Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

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...

We had so much fun, and all agreed that it was too bad that we only had two Tuesdays left. Christmas singing is special. We will definitely ...

                              Trinity member, Mary Lawlis has been running a Drama Club, open to young people ages 8-14 in the community, ev...

Our concert was huge! I haven't got numbers, but that was a big audience, around 200 I'm guessing.  It was a lot of work rehearsing ...

Our (surprise) encore song at our concert on Sunday will be Why We Sing.  When we first got this piece of music, and started learning it, a ...

Now, we're ready: We know how to hold our binders, how to walk, how to sit down and get back up again, and how to wait. Funny, it's ...

We're ready! What an exciting rehearsal we had! I'm so happy with how you sound! Mary did you Breathe is finally feeling solid. And...

 Helene has found a very helpful YouTube video for learning her part in For Unto Us a Child is Born. Maybe you will like it too. Helene was ...

 

We're sounding so good! I think that performance last week gave us some confidence. We did miss Lauren- such chaos without her! Several ...

 They were such kind hosts! The women of St. Elizabeth Seton CWG were a fun audience and also provided some nice sweets afterwards. And, the...

Wow! We looked and sounded beautiful! Most of you remembered poppies, and everyone got a scarf. Because we were all on one level and could o...

Wooo Hooo! We sounded fantastic. We are ready for next week's performance.  The small group at 6:30 was Mary Did You Know/Breath of Heav...

 

I'm inviting my choir friends to my informal, friendly, community singing time at Trinity on Main, the United Church in Newmarket, 461 P...

We have made huge progress on all of our songs but the biggest success so far has got to be getting through For Unto Us! We’re going to have...

Another big, beautiful choir rehearsal! What an amazing job you're doing learning this season's music!  The Mele Kalikimaka small g...

 I just copied and pasted this old post so new members can get some extra music theory and everyone can remember that breathing in choir is ...

Wow! What a big, wonderful sound we had! Some moments took my breath away.  6:30: the Small Group was Mele Kalikimaka, and they got through...