This is a year of transition for Choral Evolution.

In the wake of director Bruce RuddellB次元官网网址檚 announcement that he would be leaving to pursue other musical endeavours, the Choral Evolution board quickly put the wheels in motion to find a replacement for this season.

The result? The appointment of Gordon Miller as artistic director and Gabe Lagos as accompanist.

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Miller is a lifelong musician, singer, songwriter and choral director. Trained at the Canadian Armed Forces School of Music in Victoria, Miller also studied as a vocalist at the Conservatory of Music. He also co-directs Sing Your Joy, a young adult chorus in Victoria.

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Lagos studied piano at the University of Victoria and is an accomplished accompanist, teacher, composer and arranger who enjoys folk, rock, pop, rap, classical and jazz music.

B次元官网网址淭he positive energy you get from a group of people getting together to make music is incomparable. As an accompanist, I really get to enjoy listening to the choir while I play along. Sometimes itB次元官网网址檚 hard not to get lost in the beauty or the fun of it,B次元官网网址� he said.

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Choral Evolution is looking for singers. Rehearsals begin on Sept. 7 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Sooke. A 7 p.m. start time is set for the singing. The choir rehearses in either the West Shore or Sooke.

For information, go online to or email choralevolution@gmail.com.

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