Selected Engagements and Repertoire
Elizabeth MacIsaac has maintained a distinguished and active performing schedule in addition to her teaching career. Some highlights are listed below:
SOLO APPEARANCES (VOICE)
Selected Vocal Activities and Performances
Orford Chamber Music Series: Abbey St. Benoit du Lac, QC July 2, 2018, with Suzie LeBlanc: Chants des Ursulines transcribed from the archives by E MacIsaac
Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC, Oct 2017 Collaborative new work: “The Line” TRIpod Dance Collective and Continuum Consort
Continuum Consort, Victoria, BC 1998- 2021. Commissioned works and period performances of early music. See separate page
Raincoast Voices: Victoria, BC 2011-2020 Renaissance a cappella octet
Duo Laude Medieval Ensemble Concert tours of France, Summers 2009-2011 with Pat Unruh, vielle
Artspring, Saltspring Island, BC "Six Mixed" Continuum Consort with TRIpod Dance company June 7, 2009
Music of Delos: concert tour of South Korea June 2007. Newly commissioned works, Continuum Consort
Darya Persian Ensemble, Vancouver Island Concert Tour 2007-2009 Traditional settings of texts by Hafez
PAN New Music Festival, Seoul, Korea Festival and Concert Tour Nov 2005. New works by Canadian and Korean composers. Masterclasses Seoul Universities
Duo with David Ponsford, harpsichord Concert Tours of Wales, Summers 1999, 2001
CBC Radio Broadcast: The French Noel with Burney Ensemble, Vancouver, BC Dec 2000
Shakespeare Festival, "The Eve of St. Marks, an Elizabethan masque", Victoria, BC, Aug 2000, author Naomi Lester
Cardiff Conference on Music in 18th Century Italy, Wales July 1998 Michaela Comberti (violin), Sebastian Comberti (cello),David Ponsford (harpsichord
Hornby Music Festival , Hornby Island BC Aug. 1996 The Well-Tempered Baroque Ensemble
Les Ateliers Upic, Paris, France Chants sacrés et profanes: March 1996 sponsored by French Ministry of Culture. Medieval and avant garde juxtaposition
Le Duo Boy-MacIsaac ,Paris, France 1993-1995City- sponsored concerts in gothic churches of Paris
A Musician's Tour of 18th Century Ireland, Dublin, Ireland July 1994 Baroque concert for Conference of St. Paul of the Cross, Passionists
Selected Solo Oratorio Engagements
Vox Humana, Victoria, BC Arvo Pärt Passio March 2013
St. Cecilia Orchestra, Sidney, BC Vivaldi Gloria April 2007
Pender Choral Society, Pender Island, BC Handel Messiah Dec 2006
Jubilate Choir, Duncan, BC Mozart Missa Brevis Dec 2006
Capriccio Choir, Victoria, BC Bach Christmas Oratorio Dec 2004
Whitehorse Community Choir,, YT Handel Messiah Nov 2004
St Cecilia Orchestra, Sidney, BC Vivaldi Magnificat Nov 2004
Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Victoria, BC Handel Messiah Dec 2003
Portland Baroque Orchestra, Victoria, BC Handel Messiah Dec 2001
St. Cecilia Orchestra and Choir, Sidney BC Bach Magnificat Dec 2001
Selected Presentations, Workshops and Guest Conducting
West Coast Concert Choir Festival, Mill Bay, BC Adjudicator April 2021
Podium Conference, Montreal, QC Presenter POSTPONED (COVID) May 2020 La présence des religieuses dans l’histoire du motet français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
Greater Victoria School District Music Teachers Conference Clinician Feb 18, 2020
French Mélodie Competition, Victoria Conservatory of Music Adjudicator Feb 12, 2020
Choralies International Festival, Vaison-La-Romaine, France Guest Conductor Aug 2019 Introduction to French Canadian repertoire
West Coast Choir Festival, Mill Bay, BC Adjudicator April 2019
University of Victoria Medieval Conference, Victoria, BC Presenter/Performer Feb. 2, 2019 Musical Illumination in the Songs of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Choral Canada Conference, Saint John’s, NL Presenter July 2018 A Rich Legacy from 18th Century Quebec: Music of the Ursuline monastery
Choral Canada Spotlight Concerts, Saint John’s, NL Conductor July 2018 Ensemble Laude guest choir for Canadian national choral conference Podium
Association of Baltic Studies Conference, Stanford University, CA Presenter May 2018 Pärt Uusberg: A Distinct New Voice in the Estonian Soundscape
Lancement du Pôle culturel du Monastère des Ursulines, Québec, QC Presenter/Vocalist May 2018 with Suzie LeBlanc, soprano : Chants des Ursulines
National Collegiate Choral Organization Conference, Baton Rouge, LA Nov 2017 Presentation and Poster Session: 17th Century Ursuline Vocal Music in Quebec
Choralies International Festival, Vaison-La-Romaine, France Conductor Aug 2016 Invited guest choir Ensemble Laude and choral tour of South of France
AMSV Renaissance Music Workshop, Victoria, BC Voice Clinician Feb 2016 Co-clinician with NY renaissance wind ensemble Pfiffero.
Europa Cantat, Pecs, Hungary Presenter Summer 2015 Canadian Choral Repertoire Presentation and Reading session
En Musique l’An Neuf , Alsace, France Guest Conductor and Clinician Dec 2013 Week-long choral workshop with concert in Münster Cathedral for Musica International.
Choralies International Festival, Vaison-La-Romaine, France Presenter Aug 2013 Reading session: Contemporary Canadian Choral Composers and Repertoire
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