ABOUT VOX HUMANA CHAMBER CHOIR

Since its founding in 2002, the mixed-voice ensemble Vox Humana has established itself as Victoria’s premier chamber choir. Under the direction of Artistic Director David Stratkauskas, its core group of 24 singers ranges from advanced students to professional musicians. As part of its regular concert season from September to June, Vox Humana presents six to eight different programmes of diverse repertoire. Their artistic mandate includes the presentation of new music; their repertoire history includes a number of commissions and Canadian premieres. In addition to their self-produced concerts, Vox Humana is a frequent artistic collaborator with other groups; since 2011 they have appeared annually with the Victoria Symphony in works as diverse as Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Britten’s War Requiem. Two of Vox’s annual traditions have become sold-out favourites: Vox in the Stars, a performance in the dome housing the Plaskett Telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, BC, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales, a concert of seasonal music centered on a reading of the beloved Dylan Thomas story.

Vox Humana Chamber Choir is dedicated to advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by:

1. Providing high-quality public performances of choral works from a variety of musical genres; and providing a forum for the presentation of the works of Canadian composers.

2. To advance education by providing structured learning activities such as instructional rehearsal, and workshops about choral music, and by providing opportunities for students and young students to publicly exhibit, perform, or develop their crafts or skills in conjunction with these learning activities.