Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

Here are the solos for this season with main soloist and back-up soloist. These are the solos in our choir pieces. This does not include any...

Wow! I'm so impressed with the progress we made at this rehearsal, and also generally with how well eveyone is learning the music this s...

I'm grateful for my church for providing the space for us to rehearse, and thankful to you all for your patience, generosity, and creati...

Notice! Next week's rehearsal is at Trinity United Church in Newmarket again .  We got bumped, and my church is welcoming us again. Ente...

I'm so sad that I had to miss choir! I've had a terrible flu, and even today can hardly speak, let alone sing. I'm tired and cra...

We had another very busy Tuesday evening learning our music for our May concert. I try to remember, whenever we're not perfect, that we ...

We worked hard again, learning ahs, which are not our favourite. And, we had some beautiful moments of harmony, friendship, and esprit de co...

I meant to do this ages ago. I used the song Shine by Jaslyn Edgar for a warm-up song one Tuesday evening, or maybe two? I really like that ...

What a severe winter we're having! Snow, frigid temperatues, more snow, and blizzards, and cold, cold, cold.  On one evening every Febru...

We got a lot of work done, and had a lot of fun, but it wasn't the same without Donna. We really missed her and realize how much we depe...

We had a wonderful time getting to know one another a bit better at breaktime! Lorraine set up the coffee and tea even though she couldn...

                        It was so good to be back among my choir friends!   The holidays were excellent, but that was almost too much time t...