pleased with the
work we did to prepare. And now we are off for
the sheer joy of performing with one of the
world’s best a cappella ensembles in one of the
world’s best music venues,” said Blake Thompson.
“Who could believe we’d ever get to do this?”
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