Important Memo Regarding December!

Tickets – These will be available online using school online cash and can also be purchased with cash at our final rehearsal on November 25. If you purchase online, please bring in the receipt or show me the receipt on your phone to receive your 2 tickets. Extra tickets will be available beginning November 23.   Tickets are $10 each.

The Shape of the Concert Day (December 2)

A reminder that students need to be at the theatre, in their white collared shirts and black slacks, or skirts by 3:30 p.m. Or, they can come in their regular clothes, but have their performance clothes ready for later.   We will rehearse our numbers, then the mass number until 4;30 and then students will be dismissed to their parents.  Please take your children away for a break, possibly some food, and return to the green room at the theatre no later than 6:10.

Hair, Make-up, and Footwear – We expect our choir to look as polished as their songs.  All members need to have neat, tidy hair, off the face as much as possible.  Some light make-up and lip colour would help to brighten the face but are not absolutely necessary.  In terms of footwear, we are asking for black dress shoes or boots, or anything that is not a casual runner.

Here are the important dates upcoming for you to note:

Monday, November 25

Final rehearsal at South Slope for the year.  Music will be collected this day. (3:30 – 4:45)

Tuesday, November 26

Joint rehearsal at Marlborough with Piccolini. This will be held in the music room there, close to the parking lot off Grange St.  (3:30 – 4:45) Please come if you can.

Monday, December 2 – “Holiday Sing and Ring”  Concert at MJF (6:30)

NO REHEARSALS ON December 9 or 16, or January 6.

Our first rehearsal of the new year is January 13, 2025.

Looking forward to a wonderful concert!!

Your CoroVoce Team!

 

 

 

 

Dear Families:

Tickets are now on sale for our show on Monday, December 2!

Each family may purchase 2 tickets.  The remaining tickets will be sold online after November 23 so purchase your tickets as soon as possible!  And bring the online receipt to rehearsal to receive your tickets.

Here are the two places you can go to purchase tickets:

Copy and paste the link below into your browser, or scan the QR code at the bottom.

https://burnaby.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/103268/16/False/True

It’s going to be a great show!

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Mr. Nguyen, Caeden and Kurtis

November 4, 2024

Dear Singers and Families:

What an amazing group you’ve become in 6 short weeks!  Your blending, tone, and tuneful singing is ringing in my happy ears today!  Please commit your lyrics to memory during the next two weeks so we can polish our songs and be ready for our concert on Monday, December 2

Here are a few things for you to keep in mind until we rehearse again:

1.  Tickets will be on sale soon!  Check the blog for the code/link.  At the moment, tickets are limited to 2 per family.
2. We will be rehearsing at Marlborough on Tuesday, November 26 from 3:30 to 4:45 in the music room.  Please try and attend.
3. On December 2, our concert evening, you should  be at Michael J Fox Theatre by 3;30 p.m.  You need to be picked up by 4:30 for a break and some food, then back to the theatre dressed in your white, collared tops, black pants/tights/skirts, and black dress shoes.  Please email me if you have any questions about our attire for the concert.
4. The concert will be finished by 8:00 p.m.
5. Your music should be returned on November 25.  New music will be handed out at our first rehearsal on Monday, January 13, 2025!  We will NOT rehearse the first week, we will begin on January 13.  If we need to cancel rehearsals during the winter because of snow etc….I will post it on the blog by 1:00 p.m.  Please check the blog if in doubt.

I hope you sing with all your heart at your school’s Remembrance Day Assemblies.  You are all amazing and we are so proud of you!

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Mr. Nguyen, Kurtis and Caeden

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 24, 2024.

Dear Singers:

What a fantastic rehearsal we had yesterday!  Your sound, blending, tone, and articulation are really coming along quite nicely.  Please memorize Sing with Joy, Sing Noel, and Jingle Bell Dash.  We will continue to work on our other repertoire as well, but those two were our focus on Monday.

Please return your registration forms as soon as possible, and pay your fees!

Thank you for all the birthday wishes and beautiful cards!  I hope you all spend some time this weekend thinking about Truth and Reconciliation and how you can be a part of change.  We do not have rehearsal this Monday so we will see you all the next Monday, October 7!

In song, Mrs. Fierro, Mr. Nguyen, Kurtis and Caeden

Dear Singers:

 

I’m excited to begin our new songs next Monday.  If you want to preview them this week, well, here they are!  More may be added but this will give you a taste of what is coming up until December!

Click here for a lovely song, Sweet Silent Night by Andy Beck.

Click here for Mr. Fierro’s favourite song, A Holiday Road of Carols by Greg Gilpin.

Click here for Sing with Joy, Sing Noel.

Click here for On the Roof I Saw Santa Claus!

Click here for Jingle Bell Dash!

Click here for our mass number, Christmas Bells.

 

Can’t wait!

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Mr. Nguyen, Kurtis and Caeden

 

 

Dear Families:

Below are the links to pay for your child’s participation in Corovoce.  I’m told either one works.  You will be able to pay online and simply let us know the receipt number.  If you have more than one child in Corovoce, it will allow you to pay for them both as well.

Both links are live now, so please pay as soon as possible!

See you September 16th!

 

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Mr. Nguyen, Caeden and Kurtis.

Cut and paste this into your browser.

https://burnaby.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/98544/16/False/True

Or…

Use your camera to scan.

September 1, 2024.

Dear Singers:

We are beyond excited to begin our first rehearsal for the new Corovoce season!  It’s a short season so fasten your seatbelts!  We have 8 rehearsals before our first District Performance on Monday, December 2!  More information to come about this later but be sure to reserve the date now!

Here is the registration form that needs to be filled out and brought to our first rehearsal on Monday, September 16 at 3:30.  Please fill it out and insert a current picture so we can get to know you!  Payment is $100 for the year and includes materials, a t-shirt, and other related costs for the choir.  Please note, none of our teachers and helping students are paid.  We volunteer our time because we love to sing!

Click here for the registration form.

Corovoce registration form 2024

I will also be sending out a hard copy of a handout of important dates to note at our first rehearsal.  I will also post it here next week.

We look forward to seeing our new singers on September 16 at 3;30 at South Slope Elementary in the music room (201)

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Mr. Nguyen, Kurtis and Caeden

 

 

 

Dear Singers:

Let the countdown to summer begin!  What are we doing?  Looking at repertoire for the Christmas Concert!  lol  Anyway, thank you to those who have let us know they will be returning.  Auditions are being held next Monday, June 17 so please let us know before then either way and we will save a spot for you!

 

Please return your choir folder!  Even if you are returning in the fall, please return the folder and music!  You can either swing by South Slope and drop it by the office, or ask your music teacher to mail it to South Slope in the District mail.

Thank you!

See you for our first rehearsal on Monday, September 16 at 3:30 p.m.

In song,

Ms. Ishii, Mr. Nguyen, Mrs. Fierro

“Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven.  Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human.  Bach tells you what it’s like to be in the universe.” – Douglas Adams

 

May 22, 2024.

Dear Corovoce Singers:

We will be auditioning new members on June 17 and need to know how many spots to save for our returning members.  Please email me your intentions at:

teresa.jukich@burnabyschools.ca

If you are returning, or not returning, please email me either way.

It has truly been a wonderful experience conducting Corovoce this year.  Our Christmas Concert was fantastic, the bus tour outstanding, and our Spring Concert even more amazing.  Those students involved in the opening ceremonies of the National Orff Conference had an extra special added experience added to this year.  We hope we made many wonderful memories this year for you!

If you are not returning to Corovoce, best wishes and we hope you always remember your time in our choir.

Special thanks to our crew of Caeden and Kurtis who assist us in so many ways!  We appreciate you!

We wish you all safe travels and fun times this summer!  It’s time to recharge and get ready for another great session in the fall!

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Ms. Ishii, Mr. Nguyen

“Music doesn’t lie.  If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” – Jimi Hendrix

 

 

 

Dear Singers:

It has been a wonderful year in Corovoce.  Your beautiful singing has touched many hearts.  We wish you all a great end of year, and an exciting summer.  You are all invited back in the fall with a brand new repertoire just waiting to be sung!  YOU DO NOT NEED TO AUDITION!  If you are entering High School you are still most welcome to be a part of Corovoce, if you can fit us into your schedule 😉  Our first rehearsal is Monday, September 16 @3:30 in the music room at South Slope!

If you have any friends who would like to audition, there will be a notice going to your music teachers next week.  They will need to audition with their music teacher and then for us on Monday, June 17 from 3:15 – 5:30.

Until then, here are some pictures of the concert!