Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

Thank you to Lorraine and to the treat providers Debbie and Helene for a wonderful social-coffee time at our break this week! It's alway...

 

Exhilarating, uplifting, even intoxicating: choir nights are essential to my wellbeing. I am grateful- as thankful as many of you tell me yo...

We missed our Donna, and hope she feels better soon! However, it was fun to have Tabitha play for/with us. Thank heaven for Tab! She's a...

I'm sorry I had to leave, but I knew you'd be in good hands. I didn't want to share my germs. If you are sick on choir night, do...

Every little cell inside my body was happy!  We leaned a couple of wellness trends. One is called Box Breathing or Square Breathing. It'...

Woo-hoo! We're off to a great start. Woo-hoo, btw (by the way) is a singing thing that you do with your voice. We warmed up by doing a f...

First rehearsal of the 26/27 Choir Year! We chatted a lot, registered, got binders, and started singing! We had a short physical warm-up, an...

I'm getting excited, as usual, for the start of the new choir season. This year, this time, I'm even more excited. We have some new ...

We will start rehearsing for our 2026 Winter Concert on Tuesday, September 8th!  That’s the return date for members. Any potential new membe...

Having been disappointed by the cancellation of the first Thursday evening concert in Newmarket, July 16th, I didn't get my hopes up too...

We were a table of 6, with beer and snacks to share, fun conversation and then SINGING! It was so much fun!  We will definitely plan another...

I'm planning to go to the first of the summer concerts at Riverwalk Commons in Newmarket on Thursday nights. It's this Thursday, Jul...

Go to the Members' Site. Log in. Find Concert Recordings . Choose 2026 Spring Concert Recordings .  Click on All Songs.  They're lis...

Our beautiful friend, Dolores Pividor has passed away. When she stopped coming to our choir, she continued for a while in other choirs, but ...

 If anyone has some photos or videos of our concert, please send them to me. This is all I have so far. 

Woooooo-hoooo! It was so much fun! I can't wait for you to hear the recordings; our sound was excellent! I loved the audience too! It wa...

When I say Concert Order, I’m usually referring to the order of songs, from first to last. We put the songs in our binders in concert order ...

We're ready!  This was our last rehearsal to do learning and fixing. Next week, we focus on the order of songs, and how we need to stand...

Sunday, April 19th, 2026 at 3:00pm in the Sanctuary of Trinity United Church, Newmarket. Child prodigy Angel Heung, our music director'...

I'm feeling great after our gold-star rehearsal performances last night! It was also wonderful for me to sit with the small group and si...

I'm getting excited! The posters are on their way into the world, and we are selling tickets on our new website!!! We are still able to ...