Name: BOK in Space
Start: 2025-11-09T19:00:00-07:00
Location: St. Andrew's United Church

Join BOK BRASS and special guests ChandraTala Choir for an unforgettable musical journey beyond the stars! This spectacular concert will transport you through galaxies near and far with powerful performances of legendary scores from Star Wars, Star Trek, E.T., Mars from The Planets, Superman, Apollo 13, Independence Day, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more.
The evening also features a stunning set by ChandraTala, whose rich harmonies will take you to cosmic heights, before they unite with BOK BRASS for an awe-inspiring grand finale.
Prepare for lift-off — this is more than a concert, it’s an adventure into the universe of sound!
ChandraTala, under the direction of Laura Hawley, was founded in September 2019 as part of the Korora Choir Association (Scott Leithead, Artistic Director). An upper voices choir for experienced soprano and alto singers of any gender identity, the choir’s Sanskrit name translates “rhythm of the moon.”
The choir has performed with the Canadian Chamber Choir, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Ariose Women’s Choir, has collaborated with local Edmonton musicians inducing singer-songwriter Maddie Storvold, and has premiered several new Canadian works. During the period from March 2020 to June 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic isolation period, ChandraTala participated in the Sonic Timelapse project, commissioned two new works by Canadian female composers, and pursued a rich season of workshops with composers and clinicians, small group and virtual choir projects, including a cross-Canada virtual choir collaboration with six of Canada’s top upper-voices/women’s ensembles.The choir performs each year in Edmonton’s SkirtsAfire festival and recently participated in a consortium to commission Ukrainian composer Iryna Aleksiychuk. ChandraTala continues to perform and collaborate throughout the community, pursue diverse repertoire, commission new works, work with clinicians locally and nationally, and support one another in community and song.