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Los Cantantes del Lago is a chorus singing and living on the shores of beautiful Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake, just south of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco. Made up of 55-60 singers, Los Cantantes is a community choir striving for artistic excellence in choral singing. The members come from many parts of the world, principally Britain, Canada, France, Mexico and the United States. The chorus sings in many languages and ranges in age from 20 to 80. Consisting of Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass voices, Los Cantantes sings both accompanied (by professional musicians) and a capella. REPERTOIRE: Los Cantantes performs a wide range of music from many periods and genres, including sacred, classical, spirituals, pop and musicals. Recent repertoire has included: The Foundling Hospital Anthem and
The Messiah by G. F. Handel; Requiem by Gabriel Faur
Whenever possible, Los Cantantes features local musicians in solo, vocal and
instrumental capacities in its concerts, as well as performing the works of
local composers such as Victor Manuel Medeles R., Arturo Márquez, Rafael Eduardo
Garcia Cueva and Juan Jos One of the choir's objectives is the support of young musicians. Special guests in their Christmas 2005 concert was a local children's choir, and in December 2006 they invited the Orquesta Infantil Juvenil Guadalajara, A.C. to share the stage with them. In December 2006, they sang in Guadalajara at a concert given by the Orquesta Infantil Juvenil Guadalajara. In December 2007, Los Cantantes performed with the Golden Strings Youth Orchestra in Ajijic, earning formal recognition from Jalisco's Secretary of Culture, the Chapala Department of Culture and Golden Strings for their participation. RECORDING: Los Cantantes recorded a CD of Christmas music from around the world in December 2006.
Rehearsals
Rehearsals are on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (September to December and January-April) from 3:00-5:30 PM at St. Andrew's Anglican Church in Riberas del Pilar, (Jalisco, Mexico). Rehearsals for our Christmas 2008 concerts will begin Tuesday, January 20, 2009. New Members
For inquiries about joining Los Cantantes del Lago, use our Join Us form which will allow you to give us some background information about who you are and what kind of choral experience you have or are looking for.
Music Director/Conductor
As well as directing Los Cantantes del Lago, Tim is the organist/choirmaster at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Ajijic; and sang tenor in the a cappella octet Ensamble Vocal Contrapunto. He also played piano with the Quinteto Mexicano who, in Summer 2006, represented Mexico as musical ambassadors to Ecuador. He premiered the piano composition, Opus 30, No. 2 by Guadalajara composer Luis Montes in France in May 2007. Tim accompanies instrumentalists and vocalists on piano, and coaches singers and choirs in rehearsal and concert. He has performed throughout Europe, Israel and North America and has participated in 30 recordings.
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We always welcome new members,
encouraging them to be musically literate and able to read rhythmical and
musical notation.
Timothy
G. Ruff Welch is a choir director, organist, voice coach, soloist, and piano
accompanist. With roots in Wisconsin, U.S.A., Tim completed his Bachelor degree
at Luther College, Iowa, with majors in piano and business administration. 
