Two of the choirs we shared the stage with this past Saturday will be singing again this coming Saturday.
The Men of Note and the Keynotes Choirs are both presenting their spring concerts this weekend.
Men of Note:
Saturday, May 4th at 7:30 pm at Christchurch Anglican Church in Stouffville
Newmarket Keynotes Seniors Choir:
Saturday, May 4th at 7:30 at the Christian Baptist Church in Newmarket
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Stuck in my head: The Bossa Nova?
Men of Note: Wow!
French Choir was impressive, charming
I couldn't find much information about them, but I look forward to hearing more about them. Their a cappella style and sound is charming and impressive. I hope we cross paths again soon.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Choral Celebration in The Auroran and the Town of Aurora
There's a nice article in The Auroran about our concert on Saturday.
You'll see the picture that was taken on the second Saturday.
Here's a link.
We're also mentioned on the Town of Aurora website: click here.
You'll see the picture that was taken on the second Saturday.
Here's a link.
We're also mentioned on the Town of Aurora website: click here.
Apr 22
April 22
We Are Family met and voted to switch to Higher and Higher.
Sam Hall met and rocked.
We warmed up with some funny hand-in-the-air follow-the-leader stuff.
We sang through all of our pieces for Saturday.
At break, Todd and Kristen and Bill and Lean on Me rehearsed with Sapphire
We sang Blue Skies with Lauren and Tracey singing great scat solos.
We did a whole bunch of On Eagle's Wings.
Next Monday:
Flying Free
From a Distance
Greatest Love
Hallelujah
I Will Always Be With You
On Eagle's Wings
We Are Family met and voted to switch to Higher and Higher.
Sam Hall met and rocked.
We warmed up with some funny hand-in-the-air follow-the-leader stuff.
We sang through all of our pieces for Saturday.
At break, Todd and Kristen and Bill and Lean on Me rehearsed with Sapphire
We sang Blue Skies with Lauren and Tracey singing great scat solos.
We did a whole bunch of On Eagle's Wings.
Next Monday:
Flying Free
From a Distance
Greatest Love
Hallelujah
I Will Always Be With You
On Eagle's Wings
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Improve range and projection when you put that on your throat?
The YRCC is on Facebook, and so are the local Sweet Adelines, the York Highlands Chorus.
Earlier this week, the YHC posted an interesting article on Facebook about using vibrators to massage the throat and relax the larynx to increase range and projection. Apparently, a number of them are using this technique.
Here's another one about the same vocal coach and his unusual technique.
University of Alberta professor and vocal coach David Ley wanted to apply a speech pathologist's technique to singers to help improve their voices: throat massage. He figured that massaging the throat to loosen the vocal cords would result in increased range and volume. Having hands on your throat is uncomfortable. (I guess it's natural to want to avoid being choked.) So, David went shopping for a vibrator with a frequency similar to that of the human voice and tried it out on some students.
Success. Singers can sing higher and lower and louder when their vocal cords are relaxed and vibrating more after using the vibrator on their throats!
Now, he's sharing this technique with others, and even recommending it to speech therapists. It makes sense.
There's still a bit of a creep factor. I was happy (relieved, but a bit disappointed too) to see that the vibrator being used was discreet and not obviously a sex toy.
So, now we can discuss at our executive meeting whether we should take up Jennifer's offer to sell us the devices at a discount (5 or more, no shipping fees). Jennifer, a member of the Sweet Adelines, is a Passion Party consultant and made us an offer on Facebook.
I think it's kind of funny and brilliant that this is a Canadian invention. It's perfect for Canadians to use a sex toy for speech therapy and singing, don't you think?
Earlier this week, the YHC posted an interesting article on Facebook about using vibrators to massage the throat and relax the larynx to increase range and projection. Apparently, a number of them are using this technique.
Here's another one about the same vocal coach and his unusual technique.
University of Alberta professor and vocal coach David Ley wanted to apply a speech pathologist's technique to singers to help improve their voices: throat massage. He figured that massaging the throat to loosen the vocal cords would result in increased range and volume. Having hands on your throat is uncomfortable. (I guess it's natural to want to avoid being choked.) So, David went shopping for a vibrator with a frequency similar to that of the human voice and tried it out on some students.
Success. Singers can sing higher and lower and louder when their vocal cords are relaxed and vibrating more after using the vibrator on their throats!
Now, he's sharing this technique with others, and even recommending it to speech therapists. It makes sense.
There's still a bit of a creep factor. I was happy (relieved, but a bit disappointed too) to see that the vibrator being used was discreet and not obviously a sex toy.
So, now we can discuss at our executive meeting whether we should take up Jennifer's offer to sell us the devices at a discount (5 or more, no shipping fees). Jennifer, a member of the Sweet Adelines, is a Passion Party consultant and made us an offer on Facebook.
I think it's kind of funny and brilliant that this is a Canadian invention. It's perfect for Canadians to use a sex toy for speech therapy and singing, don't you think?
Thursday, April 11, 2013
April 8
We Are Family and Together Wherever We Go met early and sound great!
Warm-ups worked on breathing and holding notes for longer and longer
1. Imagine was great. We reviewed the ending, and the different timing issues, especially starting at 40
2. One Voice was excellent! We reviewed the entrance so that we're all coming in softly but with confidence
3. Get Happy was fun and frenzied! We reviewed the entrance so that we're all coming in strong, and reviewed a couple of timing issues: p 9 bar 55 Hal-le is fast, the section at bar 89 is getting better, Sopranos still need to work on coming in strong with Forget your troubles and The sun is shining every time.
4.Wonderful World is always wonderful ♥
We had a nice long coffee break with fruit and chocolate sauce and several kinds of baked treats. Yum!
5. We went through All the Little Rivers twice, and it was pretty good and fun too. Carol gave me a bottle of red beer because I kept singing red beer instead of red bear last time! It was funny and delicious and this time I got it right! (beer was consumed at home)
Next week:
We have to review From a Distance, You'll Never Walk Alone and On Eagle's Wings so that we don't forget the work we've done on them.
We'll sing our Apr 27 songs too.
Let's see if we have time to sing Blue Skies.
Warm-ups worked on breathing and holding notes for longer and longer
1. Imagine was great. We reviewed the ending, and the different timing issues, especially starting at 40
2. One Voice was excellent! We reviewed the entrance so that we're all coming in softly but with confidence
3. Get Happy was fun and frenzied! We reviewed the entrance so that we're all coming in strong, and reviewed a couple of timing issues: p 9 bar 55 Hal-le is fast, the section at bar 89 is getting better, Sopranos still need to work on coming in strong with Forget your troubles and The sun is shining every time.
4.Wonderful World is always wonderful ♥
We had a nice long coffee break with fruit and chocolate sauce and several kinds of baked treats. Yum!
5. We went through All the Little Rivers twice, and it was pretty good and fun too. Carol gave me a bottle of red beer because I kept singing red beer instead of red bear last time! It was funny and delicious and this time I got it right! (beer was consumed at home)
Next week:
We have to review From a Distance, You'll Never Walk Alone and On Eagle's Wings so that we don't forget the work we've done on them.
We'll sing our Apr 27 songs too.
Let's see if we have time to sing Blue Skies.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
More benefits of music
In addition, compared to standard treatments, the researchers found listening to music brought about a considerable reduction in heart and respiratory rates, and blood pressure. This was the case when patients listened to pre-recorded music or had sessions with trained music therapists.
Bottom line the researchers say, music is useful as a complementary therapy for people with cancer.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Newmarket is a great place to live!
According to MoneySense, Newmarket is among the best places to live in Canada. We scored 4th in the top small cities category and 10th overall!
Check out their lists here.
Our unemployment rate, crime rate, weather and average income are all factors that boosted us up.
When my husband and I moved up here from Toronto, we didn't know much about Newmarket and certainly didn't consult MoneySense. We were able to afford to own a house, and that was the most important thing. There's the hospital and the nice neighbourhoods, lots of shopping and restaurants, the Upper Canada Mall, and it just felt right. It's also close to Toronto and all that the big city has to offer, and close to cottage country, lakes and forests.
North Vancouver is 8th in it the same category as Newmarket and 52nd overall, while Richmond Hill is 26th overall and 9th in its category. So, I'm the luckiest in my family. But, I knew that.
Our old home town, Toronto ranks 28th overall.
Check out their lists here.
Our unemployment rate, crime rate, weather and average income are all factors that boosted us up.
When my husband and I moved up here from Toronto, we didn't know much about Newmarket and certainly didn't consult MoneySense. We were able to afford to own a house, and that was the most important thing. There's the hospital and the nice neighbourhoods, lots of shopping and restaurants, the Upper Canada Mall, and it just felt right. It's also close to Toronto and all that the big city has to offer, and close to cottage country, lakes and forests.
North Vancouver is 8th in it the same category as Newmarket and 52nd overall, while Richmond Hill is 26th overall and 9th in its category. So, I'm the luckiest in my family. But, I knew that.
Our old home town, Toronto ranks 28th overall.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Monday, April 1
Wonderful World
Imagine- ending
I'll Be There For You
All the Little Rivers, C and D
Handel Chorus, ending, last 4 bars
Next week:
From a Distance
Get Happy
Imagine
One Voice
All the Little Rivers
Handel Chorus
Imagine- ending
I'll Be There For You
All the Little Rivers, C and D
Handel Chorus, ending, last 4 bars
Next week:
From a Distance
Get Happy
Imagine
One Voice
All the Little Rivers
Handel Chorus
Monday, April 1, 2013
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