King Edward Choir

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Calling all young singers! We’re all still shut down yet there are still opportunities out there to sing in groups. The SAHC is inviting all young singers (aged 4+) to learn a new children's choir part in Vuelie, written by composer Frode Fjellheim especially for this project.... No experience necessary - any young singer can join the free children’s choir rehearsal live on YouTube. Children don’t need to sign up to the full Vuelie project to be part of the children’s choir. To take part, all you need to do is: Watch the free livestreamed rehearsal to learn the children's part (optional!) Send SAHC an audio-only recording of you singing the children's part, which we'll include in the final track of Vuelie performed by the Stay At Home Choir The free children's choir rehearsal will be livestreamed to the SAHC website on Thursday 17th February, 4pm GMT and will be available to watch until Friday 4th March, 11.59pm GMT. If you run a choir for older children or confident young singers, get in touch at [email protected] to join the full Vuelie project. They’ll arrange a bespoke group rate to suit your needs. Find out more (children's choir FAQs) and get the link to watch the free rehearsal! Please share with any young singers you know - especially fans of Frozen! - and we hope to see you all in rehearsals soon! Jamie, Tori, and the SAHC Team

Singing gives comfort in dark times. We've announced the programme for our next concert at Milton Court showcasing music written inside the Nazi's Theresienstadt ghetto. Discover remarkable works borne of the darkest days of the 20th century.

Opportunities to Stay Choir Active Some members participated in the recent international Stay at Home Choir’s O Magnum Mysterium. The attached YouTube link is to the Stay At Home Choir’s final 2021 production, O Magnum Mysterium. Enjoy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6r4sOEZHU&feature=youtu.be ... Please share the above and the information/opportunities below. And now: Just an update on what’s available to stay choir ready during the shutdown: 20 minute daily tune up sessions, with Dan Miller from London England, resume January 10th at 1300hrs. The monthly fee is 15 or with the currency exchange about $25.78 Cdn. There’s two technical sessions, a Jazz, a classical, a contemporary, a musical theatre, and a pop session each week. Each daily session begins with a 5 minute warm up where Dan gives a lot of tips during various scales. If you cannot make the 20 minutes at 1300 hours, each session is recorded and available 24 hours a day every day. The resource library for members is vast. A number of us did this all through 2021 and felt it truly helped us stay vocally involved and socially engaged. The second opportunity is with the Stay at Home Choir’s next project, Vuelie. Sessions begin January 24 2022 and cost 17, with the current exchange rate of 0.55, the Canadian equivalency is $30.63. A few of us are already signed up; will you join us? Each session is recorded and available 24 hours a day everyday. You'll recognise Vuelie from the opening of Disney's Frozen - and now you can learn to sing it! Join the SAHC over 3 weeks of online rehearsals with Frode Fjellheim, a Sámi composer and musician from Norway, for a unique opportunity to sing a new mixed voice arrangement of this magical piece. You'll also get the chance to learn to yoik - a traditional Sámi style of singing - with Frode Fjellheim himself. Vuelie has a children's voice part , so they will also be running a free open session especially for young singers! Come learn to yoik. https://projects.stayathomechoir.com/courses/vuelie

For those looking to stay ‘Choir Active’ during this current shut down phase, the Stay at Home Choir’s first 2022 opportunity is listed in the attached. Sessions begin January 24 2022 and with the current exchange rate of 0.55, the Canadian equivalency is $30.63. A few of us are already signed up; will you join us?

The attached YouTube link is to the Stay At Home Choir’s final 2021 production, O Magnum Mysterium, of which some of you participated. Enjoy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6r4sOEZHU&feature=youtu.be

It's all about construction in musical theatre! Andrew talks about how the title song, "Bad Cinderella", was established from his Recording Academy / GRAMMYs nominated album Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella. - #TeamALW

OVER 12,000 VIEWS AND COUNTING! In 2020, Mike Church asked if I would play some Christmas carols for our church’s YouTube Channel, so two days later we met an...d spent a day recording 12 carols with the help of our crew Andrea, Elis and Noah. Thank you all for helping create this keepsake from Trinity and for drawing thousands of viewers inside our church walls. A year later, one of those impromptu videos now has over 12,000 views! Thanks Mike for believing and for bringing your unmatched audio/video expertise back to our small town of Gravenhurst. You are valued https://youtu.be/3RSODc6g2LE Also: Mike will present his new inspiring song called Ring the Bells on Christmas Day tonight at our live-streamed Christmas Eve service at 7pm on the church’s YouTube Channel called Trinity United Gravenhurst. Janice and Penny will be singing back-up vocals as well as playing handchimes donated by Maggie ! Please remember to include our church in your year-end financial giving, as we enter yet another lockdown situation. Remember that Trinity United Church Gravenhurst is the place that houses Gravenhurst Against Poverty and the Gravenhurst Women’s Centre and provides heating, lights, and a newly renovated kitchen for so many community groups in town. Folks often forget that the church needs sustenance in order to continue being a community building, so please support our upcoming livestream ventures which will hopefully be including yoga, meditation, and high-quality streams of live looping, music jam sessions, profiles and interviews. You can donate to the church securely through Canada Helps, a non-profit dedicated to helping non-profits fundraise. A tax-receipt will be issued to you immediately by email, so take advantage of this time to donate! https://www.canadahelps.org//119271245RR0001-trinity-unit/ Thank you and stay tuned for more great videos in the future! Thank you to all who have helped me with this concussion I’ve had since Feb I’m still not functioning at 100% but am hopeful that in a year I will be capable of more. The worst part is that people cannot see the injury and do not know that inside my brain there’s is a lot of trauma and so when I cannot perform a task, rather than getting upset with me, please realize that I am traumatized and full of PTSD, so sometimes my behaviour isn’t as smooth are your expectations would have me be. Thanks to Trinity for supporting me in this trying concussion journey, which has altared my life. Blessings and please enjoy the music. We put our heart and soul into it

If you’re on Facebook right now, go to the youtube link and be overwhelmed as you sing together with thousands of people from around the world.

This man was a genius

For those of you who also take part in the online SAHC project during COVID, don’t forget to join for the Stay At Home Choir Global Christmas Carols this Saturday! The YouTube link is here for those of you joining there: HTTPS://www.YouTube,com/watch?v=by-TfrHI0mk. If you've registered for a place on Zoom and haven't received your confirmation email, please pop them a message at [email protected] so they can fix this for you. . ... Just a note: the Zoom room is full with thousands of members joining, so the patio on You Tube is your best option. And, the timing is 4-5 GMT which is 5 hours ahead of our time which would be 11-12 EST. See you on Saturday!

100 Carols for Choirs is now available as a playlist on a range of digital streaming services , so you can sing along to your copy from home: https://smarturl.it/100CarolsforChoirs

Dear singer, 'Final call' for anyone who'd like to learn from West End singer Will Barratt today! As a friend of Vocal Tapas, you get 20% off this session - making it only 8! Will's performed in West End shows such as Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and Jerseys Boys. He'll be teaching us 'at the end of the day' from Les Miserables today. Friends who attend the session will also get a short term massive reduction on a month of every-single-day 20 minute live online Ta...pas singing sessions as well. Tonight's a 45 minute singing session, followed by a Q+A at the end, so that you can ask Will any questions you might have.. To buy a ticket click here: Note: select 'Enter Promo Code' just above the words 'General Admission'. Type in 'HappyTapas'. Then press 'Apply'. The session starts at 6pm BST/1pm EST. See you there?! See more

KEC members: please check your email for a special treat from the Choir and sign up by early Sunday morning.KEC members: please check your email for a special treat from the Choir and sign up by early Sunday morning.

This is a great opportunity for all choristers: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vocal-tapas-presents-the-gue ADDITIONALLY:... If you haven’t joined the 20 minutes of daily vocal practice through Vocal Tapas, you are missing out. If you do join, use the HAPPYKEC code to reference King Edward Choir when you do. Vocal Tapas happens every day at 1800hrs BST which is 1300hrs EST. See more

Our own Oliver Balaburski. Click on the American flag in the upper right corner to translate to English. Enjoy?

"Eternal Father, Strong to Save, sung at Prince Philip’s funeral service yesterday, is a British hymn traditionally associated with seafarers, including as the hymn of the British Royal Navy, in which Prince Philip served. Music by John Dykes (1861); lyrics by William Whiting (1860); arranged by James Vivian, Director of Music at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, who conducted a choir of 4 singers. score, texts + info - https://tinyurl.com/yfq4epae

Who is your favourite jazz vocalist?Who is your favourite jazz vocalist?

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Interesting.....

Victor Borge and Leonid Hambro play "Hungarian Rapsody No. 2 by Liszt". This is so difficult as funny

The power of music.....thanks to Wendy Stevens, Compose Create for sharing.....

We’re hiring! We are looking for an enthusiastic and organized individual to join our administrative team as Operations Manager. Follow the link below for more information! https://www.workinculture.ca/JobB//Operations-Manager-(30)

A Shout Out to all of our Choir Members on what should have been our first day back for the new season!

Have fun figuring these out. Share with your friends and see who can get more of them. #28 and #36 are hard!

Todays the day! You can watch the Last Night of the Proms on BBC One and listen on BBC Radio 3 from 8PM. #LNOP #BBCProms

A musical smile for Thursday.....

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir gathering for the first time since FOREVER! Singing rounds, Mendelssohn, Andrew Balfour, Mozart and much more! Very moving

Missing you all.

#TBT from our second concert in Season 8, @therosebrampton . Just look at how excited our violin section is! While social distancing, we are all hard at work at... home, keeping up our skills so we can play some beautiful music for you, for our upcoming 10th season! . Photo by @bemcgowanphotography See more

Amazing performance of Rossinis Overture "The Barber Of Seville" by The Kings Singers. https://youtu.be/SrXJnMvg9uI Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpz2hxggY2rjEGiR6AKiI3g Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/kingssingers/

That goodnight bad joke

Its not choir but its worth sharing.

Just completed the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial. Ill do anything to get theatres large and small open again and actors and musicians back to work. - ALW #SaveOurStages NIVA - National Independent Venue Association

My brain just doesnt work like this. Wow!

What do you think.....thanks to Wally FowlerFor Serious Musicians Only for sharing.....

Sooo, whatcha all doing? Are you practising? Have you seen any other members about town? Let us know whats been happening these past five months and how youre keeping voice fit. Inquiring minds, or nosey members, want to know. Also, are you interested in getting together on a FaceBookLive session?

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In memoriam Johann Sebastian Bach, who died 270 years ago today.

From choir member Deborah Eaton Tennant.

Enjoy this lush virtual version of Faurs Cantique de Jean Racine performed in a collaboration between the TSO, the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Sign up for our Email Club to have virtual moments like this one, and more, sent right to your inbox!

Ive been making a free series for singers through July. Each video is about 15 minutes and deals with an aspect of vocal technique that can be helpful for chor...al singers, with some of my strategies that I use in performance to optimise the condition of my voice. I also work through a different song each week: This week I sing through Dream A Little Dream Of Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upMT2c3YPLc See more

As you all know, Andrew has been recording at Abbey Road Studios this past week for his new musical Andrew Lloyd Webbers Cinderella! Join us as he walks the halls and reminisces on his time spent at the iconic studio - #TeamALW

A musical smile for Saturday.....thanks to Jim the Piano Guy for sharing.....

Dear Friends, First Live Choir Concert! Inviting you to attend these 18 Live, Socially-Distanced Concerts featuring 40 very compelling and accomplished artists-Opera singers, Chamber and Orchestra musicians, Jazz and a small, professional Choir! Starting July 25th onward in Alexandria VA