Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

We sing a lot of SAB, and a fair bit of SATB music in the York Region Community Choir. Our singers are divided into Sopranos, Altos, Tenor...

Monday, January 28, 2013 Sapphire was unable to come, so we had to rehearse with recordings, and Heather did a great job playing parts for...

Hey, we know how this feels!

I saw this on tumblr and had to share! Who's going to enforce this? Heather, do you know anyone?

Yup. We can snap. Like Elvis. We grooved.  (Heads-up: there's a theory/ reading music lesson coming toward the end of this post...

If you missed choir today, here's what you missed: 1. Our warm-ups included making funny faces and strange sounds. 2. We sang I Will ...

As soon as you get your music, have a look at the solos we need this season. I've listed them all here. Find them in the music and see...

Don't like conflict. Avoid it. So, politics are obviously not my thing. But, sometimes I see something that demands my attention. To...

I'm excited to get going with our new season! Our theme for this Spring Season is Friendship and Community.  It flows well from...

Dear YRCC Choristers, Don't forget that you are responsible for handing in your binder to Trix, our Music Librarian, at the end of ea...

Yesterday at the York Region Forest Jingle Walk was really special. It was great singing outdoors surrounded by trees. The crowd of fami...

Classical 96.3 is my radio station for driving. I also like to listen to it while I'm working, so I use my laptop to listen to the li...

Thank you, Gerry, for posting your family's recordings of our concert on YouTube!

  An afternoon of spectacular music & seasonal songs that remind us of the joy of being with friends and family!           ...

We're going to be singing outdoors on December 15th! The York Region Forest Jingle Bell Walk is a community event that starts at 1...

Here's the order for tomorrow. We start at 12 noon and sing until 1:00 pm. Arrive by 11:45. We might be able to meet in our room...

What an experience that was! The In Harmony With The Community concert, the 20th annual fundraiser of the York Regional Police Male Chorus...

If you want to review some pointers on performing, here 's the link to a former post of mine.

Tonight was thrilling! Our YRCC pieces were really fabulous tonight: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves Mamma Mia Medley One Voice And singing...

Why Travel Makes Us Happy  is a great blog post by a woman who writes a blog on happiness. She says she's an advocate for Travel. Clic...

It  Was a Dark and Stormy Night.............  Bob Hill and his new wife Betty were vacationing in Europe....as it happens, near ...

Here's what we did on November 5th: Warm ups included massages.   Hymn to Freedom page 11, the ending We learned all of  In Our To...

Hello YRCC Choir Members! I'd like to have some more time to rehearse for our Holiday Concert, so I'm asking you to come early at ...

This was just sent out in an email to all choir members. We're also phoning everybody. Due to the fast approaching weather system,...

Hurricane Sandy, AKA Frankenstorm, is coming up to Newmarket tomorrow night, Monday, October 29th. Right now, they're saying the high ...

The 3 solo songs at the Holiday concert will be sung by Trix, Michael, and Todd.  The solos in our choir songs will be as follows: Caro...

With all the new folk and with a smallish space for such a large group, we have to be especially conscious of the people around us, and rev...

This is a theory post for the YRCC about articulation. Articulation is, like, pronouncing things clearly, right? In speech, articulation ...