Chamber Choir “Konvents”
Riga, Latvia
Elita Dzerina - conductor
Competition Concert
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Five Childhood Lyrics | J. Rutter | |
| 1. Mondays Child | Traditional | |
| 2. The Owl and the Pussy Cat | E. Lear | |
| 3. Windy Nights | R. L. Stevenson | |
| 4. Mathew, Mark, Luke, John | Traditional | |
| 5. Sing a Song of Six Pence | Traditional | |
| Gaismeņa Ausa | V. Pūce | Traditional |
| Oj, Liljano mome | T Skalovski | Traditional |
Chamber Choir “Konvents” was founded in 1998 in Riga by conductor Elita Džeriņa. Their repertoire includes wroks by Latvian and foreign composers, folksongs, sacred music, popular and light music. Also C dur Mess by W. A. Mozart, a part of Messiah by G. F. Handel etc.
2005. Sacral music competition in Preveza (Greece), Silver medal.
2005. International Song festival in Warszawa (Poland), Bronze medal.
2007. International choir competition in St. Petersburg (Russia), special prize of the jury for the best performance of Russian composer’s song.
Conductor Elita Dzerina attained a Bachelor’s degree at Latvia State conservatory in prof’s G. Kokars choir conduction class. She has worked as a conducting teacher in Jelgava Music College and also as a precentor in the mixed choir Daile. At the moment she also leads the female choir Daiļrade and works as music teacher in Riga city gimnasium.
