She has sung with some of the finest choirs in Canada and Germany in concert halls across North America and Europe, and now Marnie Reckenberg has returned home to perform with Powell River Academy Chamber Choir at academy hall, Friday, October 21.
After growing up singing with the academy choirs and International Choral Kathaumixw, Reckenberg earned a bachelor of music degree from University of Victoria in solo voice performance and then continued her studies at McGill University in Montreal, earning the licentiate diploma and masters of music degree in solo vocal performance.
Shortly before her graduation from McGill, Reckenberg won places in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra choir, La Chapelle de Quebec and Viva Voce Vocal Ensemble of Montreal. She was also a frequent soloist with Ensemble Voces Boreales of Montreal, and made solo appearances with the St. Lawrence Choir and Ensemble Masques of Montreal and the choirs of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa.
As a church musician Reckenberg was a cantor and soloist for five years in the choir of St. John the Evangelist Anglo-Catholic Church Montreal, an ensemble that specializes in the singing of Gregorian and Renaissance liturgical repertoire.
Since 2009 Reckenberg has lived in Germany, and is a core member of the Gächinger Kantorei, which is the choir of the Bach Akademie Stuttgart and principal Ensemble under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.
She has appeared in venues including Carnegie Hall, New York; Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles; Places des Arts, Montreal; Philharmonie Berlin and Essen; Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, and Basilica Santo Giovanni in Laterano, Rome.
The Academy Chamber Choir consists of 36 singers from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions. It is an amateur choir that, since its inception in 1994, has developed into one of Canada’s dynamic chamber choirs. The choir specializes in a cappella music from the Middle Ages to the 20th century and regularly commissions new works by Canadian composers. Under the direction of Don James, the choir has toured in Venezuela, the Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico, Spain and France.
The concert begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20 available at the Academy Box Office, 7280 Kemano Street, by calling 604.485.9633 and at the door. Students 18 and under are free with a student ticket voucher. For more information interested readers can visit the academy's website.
