Friday 24 January 2014

Let Your Star Shine Bright With SK Express!


You could be a part of the magic with the 2014 Summer Tour!
http://www.saskatchewanexpress.com/auditions.html

ChorFest Deadline Extended!

Thought you missed the deadline to register for ChorFest?  Good news!  Registration is extended to Friday, January 31 for:
  • ChorFest Saskatchewan
  • Workshop With musica intima
Register for both events here! For more information contact the SCF office at 1-877-524-6725 or email information@saskchoral.ca

10 Reasons Why You Should Come to ChorFest


Wednesday 22 January 2014

ChorFest Presents the "Music at Noon" Downtown Concert Series!


Join us for fantastic concerts during ChorFest!
Savour the music and celebrate singing with fantastic concerts everyday over the lunch hour February 10 - 12.  Concerts are open to the public and everyone is welcome!  More information here.
http://www.saskchoral.ca/html/programs_services/chorfestsk/PS_CF_NHCS/index.cfm

Monday 20 January 2014

Call for Choirs!

Have you thought about bringing your concert choir or vocal jazz group to the Moose Jaw Band and Choral Festival?  Due to recent cancellations, we now have three openings - one on Wednesday May 14 and two for Thursday May 15.  Please contact Sharon Penner at 306 693-7087 or email sharon.penner@sasktel.net

Friday 17 January 2014

Wanted Music: The High Road of Song

WANTED: to buy or borrow The High Road of Song, Book One printed by W.J.Gage & Co., in 1942 (orange cover).  This book was used in elementary schools for singing classes.  Please contact Sharon Penner at 306 693-7087 or email sharon.penner@sasktel.net

Thursday 16 January 2014

Make Music With musica intima!


Don’t miss your chance to workshop with “the most exciting small choir in the land!” Vancouver’s musica intima is coming to Regina and is offering a workshop for individual adult and high school singers during the afternoon on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Knox Metropolitan United Church. Take in everything the workshop has to offer including break out sessions with musica intima members, a mass choir rehearsal and mini concert. Register early, attendance is limited and tickets are $25 each.  Click here to register and download the updated poster.

Tuesday 14 January 2014

Celebrate Singing With Saskatchewan's Finest Youth Choirs!

CELEBRATE SINGING WITH SASKATCHEWAN'S FINEST YOUTH CHOIRS!

Celebrate singing on Saturday, February 8, 2014 with the Cantate Senior Choir, Conservatory Juventus Chamber Choir, and the Saskatoon Children’s Choir at their Sounds of Celebration concert. Don’t miss your chance to hear these award-winning choirs perform together for the first time under the direction of acclaimed guest conductor, Dr. Mark Sirett. The concert concludes the Treble Youth Choir Project, a day-long workshop that allows Saskatchewan youth choirs to work exclusively with Dr. Sirett, perfecting a selection of mass choir pieces that will be performed along with their own choral favourites.  The concert will be held at Knox Metropolitan United Church at 7:30pm and tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children and youth (up to age 18).  Find out more and purchase tickets here.

Friday 10 January 2014

ChorFest Registration Deadline Extended!

The deadline to register for ChorFest has been extended to January 18, 2014.  Spaces are filling up - register today to get your preferred time slot!  Click here to register for ChorFest

Get Ready for Choral Week in Saskatchewan!


February 8 – 14, 2014 has officially been designated Choral Week in Saskatchewan and a wealth of activities have been arranged to celebrate, advocate, and educate choirs and choral singing in Saskatchewan:

1) Celebrate – Your choir has come a long way, why not take a moment to reflect on where you’ve come from and celebrate where you’re going? Let the province know who you are and why you do what you do! Tell (or sing!) us your story and let the rest of Saskatchewan know who you are and why singing in choir is important to you! From now until February 7 SCF will collect choirs’ photos, videos, biographies and post them to the Choral Week webpage.

2) Advocate – Share some choral love with a choralgram in the Sing For Your Community contest! From now until February 7, share a video of your choir singing in your community and you could win up to $300 of new music for your choir! Videos receive points for different criteria - collect the most points and your choir wins!

3) Educate – This year marks the Choral Federation’s 35th Anniversary and we are commemorating it by launching ChorFest Saskatchewan, a new non-competitive provincial choral festival for all ages and genres of group singing. The festival is non-competitive, focusing on choral growth and development. Choirs from across Saskatchewan will perform and workshop their own music with some of Canada’s most accomplished choral, vocal jazz and barbershop harmony clinicians!

ChorFest also includes:

Treble Youth Choir Project (Saturday, Feb 8 – Knox Met United Church, Regina) - Join leading treble youth conductor, Dr. Mark Sirett, as he works with Saskatchewan youth in the Treble Youth Choir Project on Saturday, February 8, 2014. Choirs will perfect a selection of mass choir pieces that will be performed along with their own choral favourites at a public concert at Knox Metropolitan United Church at 7:30pm that evening!

Workshop With musica intima (Sunday, Feb 9 – Knox Met United Church, Regina) - Don’t miss your chance to workshop with “the most exciting small choir in the land,” Vancouver’s musica intima, is coming to ChorFest and is offering an SATB workshop for individual high school and adult singers! Register now – 200 participants maximum!

Member Reception (Saturday, Feb 8 evening – Knox Met United Church, Regina) -
Join colleagues, ChorFest clinicians and guest performers the Saturday evening immediately following the Treble Youth Choir Project concert 
to celebrate Saskatchewan’s rich choral heritage and bright choral future. Tell some of Saskatchewan’s top cultural decision-makers that choral singing is a key component of a healthy and vibrant community.  Open to SCF members and special guests.

Noon Hour Concerts (Feb 10 – 12, 12:00PM – 1:00PM – Knox Met United Church, Regina) - Join us for some of the best choral music happening in Regina during ChorFest. Concerts are open to the public and everyone is welcome!

Let us know how you plan on celebrating Choral Week in Saskatchewan - phone 1-877-524-6725 or email information@saskchoral.ca. Click here for more details.