Reviews and articles from the Hamilton Spectator
Articles reproduced by kind permission of the Hamilton Spectator, 2010
The singers and the sword – June 2, 2010
In the mood for some dragon slaying this weekend? Then the John Laing Singers have just the ticket. This…
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A night of choice – December 1, 2007
Choral fans are caught in between tonight. Two of the city’s major vocal ensembles are in concert at 8 p.m. At Central Presbyterian, The John Laing Singers present its annual Christmas concert. It’s A Garland of Carols, which happens to be…
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Was it the sangria or love? Both – April 21, 2007
Choral fans are caught in between tonight. Two of the city’s major vocal ensembles are in concert at 8 p.m. At Central Presbyterian, The John Laing Singers present its annual Christmas concert. It’s A Garland of Carols, which happens to be…
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No translator necessary – February 1, 2007
Everyone understands the language of music.
In case you missed it, there’s a choral renaissance happening in Hamilton. For starters,…
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John Laing Singers made heavens ring – November 26, 2001
It came to me that The John Laing Singers, perhaps uniquely of all the groups I have heard in Hamilton, began with a rating of superb and consistently got better every outing, driven by John Laing’s obsessive quest for perfection. A quest that was softened by his profound understanding and absolute adoration of the music…
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A thousand years of song – December 13, 1999
The John Laing Singers concert was simply the most exquisite I’ve heard in a long while. They sailed through 1,000 years of music, singing everything well and some of it brilliantly. Particularly wonderful were…
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Ardent fans slip Laing choir a disc: Which do you want, CD or Rolls-Royce? joked Vi Williams – October 24, 1998
For years, ever since John Laing took his Singers to the finals of the CBC Choral Competitions and went on to spread the fame of Hamilton’s choral excellence to the Nancy, France and Montreux, Switzerland international choral festivals, his fans have been chafing that the choir doesn’t have a CD they can take home to enjoy. Well, now they do….
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Laing Singers sublime in Haydn – November 21, 1992
Many happy returns to the John Laing Singers on their 10th birthday. That wish is made by me in a purely selfish spirit, because I want my life filled with just the sort of sublime music they produced…
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