Professional Choral Singing and Related Work
In addition to his professional academic work and his developing work with computers, Dr. Bowman has frequently been quite active as a part-time professional choral singer (usually singing tenor), such as with the Oakville Chamber Ensemble (2009-10), as a section lead in various Toronto and Los Angeles church choirs (1990-2009, including Vespers and other services for the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at Toronto’s Holy Family church), and in Christmas carolling quartets— strolling around malls, etc., wearing a “Victorian” coat, scarf, and top-hat.
He has also sung with the Menno Singers, the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir (as a support singer), in the Elora Festival Singers, in the (EFS) professional core of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, in the choir of St. John’s Elora, in the Exultate Chamber Singers, and in a number of additional community and university choirs and chamber ensembles.
Also, he worked for several years as the part-time choral librarian, writer/editor, and computer facilitator of the Elora Festival & Singers.