The last weekend in September was set aside to give students a chance to join the RJC Workshop Choir and spend the entire weekend singing and learning great music. For over 20 years, the Saskatoon Youth Orchestra has been coming to RJC for the same weekend to kick start their season. The weekend always ends with a concert in the RJC Auditorium where both the choir and orchestra perform their own songs and collaborate for a few pieces together.
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| The SYO and RJC Choir "faceoff" each other at their first combined rehearsal for "Star Trek: Into Darkness." |
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| Richard Carnegie conducts the combined groups in rehearsal. |
A sort of "Movie Music" theme emerged through the weekend as the SYO (under the direction of Richard Carnegie, principal bassist of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra) performed a medley of tunes from "The Sound of Music." The RJC singers happily joined in for an impromptu singalong (since we performed Rogers & Hammerstein's classic play last June!) Among other pieces, the RJC Choir sang "Eatnemen Vuelie" which can be heard in the opening sequence of the Disney animated feature "Frozen." Then together the choir & orchestra performed "When You Believe" (from "The Prince of Egypt") and "Star Trek: Into Darkness."
Under the pictures below you can find YouTube videos of the RJC pieces and the combined pieces. Or go to our YouTube Channel to see them there!
youtube.com/rosthernjrcollege
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| At the Fall Concert, Chorale performed 3 pieces on their own. |
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| Richard Janzen directed both groups in "When You Believe" from "The Prince of Egypt." |
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| The two Richards take their bows with the SYO and RJC Choir looking on to an appreciated audience. |
