Call for Clinicians & Counsellors!

We're looking for counsellors and instructors for our Jr. Glee Summer Music & Movement Camp happening July 21 - 24, 2014 in Saskatoon.  Find out more at the links below - apply by 4:30pm on Friday, July 4, 2014.

Music & Movement Camp Instructors (Music/Instrumental, Choral/Voice, Dance/Choreography):
http://saskjobs.ca/jsp/joborder/detail.jsp?job_order_id=581036

Music & Movement Camp Counsellors:
http://saskjobs.ca/jsp/joborder/detail.jsp?job_order_id=581029
 
Junior Glee Summer Music & Movement Camp is a summer music camp offered by the Saskatchewan Choral Federation in partnership with a local community organization and is committed to engaging young people.  Throughout the week campers sing together, learn new instruments and experience a variety of other arts activities.  Find out more here.

Audition for SK Express!

Saskatchewan Express offers the opportunity to spend an amazing season touring the province to performers wherever they live in Saskatchewan.  Performers in Saskatchewan Express have the opportunity to enhance their performing skills, travel the province meeting new people and seeing new places.  Auditions for the 2014-2015 Winter Tour will be held in Regina on June 28 & 29. Vocalists female and male, are encouraged to audition and can book an audition time by phoning Saskatchewan Express at 306-522-3402 or e-mail michele@saskatchewanexpress.com.

Find out more here

Choir Skirts For Sale!

The Swift Current Comprehensive High School Choral Association is selling 50 black A-Line Skirts used as choir uniform.  They are polyester material, have an elastic waist and a full skirt.  We are selling them for $500 or 25 for $250. 

For more information call Elaine Derksen at 306-773-6529 or e-mail m.derksen@sasktel.net

Call For Performers!

Showcase Your Culture at Music Mosaic!

We are looking for cultural musicians to perform short acoustic sets at Music Mosaic on Sunday, September 28, 2014 in Regina and Saskatoon. Part of the Canada-wide Culture Days festivities, Music Mosaic is a unique musical experience highlighting and celebrating Saskatchewan's rich cultural diversity.

When
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Time
1:00PM – 2:00PM, perform 10 - 15 minutes
Where
Bandstand in Wascana Park, Regina
River Landing Amphitheatre, Saskatoon

A small honorarium will be available to performers. Maximum of 6 performance spots available at each venue.

Find out how you can be involved here

Mark Your Calendars For Optimist ChorFest SK 2015!

Celebrate Singing at Optimist ChorFest SK 2015!
Sing together, learn together and share the beauty and power of choral music in a non-competitive supportive festival setting.

Perform and workshop your own music with some of Canada’s most accomplished choral, vocal jazz and barbershop harmony clinicians.

Find out more here

Call for Volunteers!

Jr Glee Music & Movement Camp (July 7-10, 2014 - Regina)

 Junior Glee Camp is looking for some great people to help with the following positions:

Kitchen Helper (4 x 4 hours, 1 person) Monday, July 7 – Thursday, July 10, 9:00am – 1:00pm - The kitchen helper works in the kitchen to help prepare snacks as well as distribute snacks and lunches to campers at the designated meal times throughout the day.  

Activity Helper (8 x 3 hours, variable) Monday, July 7 – Thursday, July 10, 9:00am – 12:00pm, 12:30pm – 3:30pm - Activity helpers provide support to clinicians and counsellors throughout the day by helping to keep the campers engaged and offering an extra set of eyes to supervise during their activities.   

Audience Usher (2 hours, 1 person) Thursday, July 10, 1:30pm – 3:30pm - The audience usher greets and distributes programs to everyone who comes to the final concert.  They also assist with crowd management during the final concert ensuring safety and comfort.

Set-up and Take-Down (3 hours, 2 people) Thursday, July 10, 1:00pm – 4:00pm - These people move equipment to the concert venue and help with setting up and tearing down the equipment, chairs and reception following the final concert.

If you are interested in helping in one of the areas above, please contact the SCF office by Monday, June 30, 2014 at 306-780-9230 or email information@saskchoral.ca.   Find out more about Jr Glee Camp (Regina) here 

Willi Zwozdesky Confirmed for SMC 2014!

Saskatchewan Choral Federation is eager to welcome Willi Zwozdesky as this year’s feature choral clinician at Saskatchewan Music Conference occurring November 13 – 15, 2014 at the Saskatoon Inn! Not only will Willi direct the delegate choir, but he will also lead delegates through the Treble and Mixed voice reading sessions, as well as offer his insight and enthusiasm at two additional choral sessions.

Willi Zwozdesky is widely known for his work as an arranger and as the choral conductor of the Vancouver Men’s Chorus. An active choral clinician, adjudicator and volunteer, Willi also serves as the Executive Director of the British Columbia Choral Federation. Zwozdesky’s choral arrangements appear regularly in concert programs and recordings across Canada and abroad. His choral music has been performed by leading choirs, including the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Pro Coro Canada, Elektra Women’s Choir, the Seattle Men’s Chorus, Turtle Creek Chorale, MUSE – Cincinnati Women’s Choir, Pandora’s Vox, and Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.

Find out more here

One Week Left to Apply for SYC!

Don't miss your chance to apply for Saskatchewan Youth Choir!

Applications are due Friday, June 20, 2014
Audition materials are due Monday, June 23, 2014

Click here to find out more about Saskatchewan Youth Choir

Now Accepting 2014-2015 Mentorship Applications!

Are you an emerging choral conductor and wanting to develop your conducting skills?  Consider working with an established director under SCF's Mentorship Program.

Mentorships provide a unique opportunity for training emerging choral directors.  A mentorship project provides a disciplined and intensive period of development for an emerging choral director which, in other circumstances, might take years.  The mentor will communicate and educate in an informal, relationship-based adult learning experience utilizing the most useful method of communication for both the emerging choral director and the mentor.

The program allows emerging choral directors develop professional skills by mentoring with qualified experienced choral directors and provides accomplished choral directors with a professional medium to share and reward their expertise.  Find out more about the Mentorship Program here.

Conducting Fellowship Opportunity

Canadian Chamber Choir (CCC) seeks applicants for its Conducting Fellow Program for its September 2014 New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island tour

This outstanding opportunity offers conductors a unique platform to hone their skills while preparing and rehearsing challenging repertoire under the leadership of CCC Artistic Director Dr. Julia Davids. Conductors will benefit from immersion in a professional music-making environment while on tour with the CCC.

Application Details:
Please send the following (either by email/mp3 or post) to:
CCC Artistic Director: Dr. Julia Davids
5247 Cleveland Street, Skokie, IL  60077 USA  jdavids@me.com
·  Cover letter
·  Resumé/CV including contact information for 3 references
·  List of repertoire conducted in rehearsal and performance
·  One video recording of the conductor (front view) in rehearsal or performance
·  Application fee of $25

Application deadline: June 30th, 2014.
Successful applicant will be notified by July 15th, 2014.

Successful Applicant:
·  Conducting Fellow will conduct the Canadian Chamber Choir both in rehearsal and performance. Repertoire will be decided with the Artistic Director.
·  Conducting Fellow may have the opportunity to sing with the ensemble, if appropriate.
·  Conducting Fellow is responsible for all travel expenses getting to and from Nova Scotia.
·  Conducting Fellow is responsible for a $500 tuition fee (payable to the Canadian Chamber Choir).
·  The CCC will cover all expenses during the tour (travel, room, and board).

Says Davids: "...aspiring and working conductors have the chance to experiment in communicating their own musical ideas to an established professional ensemble, with the guidance of the CCC Artistic Director and the added benefit of feedback from the singers themselves."

My experience as the 2013 Conducting Fellow of the Canadian Chamber Choir was one of the most enriching musical experiences of my life. The choir's sense of collegiality is unlike any I've ever encountered, and is matched by their professionalism and prowess as an ensemble. Professor Davids provided the perfect balance between hands-on experience and expert instruction, and continues to be an encouraging mentor since my fellowship with the choir. All aspects of my musicianship were bettered by this experience.  - Kathleen Allan, 2013 Conducting Fellow

For more information about the CCC and the Conducting Fellowship, please visit www.canadianchamberchoir.ca.

Ninth Annual Chant Workshop

EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS JULY 1!

Friday, August 22-Saturday, August 23, the Gregorian Institute of Canada will host its Ninth Annual Chant Workshop at St. Mary's Anglican Church and Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina. Chant is one of the oldest surviving forms of choral music. In addition to being incredibly beautiful, chant has influenced the entire history of western music -- from compositions by Bach to Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Bruckner, and Stravinsky, to name only a few.

In two full days of workshops, participants will learn chant notation, ancient chant melodies, as well as sing chant-inspired choral music by Palestrina and others. The guest workshop leader is one of North America's chant experts, Alison Altstatt from the University of Northern Iowa. Each evening ends by putting chant into its original context -- a chanted service (Compline) that demonstrates how the great composers of the western tradition would have first encountered chant.  The sung service of Compline has been sung for more than a thousand years, usually by candlelight, as a way of peacefully ending the day and preparing for sleep.

For more information or to register, go to www.gregorian.ca.

"Shake Up Your Summer" With SK Express' Premiere Performance!

Upcoming Concert!

Open Show with Harmony 2 Go!

Saturday, June 7th at 5:30 p.m. 

St. James United Church, 

4506 Sherwood Drive, Regina

No charge

The show is the culmination of our coaching session with Diane Taylor to introduce our New Orleans contest songs.