Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

It was perfect! We had moments of utter perfection and moments where we knew we needed to work a bit harder. When not everything goes perf...

Easter Monday, and we had a very good turn-out for this last rehearsal. Next week is our run-through rehearsal! We’ll be at Trinity Anglic...

We're getting close to the end of this season of love. I'm enjoying this theme, and I think we'll continue with love next year, ...

Roxanne and Who put the Bomp met early- Bomps, remember to accent the beginning of each note in the oohs at the beginning, especially the ba...

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gto63uim30wcome/AABcJykMF-svKPX5lDG_BZdba?dl=0 LINK to video That link is to a video on Dropbox. Elizabeth, Li...

6:30 Stanley and Mona 7:00 Randomnotes Warm-ups were brief because we talked about ticket sales. $15 is the advance price; $20 at the do...

I wasn't there! Sorry about that. It's not often that I call on Anne-Marie to sub in for me, but when she does, I know it will be g...

This year's Spring Concert is called Just Love: it's all we need. Love is all we need to feel good about ourselves and to feel goo...

no small group met for this March Break Monday Our physical warm-up consisted of moving the sopranos and altos to opposite sides of the ro...

Small Group Lean on Me met at 7:00, cleaning up timing. Sounding Great! Melinda, Stanley and Mona had time with Joy to work on their offeri...

Lean on Me met early. Such a great song! Watch out for the 16th notes on the + of 4. Observe your rests, and stay together. Soft and easy-g...

Family Day Monday! We had a lovely rehearsal with not too many people missing. The tenors and basses had nearly perfect attendance (applaus...

Community choirs reduce loneliness and increase interest in life for older adults Click on that to read the article from the University o...

Lean on Me met at 6:30 and it's pretty much ready! I'll be joining them on Feb. 25th to catch up. We had a wonderful social breakt...

The eve of my birthday and Chinese New Year was destined to be a success! 6:30 Lean On Me had an excellent start 7:10 Who Put the Bomp s...

So much snow! And, I have a cold too. Sorry, we've decided to cancel. Be safe! Stay at home and sing with recordings on the website ...

This week, we had more wintry weather to deal with, but most of us were able to travel without too much drama. The small group Who put the...

Everyone, or nearly everyone was back! It was great to see and hear you all, even when you were all chatting, or maybe especially then. So ...

We rehearsed despite the threat of freezing rain, and it did come shortly before 9:00. So, we went home. It was fine, if a bit scary. If y...

We are meeting; we will sing! The weather forecast looks bad, but the weather hasn't been too bad all day. So, we're going to hope...

We've got a big season planned. Lots of great music to learn. I've posted the list here in the right menu. The website should b...

I'm not the only one who thinks that Fa-la-la is an invitation to everyone, everywhere to sing more, and in essence is a call to peace a...

My very warmest wishes to my beloved choristers for a Christmastime which is a perfect balance of joyful and peaceful,  exc...

Congratulations, YRCC! Our Winter 2018 season was a huge success!!! We sang to a very satisfied full house on Sunday, December 2nd! They ...

It was perfect; that is, it was perfectly imperfect. There were sufficient messy bits, and mistakes, and things that didn't sound good a...

6:30 Mary Did You Know- Good. Be careful not to overpower the melody. Microphones will help. 7:00 Adeste Fideles - Good. Missing our Tenors...

6:30 Mary Did You Know 7:00 Let's Keep Christmas in Our Hearts 1. Siyahamba: nice! Singing as written, repeat 1 and 2 English, 3 and...