Written over the course of three decades, these arrangements are all, in some way, responses to the first one written, Un Canadien Errant (A Wandering Canadian). This folksong of loss and exile forms the context for all the other arrangements, as each, in its way, deals with the question, “Where is home?” These arrangements mine the arranger’s own background and culture in ways which seek to honour the provenance of each song, seen through the lense ofm his own experience both within and out from that background, as well as the world we live in now.
David Carle, DMA, has been a singer, choral conductor, and organist for five decades, performing in recital as both a singer and as organist, and in choral repertoire as conductor, soloist, or accompanist. He has taught music at the university level in Kentucky, New Brunswick, New York, Ontario, and Michigan. He has composed or arranged over 80 of works, most for voice, both solo and choral, with a number of those being commissions. Hobbies include reading, swimming, and cooking. Currently he is staff musician of All Saints’ Anglican Church in Windsor, Ontario, and Conductor of the [Essex] County Classic Chorale, based in Leamington, Ontario.
Soprano Angelina Lynne has performed in a variety of styles and genres in the United States, Mexico, Europe, New Zealand, the Middle East, and across Canada. She has performed in opera and oratorio, from Mozart to Stravinsky, and from music theatre to new opera. She has worked closely with both the Al Ain Chamber Orchestra in the United Arab Emirates, and with Garden City Jazz Quintet, under conductor/composer Dan Turcanu. Now based in Québec City, she performs frequently with harpist Yu-Fen Liu under the name “Duo Fleur d’Ange”. An active choral conductor, choral scholar, and voice teacher, Lynne is also head of voice studies for Université Laval’s Université de Troisième Age (UTA) program.
Pianist Michael Karloff, one of the most versatile and in-demand pianists on both sides of the Windsor/Detroit border, performs regularly with Detroit Symphony Orchestra for pops programs, and with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in many genres. He has worked as repetiteur and orchestral pianist with Detroit Opera since 2022, principally in new music. He plays frequently for national touring shows at Detroit’s Fischer Theatre as well as for local music theatre companies. As a jazz soloist, he tours with clarinetist Dave Bennett, as well as performs with many other jazz luminaries in the Windsor/Detroit area. Karloff anchors the Windsor jazz series, "Jazz At Mackenzie Hall”, and is host of Amherstburg’s “Jazz in the ‘Burg”. He is as well Artistic Director for Windsor’s “4 th Wall Music” chamber music series. At the University of Windsor he teaches jazz piano, music theory and musicianship, while at St. Claire College he teaches in the Department of Music Theatre Performance as a Musical Director and instructor for music theory and ear training.
