![]() He has been a Music Festival adjudicator for the Kiwanis Festival, up to Provincial level in the Music Theatre category, and is a highly sought-after vocal performance coach. For eight years, he toured internationally with the world-renowned Pop/A cappella group, “The Nylons”. He was also featured in the World Premiere of “Souzatska”, the Toronto Premiere of the Off- Broadway Musical, “The Musical of Musicals, (the Musical)”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (with Donny Osmond), “Miss Saigon”, “Showboat”, “Cats” and seasons at bot h the Shaw and Stratford Festivals. Critically acclaimed performances in Canada, have included, Drayton Entertainment’s “Damn Yankees”, “The Little Mermaid” and “Sweet Charity”. Mark Cassius has been featured on Broadway, in the Original Cast of “Ragtime” and revivals of “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Shenandoah”. He is currently the artistic director of Voices Rock Canada, an organization of 6 rock choirs for kids, adults, seniors, and women physicians. His world-class arrangements have been recorded and performed extensively. His versatility as a musician has brought him opportunities to work with pop celebrities such as Jim Cuddy, Steven Page, Chantel Kreviazuk, Dan Hill and Josh Groban as well as theatre icons Andrea Martin and Michael Burgess. As an accompanist, Anthony has toured with singing group sensation The Priests, baritone trio Bravura and is often sought after by vocalists and instrumentalists.Īs a composer, Anthony has written several musicals including The Rob Ford Musical (Toronto) Not In My Backyard (Port Stanley) and several award-winning Fringe shows in Toronto including the 2015 production I‘m Right Here (best musical by ). Other credits include Mamma Mia and Shrek (Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg) Mary Poppins (Globe Theatre, Regina) Spelling Bee (Grand Theatre, London) Songs For A New World and Title Of Show (Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto) Grease and Joseph (Drayton Entertainment). With nearly 200 theatre productions to his credit, his work as a musical director includes 13 years as resident Musical Director at Stage West in Toronto. ![]() ‘On 9 December we’ll be singing at Les Cotils and on 19 December at Blanchelande Park Nursing and Residential Home.A musical director, pianist, composer and educator, Anthony’s 25-year career has brought him coast to coast in Canada and into the U.S.A. ‘We’ve been told we cannot sing Silent Night, because that’s reserved for Christmas Eve.’Īs soon as the girls come back form Germany, they’ll be straight into performing in Guernsey. The choir will be singing Christmas carols – with the exception of one. ‘A couple of the girls also had relatives there during the war.’ ‘His mother was in the internment camp during the war and he really wanted to see where she was,’ said Christine. On the trip the singers will be joined by accompanist Anthony Tennant and also by the father of one of its members. ‘Bel for beautiful, Canto for “C Anthony”, and O, for “old girls”, to describe them being the former Girls’ Choir.’ But for the choir, it means something else. Its name means ‘beautiful singing’, which described the qualities of the great 18 th- and early 19 th-century Italian singers. The choir was formed in 2002 by girls who attended the Schools’ Music Service and who were members of the Guernsey Girls’ Choir. We’re all looking forward to it and I’ve been told it snowed there last week.’ We’ll be playing at the town’s main church on the Sunday but also at the outdoor market. ‘Bel Canto last played in Biberach five years ago – the town has a Guernsey Week – and we were invited over again in October. ‘I first started taking choirs over there with the Schools’ Music Service and made some great friends.ĭuring the Second World War, two large prisoner-of-war camps were located at Biberach, with Oflag V-B for officers, and internment camp Ilag V-B for allied civilians, mainly from the Channel Islands. ‘This is probably the sixth time that I’ve been,’ said conductor and former peripatetic music teacher, Christine Anthony. Seventeen members of the 25-strong ensemble will be singing at Biberach’s ‘Christkindlesmarkt’. Local choir Bel Canto are heading to Germany this week.
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