Introducing
the Executive of the
York Region Community Choir
for the 2016/2017 Choir
Year:
The Executive works together with the Director and Accompanist, and the Reading
Committee, to choose music, decide when and where we sing, and make sure people
are there to sing and to hear us sing, and take care of our equipment,
finances, website and music library.The Executive is elected and the Reading
Committee, Conductor and Accompanist are appointed. The Executive is now
officially the Board of Directors since we incorporated, but we can still use
the name executive, I think.
Our President is Lauren
Solar (laurensolar@gmail.com). This is Lauren's fourth year as
President. Lauren is responsible for everything happening.
Our Vice-President is Jane
Griffiths (jane.griffiths@rogers.com). Jane's role is to
help Lauren and anyone else on the executive when they need a hand. She's a
fundraising superhero.
Roxanne
McCormick (roxannemccormick@rogers.com) is our Public Relations Chair. If you need
to contact us regarding advertising, or to book us for a concert, or just need
some information, contact Roxanne. The PR role is to keep us connected to
the community. Roxanne rocks posters and programs.
Daphne Young (youngdc@rogers.com) is our Secretary/Treasurer. If
you want to write us a cheque, make it out to York Region Community Choir, and
Daphne will put it in our account. We accept cash too. Daphne will keep our
paperwork in order, creating and maintaining records like the minutes of our
meetings and accounting stuff. Michele Horton supports Daphne and will continue
to represent us when we share condolences and congratulations.
Trix Verge (trix.verge@gmail.com) is
our Webmaster and former Music Librarian. She had our music
collection in her basement for years and her organizational skills and patient
dedication served us well in our greatest period of growth. Trix is the one to
go to for help using the website, and she makes sure that it's functioning
properly. Trix has magical computer skills, and could probably herd cats.
Lyn
Gadd (maralynr@rogers.com) recently took over the Music Librarian role.
She has several filing cabinets full of music in her basement now, along with
tables and a printer, and she makes sure we
all have music to sing every Monday, and has extra binders made up for guests,
or people who are checking us out. If you have a binder of music that
belongs to us and want to know how to get it back to us, contact Lyn!
Carol Ford and Debbie
Hood are the Registrars. They make sure the
membership list is up-to-date and coordinate registration in September. They
will be calling you if you're on the waiting list. Debbie had our coffee (and
tea) equipment and supplies in her basement for many years, and together
with Carol took care of our refreshment needs, but Sophie is going to have a
turn in that position this year.
Teija Cumming, Anne Marie Vandekemp and Enid Maize are
the Reading Committee. They help choose new music
and order it from the publishers, shopping in person and on line. They are
chosen for their ability to read music and knowledge of our strengths and
weaknesses.
Renate Naghavi (That's me.) is
the Conductor/Musical Director of the YRCC. The Conductor
chooses a theme and selects music for each season, with the help of the
Executive and the Reading Committee, and with input from the Accompanist. The
Conductor teaches the music with the help of the Accompanist, and leads the choir
in performances.
Anne Marie Vandekemp has been the Assistant
Director, officially and unofficially for at least a decade. Since she is
one of the original members of the choir, Anne Marie is consulted on everything
from music to venues and managing member politics. Anne Marie leads the small
group rehearsals.
Joy Zhang is our Accompanist. She
is a talented pianist who helps Renate teach the music and accompanies the
choir in rehearsal and in performances.
