Are you a female or non-binary treble singer who is curious about exploring something new?
Alberta Northern Lights Chorus invites you to join us for Harmony Happy Hour and Open House on Tuesday, June 23 - a casual evening where you can experience the energy, artistry, and connection of barbershop a cappella singing.
If you have sung in choirs, with accompaniment, in mixed ensembles, or in other vocal settings, this is a wonderful opportunity to discover how your voice might fit into four-part a cappella harmony. Barbershop singing offers a unique challenge: close harmonies, expressive storytelling, and the exciting experience of creating a full, resonant sound with voices alone.
During the evening, you’ll have the chance to listen to the chorus, learn more about the barbershop style, and, if you wish, step onto the risers alongside our members to experience the sound from inside the ensemble. Music and lyrics will be provided. Curious where your voice fits? One of our experienced members can offer a friendly voice placement to help you explore whether lead, tenor, baritone, or bass may be the best match for you.
We’re also excited to share that Alberta Northern Lights Chorus has qualified to compete at the Harmony Classic Competition at SingUnited International in Seattle in October 2027, and we are looking for new members to join us on that journey! Whether you are seeking a new musical challenge, a vibrant community, or the chance to grow as part of an ambitious ensemble, we would love to meet you.
After the singing, stay to enjoy a light snack and drink from the bar, raise a glass with us, and get to know our members and director in a casual, welcoming setting.
Come explore what it feels like to sing in harmony with Alberta Northern Lights Chorus — and see whether this next musical adventure might be for you.
Learn more and RSVP here - www.albertanorthernlightschorus.com/rsvp-1

Lyrico Youth Choirs is holding auditions on December 9 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Pine Street Elementary School in Sherwood Park. Open to students in Grades 2 to 12 from the Greater Edmonton area. Rehearsals run Monday evenings with three concerts each year plus community events and tours. Auditions are low-pressure and simply check if singers can match pitch.
Book at lyricoyouthchoirs.com/registration-form 
or email [email protected]

The five-day Summer Institute for Science-Informed Choral Singing and Conducting will be valuable to anyone in a vocal leadership role: choral conductors, assistant conductors, section leaders, voice teachers, etc. Here you will:

• Learn the fundamentals of the five systems of the voice (Respiration, Phonation, Resonance, Registration and Cognition) and how they can operate synergistically to create compelling vocal tone replete with colour and energy.

Gain a better understanding of vocal physiology and key acoustic factors such as harmonics, formants and the intrinsic pitch of vowels.

• Acquire important pedagogical skills and tools that will help you communicate this new-found knowledge effectively to your singers and ensembles.

   
Participants are encouraged to register by May 15th by clicking HERE.
Questions?: Contact Laurier Fagnan ([email protected])

The Virtual Heart Connection aims to connect people with congenital heart disease (CHD) through various online and in person events. We are a group of volunteers based at the Stollery Children's Hospital, whose reach extends to several Pediatric Cardiac centres across Canada. In association with the Canadian Congenital Heart Alliance (cchaforlife.org) we produced our first Congenital heart children's music video to celebrate the CCHA's 20th anniversary in 2024 which you can view here: https://youtu.be/puxx8ZPA7VI?si=ugczazEhgapOi428
 
We would like to know who would be interested in joining an online choir in 2025. Sessions will be held via zoom on Sundays from January to March 2025 at 4 pm (mountain time) which is 6 pm (eastern time). Any child or adult with congenital heart disease and immediate siblings or family members are welcome to join. We will teach you the parts and explain how to record your singing and video during the sessions. You do not have to sing in front of everyone as you will be muted during the sessions. No experience is necessary so just join for the fun. Sessions will be recorded so you can still participate even if you can't make it on the day. Once we have some interest we will chose a song accordingly.
 
If you have any questions feel free to email us at [email protected]m.

We are celebrating 40 years of helping children and teens find their voices, and we’d love to have all past choristers, directors & board members join the celebration by participating in our 40th Anniversary Concert in June!
 
For more information contact: [email protected]
www.elkislandchoirs.ca

Join us for our Spring Choral workshop on April 6, 2024 from 12-4 pm with special guest clinician, Dr. Joy Berg.

Glory Lutheran Church
22577 AB-16
Sherwood Park, AB  T8A 4T7

No singing experience required; just bring a bottle of water and your voice! For more information, go to www.festivalsingers.ca.

This year is the tenth anniversary of the Great 2013 flood.  It devastated Calgary particularly, Elbow Park, Bowness, and Roxboro.  It also wiped out neighbouring communities including Siksika.  It was an experience that no one can ever forget.  It was a time when neighbor helped neighbor, and we saw the best in each other.   
 
Christ Church Elbow Park was on the shores of the flood, and provided food, a place to clean up, and a place to find solace.  To reflect on the flood, Christ Church Elbow Park through the generosity of two members of its community, commissioned Paul Halley “a Grammy award-winning Canadian composer” to write something that would reflect the best of the flood experiences.  He used the oral histories collected by the communities and called the composition “Hope Rising.”     
 
The world debut will be June 11 at 10:30 at Christ Church Elbow Park.  When asked what would describe the piece, the Choir Director, Margaret Newman, after thoughtful reflection, said “grand cathedral music.”   
 
The commemoration of the flood came out of a desire to collect Elbow Park and Siksika memories of that year which were still strong after a decade.  A booklet of oral histories collected from first responders and those who were impacted is also being published through a grant from the City of Calgary.  It offers the recollections of two communities: Siksika and Elbow Park.  What it showed more than anything was the strength of community and neighborliness. During the summer the same grant from the City of Calgary will also see an Indigenous Blackfoot traditional commemoration of the flood at both Christ Church and on the reserve.  There will also be a small exhibit of photographs collected from the various communities.  There is not cost to any of the performances. 
 
Keep your calendars open June 11 at 10:30 for the world premiere of “Hope Rising” at Christ Church Elbow Park.  And watch for the drumming commemoration in Siksika and at Christ Church this summer.   
 
Contact:  Frits Pannekoek, 403-620-35465 [email protected] or Margaret Newman at  403-243-6506 (h) or 403-607-5973 (c).
 
We are grateful for funding from Treaty Seven Community Futures, the City of Calgary, and Young Canada Works for making these events possible.