Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

We had another wonderful evening together! It was sweetened with sweets from Stanley to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Thank you, and Happ...

Come Rain or Come Shine small group members can click on this link  to get to a recording of our arrangement of your song! You can also fi...

Thank you to Anne-Marie for standing in for me last week, on January 13th! I was in bed with the horrible cold that's been going around...

Happy New Year! We're back! It was awesome to see and hear you all! We had a very brief warm-up and then did a whole lot of singi...

Our concert tomorrow is going to be another "best ever". You are all so good! And, we'll be giving all we can, our hearts. ...

Here's another article about how healthy music is! Click here. Doctors Now Prescribing Music Therapy for Heart Ailments, Brain Dysfun...

I'm very pleased with this last rehearsal. I admit that I was worried about a couple things, but you all did an amazing job catching up ...

YRCC, you can now find the concert order on the website under "Members" in "Winter Concert Order". Please have your bind...

Snowstorms should not be allowed on Mondays. It was such a messy night, such a slow and slippery drive, but a good number of us bravely mad...

We're getting there! Less than a month now. Small group, Evening Prayer is ready. So pretty! Warm-ups included stress points and a lit...

6:30 Randomnotez Quartet rehearsal Warm-ups were brief with a quick physical warm-up to release the stress of our day, and then some vocal...

I keep forgetting that I told you I'd post links to YouTube videos of straw exercises so that you can do them at home. I love how we hu...

6:30 In the Bleak Midwinter Warm-ups straw exercise including O Canada (for election night) 1. All I Want For Christmas:  We got pretty fa...

If you didn't know what a treasure Tab (alto) is, then now you will. Tab has recorded parts for Let it Snow for us! Go to the website ...

I'll start with what happened after break yesterday. But, first, I have to express my love for my choir. I LOVE MY CHOIR! I'm ever...

I really needed choir last night! It's such a wonderful escape from our day-to-day worlds, isn't it?! When the day is especially str...

Our second rehearsal was very successful! If you missed it, you'll want to go over some music to prepare for next week. 6:30 Small Gr...

It was so good to be back together! We were in a new (temporary-while our room is renovated) spot at Trinity Anglican in Aurora, and wit...

The YRCC is kept running by a dedicated group of volunteers who are elected every year at our Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Executive ...

Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to sing a solo song or a duet, or if you have an idea for a small group song. I...

YRCC 2019 Winter Season Rehearsals Start Monday, September 9th! at 79 Victoria St. in Aurora Remember that we are meeting downstair...

Christmas in July happened here. I've done most of the planning for the winter season and listened to and looked at a lot of Christmas...

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...