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<p><a href="crescendo_members.htm"><img src="img/choirMain.jpg" width="250" height="139" class="imageLeft" border="0"></a>Crescendo
is an amateur a cappella choir resulted from passion and utter persistence.
Its main goal is to promote the splendid heritage of the European Renaissance
and Baroque along with North American and Romanian music. </p>
<p>A distinctive feature of this ensemble is the presence of vocal adaptations
after instrumental pieces. These adaptations are unique and can't be
listened anywhere else in the world. </p>
<p>Crescendo's repertoire also includes original compositions by Catalin
Ursu, the founder and conductor of the ensemble, Associate Composer
with the <a href="http://www.musiccentre.ca" target="_blank">Canadian
Music Centre</a>. </p>
<p><img src="img/CopertaCD.jpg" width="150" height="154" class="imageLeft">Buy
"Chants of the Orthodox Liturgy" by Catalin Ursu. </p>
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<p><a href="cu.htm"><img src="img/Founder1.jpg" width="250" height="139" class="imageLeft" border="0"></a>The
Crescendo Choir was founded in 1998 having as starting point a small
vocal group formed inside the <a href="http://www.snicolae.org" target="_blank">"Saint
Nicholas"</a> Church in New Westminster, Canada </p>
<p>The evolution of this choir was spectacular: from 12 members to 30,
from less than 100 spectators to almost 450. However, the most impressive
evolution was musical. Out of a total void, Crescendo has today a repertoire
of more than 60 pieces! The list includes Renaissance, Baroque, and
Romanian music. Moreover, the ensemble has recorded the first Orthodox
Liturgy entirely composed on the North American continent. In five years
this wonderful group of passionate women and men has learned more than
300 pages of music, an outstanding achievement for amateurs without
any musical background. The result is a very flexible and versatile
choir, capable to sing in six different languages. </p>
<p>Since November 2003 the Crescendo choir was accepted as a member of
the <a href="http://www.bcchoralfed.com/" target="_blank">British Columbia
Choral Federation</a>. </p>
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