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Jesus College Cambridge choir to perform this December
Adding to the seasonal festivities, the Choir of Jesus College Cambridge will tour Sri Lanka next month. The seasoned singers will be performing around the country from December 13 singing in Colombo, Galle, Kandy and Jaffna. Renowned for their rich tones internationally “They have reached the highest level a choir could,” enthuses Secretary of the Jesus College Choir (JCC) Tour Fund, Priyan De Livera.
Here not only to sing for Sri Lanka, they have a deeper objective. “They will be holding workshops for students around the country,” Priyan tells us. Their tight schedule begins in Galle with a concert at the Lighthouse Hotel followed by workshops and services in Kandy, Jaffna and Colombo. The main event however will be their performance at the Ladies’ College Hall on December 15 for which tickets priced at Rs. 5000, 3000, 2000, 1000 and Rs. 500 for unreserved balcony seats can be purchased at Odel.
Having heard the choir at a few of their many public appearances in Cambridge, President of the JCC Tour Fund, Professor Manouri Senanayake felt Sri Lanka must experience their music. “They did a project in India as well,” she says of the choir’s 2013 tour. News of the workshops the choristers carried out for the slum children on Mumbai and their eagerness to travel inspired her to invite them to experience Sri Lanka. “As much as it is a learning experience for our schools, it would be for them as well,” she feels of their tour.
Their Lankan tour schedule is as follows:
December 13- Concert at the Lighthouse Hotel in Galle. Tickets priced at Rs. 500 can be purchased at the venue.
December 14- Following a workshop the choir will sing at a service at the Chapel of The Transfiguration, STC Mount Lavinia.
December 15: Concert at the Ladies’ College Hall, Colombo
December 17- The choir will sing at a service at the Trinity College Chapel, Kandy and hold workshops
December 19- The choir will sing at a service St, John the Baptist Church, Chundukuli Jaffna, following workshops in Jaffna.