April (I Love You)

April (I Love You) is a setting of a poem originally entitled I love you by one of America's most celebrated authors, Sara Teasdale (1884–1933). Born in St Louis, this accomplished and much admired poet won the Columbia Poetry Prize, (later renamed the Pulitzer Prize), as well as the annual prize from the Poetry Society of America for her 1917 collection Love Songs. Although highly successful during her lifetime, she was troubled with ill health, and in later years plagued with loneliness and depression. Her works are characterized by a beautiful clarity and simplicity, evocative emotion and lyricism. Mark Sirett

Mark Sirett is a native of Kingston, Ontario and holds both masters and doctoral degrees in choral conducting and pedagogy from the University of Iowa. He has taught at the University of Alberta, the University of Western Ontario and Queen's University. Sirett is the Founding Artistic Director of the Cantabile Choirs of Kingston, which since 1996 is an award–winning educational program that embraces seven choirs and almost 300 singers of all ages.

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