The Enchor Chamber Choir is an auditioned vocal ensemble with a mandate to collaborate with other Canadian artists which has led to collaborations with artists such as Corps Bara Dance, Foothills Brass, Fire Exit Theatre, Lily String Quartet, Cum Vino Cantus, singer/songwriter Paul Rumbolt and the University of Calgary Orchestra.

Choir director Elizabeth Paynter has been a music specialist with the Calgary Board of Education for over 20 years and from early in her teaching career, began directing choirs in the Calgary choral community. Currently, Elizabeth is the artistic director of “Arioso,” the children’s choir at Mount Royal University,  EnChor Chamber Choir, an auditioned vocal ensemble,  One Accord, a 50 voice community choir, and she is the director of Music and Spiritual Arts at Scarboro United in Calgary, leading the gospel  and  chancel choirs. She is also in demand as a choral clinician in Alberta and British Columbia, and has directed and accompanied choirs during Naramata Centre’s “Music Week”  summer program, where she is now on the advisory planning team.  In recent years, Liz directed the Calgary Multicultural Choir, and was the artistic director of the Calgary Men’s Chorus.

This Concert is the fifth in a series of six Choral Concerts during 2015 generously sponsored by: