Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

Last night Soraya, Victoria, and I went to a free outdoor concert at the East Gwillimbury Civic Centre (Leslie and Mt. Albert Rd). The band ...

I've had a few wonderful days at the beach so far this summer. It's been incredibly hot and humid, and swimming in a lake is the b...

The long list for the Man Booker Prize was just announced. There's the list below. Apparently, not all of these are available yet. And, ...

I didn't do tent camping when I was a kid. We had a wonderful, simple cottage on the Bruce Peninsula, on the Georgian Bay side. It was ...

So proud of us for doing this song so well. It was a fun challenge.

(Barrie Waterfront from Ontario Trails Council Website) Summertime is a good time to think about the environment. You're likely t...

I found an interesting reading list that I'm going to be working on between my more traditional escapist-novels-in-a-lawn-chair reading....

"When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on Earth contributes to its harmony." As the conductor ...

Finally, here is the promised Origins of the York Region Community Choir post.  The Executive of the YRCC recently did a bit of house-c...

As I said, there were some stressful moments at the rehearsals, culminating in moments of utter frustration for me on Saturday before the ...

Well, we certainly had issues during the last rehearsals, but in the end the show was almost flawless! All the messy bits cleared up and we ...

Our last rehearsals went well. We were very good, but not perfect, which is actually perfect ;) We can hope that all of our mistakes have ...

We're a dedicated bunch! We had an excellent rehearsal on Victoria Day Monday! We sang O Canada, and it was powerful. Blue Skies i ...

We spend a fair amount of time on the topic of breathing. Yes, it's vital. We can't live without breathing.  And, you might thin...

Higher and Higher was so good that we don't have to meet next week! Nobody has to come early. I was very pleased to see that most of ...

Higher and Higher and Together Wherever We Go met early and are having fun and doing well. Our warm up was mostly about getting the most o...

At the York Region Community Choir, we have a lot of fun and work hard to learn a great variety of music in preparation for our seasonal con...

6:30 Higher and Higher met and we got through the whole thing then we sang Together Wherever We Go We sang Hallelujah and it was a bit ...

Two of the choirs we shared the stage with this past Saturday will be singing again this coming Saturday. The Men of Note and the Keynotes ...

Really? With all the great music I heard on Saturday night, the song that keeps popping into my head is Blame it on the Bossa Nova! Wow. I...

Harry is still whistling What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor. I loved the music these guys sang! When the Saints Go Marching In was my ...

I loved the French Choir, La Chorale Francophone de la Region de York! I couldn't find much information about them, but I look forwar...

There's a nice article in The Auroran about our concert on Saturday. You'll see the picture that was taken on the second Saturday. ...

April 22 We Are Family met and voted to switch to Higher and Higher. Sam Hall met and rocked. We warmed up with some funny hand-in-the-ai...

The YRCC is on Facebook, and so are the local Sweet Adelines, the York Highlands Chorus. Earlier this week, the YHC posted an interesting ...

We Are Family and Together Wherever We Go met early and sound great! Warm-ups worked on breathing and holding notes for longer and longer ...

Music Eases Cancer Patients’ Anxiety Libby Znaimer po sted a short article on the Zoomer Report on the Classical 96.3 fm website ab...

According to MoneySense, Newmarket is among the best places to live in Canada. We scored 4th in the top small cities category and 10th overa...