Let there be light at Vox Musica concert

By Lethbridge Herald on November 20, 2025.

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman
Lethbridge Herald

Vox Musica Choral Society is ready to take the stage to delight those in attendance with “Light Eternal,” at Southminster United Church. 

The evening will centre on two choral works on light, one contemporary and one over 300 years old. Vox Musica, will once again collaborate with the Tutti Corda String Orchestra, directed by Gabe Kastelic. 

The concert will also feature three accomplished soloists, first tenor Brenton Taylor, soprano Karen Hudson, and mezzo-soprano Erinn Roberts. 

Taylor says he really enjoys singing choral music and he is very excited to be one of the soloists this time around. 

“I’m really enjoying the music. It’s such beautiful music and the solos are really great opportunity to be able to let my voice be heard.”

He’s been singing with Vox Musica since 2010 and he says he loves the harmonies in the “LUX: The Dawn From On High” by Dan Forrest, written in 2018. 

“They are a little more challenging. The tempo changes are a little more challenging and I like a challenge, so for me that’s what stands out in this work.”

LUX: The Dawn From On High weaves together a variety of influences, from modern minimalist composers to ancient liturgical chant to secular love poetry, to explore the many ways we experience light. 

Along with the choir, a number of local musicians will perform on instruments ranging from the familiar flute to the unexpected vibraphone. 

Hudson, who has been singing with Vox Musica for just over 40 years, is also the assistant conductor and she shares that when singing with instruments, they need to watch the baton carefully instead of listening to the instruments. 

“We really have to watch the baton. If you listen, you tend to slow down, but if we watch, we say in tempo,” says Hudson. 

The concert’s historical contemplation of light is Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major, which was written just over 300 years before LUX, around 1715. 

According to Vox Musica, in that time, D major was called “the key of glory” a vast amount of joyful music was written in that key. 

“I’ve sung the Vivaldi before and I love the piece as well, so it’s a really nice combination of music,” sayid Hudson. 

Concert will take place on Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Southminster Church.