Choir Blog

Choir Resumes February 7, 2023!

1/27/2023

This is the announcement many of you have been anticipating since our forced shutdown three years ago: Community Choir is starting up again! We will be meeting on Tuesdays from 7 - 9 pm in the courtyard of Good Shepherd School with Nicola Quigley at the helm and Elaine Leer at the keyboard. We still have funds left over from 2020, so there will be no charge to join.

Our first rehearsal is on February 7. We welcome singers of all levels of experience or ability as our goal is to enjoy the music-making process and the time spent together during our weekly rehearsals.

Please do us a favour. If you plan to sing with us, send Nicola an email or message us through our Contact page so we know how many choir folders to prepare for our first rehearsal.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Let's Sing Again in 2022 - 2023

9/5/2022

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We are hoping to get the choir going again after the Thanksgiving weekend. Right now, our biggest obstacle is that we don't have an accompanist. If you play the piano with reasonable proficiency or know someone who does, please let us know! Choir practices have traditionally been held on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 pm in the courtyard of Good Shepherd School.

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Resuming Choir in January?

12/6/2021

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As the pandemic drags on, making music together on Tuesday nights seems like a distant memory. If you are missing the Peace River Community Choir, you're not alone. For many of us, choir was more than just a singing group. It was a social night out in which the stresses of the day melted away as our breathing synchronized and our voices blended in harmony. We'd like to start up again in January, but the restrictions of the pandemic will make rehearsals very different from before. Is there enough interest in doing so? We've put together a short survey to see if we have the numbers to make it worthwhile negotiating for a rehearsal venue. If we are able to get Good Shepherd School, it is very likely we would all need to:
1. Have proof of vaccination
2. Wear a mask at all times, even while singing
3. Stand 2 metres apart while singing.
Please fill out this Google Form to let us know how you feel. This survey is open not only to former choir members but anyone wishing to join the choir. Given the circumstances, there will be no membership fee for the half season. Thank you for your patience so far. We really do love and miss our choir family!!!!

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Keep Singing over the Christmas Season!

11/30/2020

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For many of us, Christmas is a time for singing. We've been so fortunate over the years to be able to share the joy of making music together at our regular Tuesday rehearsals. By this point in our regular season, we would have already led the carol singing in Riverfront Park and be putting the finishing touches on an upcoming Christmas concert for the community. We would be looking forward to our annual Christmas potluck at my house with more singing around the piano along with our tradition of singing for the seniors at Sutherland Place.

So how, in a pandemic year with restrictions around social gatherings, do we keep music alive in our hearts and our bodies? After all, passive listening to music does not release the same endorphins as physically participating in the music-making process. One possibility is to meet with our families from a distance over a platform like Zoom and sing along (microphones muted) in synchronous time to a screen share of Christmas carols:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8sklmGqNNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxrC06MPx84
It's not quite the same, but then again, nothing is this year.

Drop your comments below or simply say hello and let us know how you are doing with the lead-up to Christmas. We will get through this and we WILL sing together again someday. Happy Holidays!

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Our new choir season starts September 17, 2019

8/26/2019

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We're practicing for our Spring Sing concert

4/30/2019

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Sing Anyway

3/27/2019

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Today I was thinking about the times in our life when we sing. We sing to celebrate a birthday or special occasion. We sing to pass time in the car during a long drive. In days past, workers would sing as they worked to help keep a steady beat during a repetitive task. They would sing songs in the fields to boost each others' spirits or to share hidden messages. We sing praise songs in church; we sing sad songs to help chase away the blues. We sing lullabies to put babies to sleep and songs to make others dance. We sing to communicate our innermost feelings. We sing in private and we sing with others. How wonderful to have a Community Choir where we can all sing for the love of singing!

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Superior!

3/7/2019

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Our choir sang three selections at the North Peace Performing Arts Festival on Tuesday, March 5. We performed very well and were given a superior (over 90%) rating.

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A new season is about to begin ...

9/2/2018

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Two Community Choir members sing in Austria

9/2/2018

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In August, two members of the Peace River Community Choir travelled to Austria to participate in the Classical Music Festival Summer Academy. One of the highlights was singing for the Sunday Mass at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. Can you spot Philippe Robert and Joan Blench in this photo?

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