Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

 YRCC friends,  I know some of you are not only singers but also actors. If you are available on Sunday, December 17th in the morning (10:30...

I wonder if you've ever noticed how wonderful our audiences are.  They are often exceptionally good at singing when they're invited ...

 An evening of music, connection, harmony, and spirit.  Warm-ups: We started with watching the One Voice Children’s Choir sing You Will Be ...

 6:30 Canon of Hope - this small group did an amazing job of learning this pretty piece in one session.  Warm-ups included grounding and bre...

An evening of music, connection, harmony, and spirit. Hosted by Trinity United Church in Newmarket.   Warm-ups: Our warm-up was energetic a...

6:30 All That Holiday Stuff : Super! And, 7:00 Marlene and Blair were also Super! We started our time together this evening with a prayer an...

An evening of music, connection, harmony, and spirit. Warm-ups: Our warm-up was peaceful and uplifting-  Just the Way You Are by Boyce Av...

Warm-up music was A Time for Giving by Alexis Ffrench (there are two f's). I have an Alexis Ffrench playlist downloaded on my phone. I ...

I was so happy to see Colby from the YRCC join us! And, very excited to see Birgit who is happy to have the Thursday Singing Nights while sh...

The small group doing All That Holiday Stuff met at 6:30 and made excellent progress! It’s going to be great! It’s not too late to join th...

 Here's the review of last night.  It was fun, and I'm so grateful for my YRCC friends who came! Hopefully, more of you will come ne...

Warm-up exercises to shake off our day and relax and warm up our "instruments" featured the song Longer from the Jim Brickman albu...

Yesterday I announced that YRCC members have been invited to participate in Chorus York Sing. We received an email that said this: Sing Moza...

Every Thursday from 7:30-9:30, please join me at Trinity on Main in Newmarket, at the corner of Main and Park for My Singing Night. I'm ...

At yesterday's YRCC rehearsal, I mentioned my new Singing Nights at Trinity United Church in Newmarket (corner of Park and Main). My Sin...

I'm invigorated, exhilarated, and excited! Last night was so good! We did a lot of work but also had a lot of fun. The men's section...

Our first night back was excellent. It was so good to be "home" again, in our room in the Regional Building on Yonge Street. (Hope...

Our theme this season is "Holiday Lights"  The idea is that the Star of Bethlehem is my/our inspiration. We can also lead the worl...

Thank you, Ellen Beaton Richards, for finding this article from the Washington Post called "Singing is good for you. Singing with other...

Our last seniors' performance of the 2023 Spring season was a perfect end to a wonderful season. Happy Together was a good theme, absolu...