Welcome to Season 4.0!

Over the last few months I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be a choral artist in the context of a global pandemic. The core of our art is musical collaboration and partnership, shared among artists and audience alike, whereas our new daily reality is putting more and more space between us. Our focus this season is on exploring different ways to bridge the physical distance through music, finding inspiration in the work of musicians and pandemic survivors from history, and forging our own artistic path forward.

I’ve called this Season 4.0 because we understand that whatever plans we make will likely have to be adjusted. This year is all about going with the flow and embracing our circumstances. We may end up performing Season 4.1 or even 4.7, but one way or another we will find a way to connect, to share, and to make art.

I hope you’ll join us.

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- Margot Rejskind, Artistic Director

The Space Between Us

Luminos Ensemble’s first performance together since the start of the pandemic plays with the ideas of both physical and mental space. When the choir recorded in August 2020, COVID-19 restrictions on PEI meant the singers had to stand 12 feet apart. The program includes 800 years of music intended to fill large spaces, including Italian chant from the 13th century, sacred polyphonic music by Renaissance masters (and pandemic survivors) Josquin des Prés and William Byrd, contemporary classics about hope and space, and a 16th-century comic motet for double choir about a singer who discovers — and then argues with — their own echo.

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This project is supported in part by the Island Arts and Heritage Trust, under the auspices of the Community Foundation of PEI

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Watch Artistic Director Margot Rejskind explain the inspiration behind The Space Between Us