Music gives a soul to the universe and wings to the mind
We need 9 students to introduce our songs during the school tour. If you would like to be one of these students, please reply to this post, or send me an email at:
teresa.jukich@burnabyschools.ca
or speak to us on Tuesday, or Thursday this week!
See you at Kitchener!
See you all at Kitchener, in the gym, on Tuesday, April 9 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. After we rehearse with Picollini, we will work on our own repertoire in the music room.
Our last extended rehearsal is next Thursday, April 11 from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
The next week is the school tour on Thursday, April 18, so NO rehearsal that day.
Our final rehearsal is Thursday, April 25. More exciting details to come!
Remember:
Return your consent form for the school tour next Thursday at rehearsal.
Hand out the yellow notices at your home school.
Bring your t-shirt next week ONLY if you need a change in size. Otherwise, keep it safe and wear it to the concert on April 17! (and April 18!)
More details will be forthcoming regarding the concert at MJF on April 17. Stay tuned!
Welcome back everyone! We hope Spring Break was fun and relaxing!
Here is some important information for the coming weeks.
There will be an extended rehearsal on April 4 from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. Please stay if you can.
We will be rehearsing with the children’s choir on Tuesday, April 9 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Kitchener School.
Our final rehearsal before the concert and our tour will also be extended to 6:00 p.m. ( April 11)
We will be touring on Thursday, April 18. A consent form will be ready this Thursday and must be returned the following week. Students will need to be at Cascades Elementary School by 8:15 a.m.
Keep polishing our repertoire!
Yes! It’s finally here! Enjoy your Spring Break! Rest, relax, read, and of course, practice your pieces!
See you Thursday, April 4 for another extended rehearsal. (3:30 – 6:00 p.m.)
Tickets will still be available April 4 for our District Concert on April 17! $5 a ticket. Please send money in an unsealed envelope with your name on the front.
Save the Date! April 9 will be a joint rehearsal at Kitchener School from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Congratulations on all your hard work this term! We are looking forward to the concert and the tour!
In song,
The CoroVoce Team
Don’t forget we have an extended rehearsal this week (March 14) from 3;30 to 6:00. Please stay if you can!
TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEK FOR OUR CONCERT, “WE ARE ONE”
Tickets will be available this week for our District Concert on Wednesday, April 17 at 6:30 at the Michael J Fox Theatre. $5 a ticket.
Please send your money in an UNSEALED envelope with your name on the front.
T SHIRT DESIGN WINNER
Congratulation to all students who submitted a design for our t shirt for this year. The one chosen was designed by Megan Cabanas. Congratulations, Megan!
SAVE THE DATES!
Our school tour is the day after our District Concert, Thursday, April 18. We will begin and end our day at Cascades Elementary so your child will need to be dropped off and picked up for this school. We are performing at Brantford, Cascades in the afternoon. The morning is still undecided so if you’d like us to visit your school, let the team know. A permission form will be going home immediately after Spring Break with all the details of the day.
Tuesday, April 9 will be a joint rehearsal for our concert. We will meet at 4:00 at Kitchener Elementary to work on our mass number. Please make every effort to be there.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Please enjoy your time off at Spring Break, but make sure the songs that were listed in last week’s blog are committed to memory by April 4.
We will be rehearsing until 6:00 p.m. this week, March 7, and next week, March 14. Please stay if you possibly can, and definitely bring a snack as we will build in a break. We would like to make sure we have all our songs well in hand before Spring Break. Here is the repertoire you should be looking at for this week and next.
I would guess we will not be touching on Wood River too much this week as we did a great deal of work with Willi last week! But please start to polish your songs and commit the words to memory.
Thank you to all the students who submitted a design for the t shirt contest. They were all fantastic! We will announce the chosen design next week!
And, if it doesn’t get said often enough, thank you to Ms. Minichiello for ALL of her organizational skills and encouragement! You are a star!!!
SAVE THE DATE!
We will have a joint rehearsal for our concert on Tuesday, April 9 at Kitchener Elementary School at 3:45. Please mark this on your calendar and plan to attend.
In song,
The CoroVoce Team
We are excited to Welcome Willi Zwozdesky, composer and arranger, from Long and McQuade Music to our rehearsal on February 28. Please review Wood River and We Are One really well in order to be prepared for this week! Auditions for solos for Song for the Mira will also take place this week! Instead of memorizing the verses, we will have soloists learn the six verses so if you are interested in doing a solo, please see Ms. Speakman next week and be prepared to stay a bit later to audition.
EXTRA LONG REHEARSALS COMING UP!
We ask that for our March 7 and 14 rehearsals students stay until 6:00 p.m. instead of 5:15. We are feeling the effects of the missed rehearsal and would like to cover all our repertoire so students can work on them over Spring Break. If you are not able to stay, or need to leave earlier, we will understand.
T SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST!
The t-shirt designs will be up on a chart for you to vote on this week. Please choose your favourite design and place a check mark below your choice. Vote only once! If you did not get sized for your shirt, please see Ms. Minichiello this week for sure!
Make sure you’ve saved the date for our big concert! It’s Wednesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. at Michael J Fox Theatre. Tickets will be available soon!
Our school tour date is the next day! On Thursday, April 18, Corovoce will be performing at 4 schools around the District! At this time, we are tentatively booked to sing at Aubrey, Cascades and Brantford. If you would like your school to be the 4th school, let us know! ps…there is no rehearsal that afternoon! lol
We are looking forward to working with Willi this week! See you then!
The CoroVoce Team
Hello Everyone!
We hope the cancellation of Thursdays rehearsal allowed everyone a chance to get home safely! Next week we will be working on our mass number, “We Are One”, by Brian Tate, so please take a moment to look over some YouTube performances of this number. We will also continue working on Wood River, We Rise Again, Song for the Mira, Liza, Rise, Shine and Bridge Over Troubled Water. A very ambitious task for next rehearsal!
T-Shirt design submissions will be accepted next week as well!
We hope you and your family enjoy a restful, memorable long weekend! We look forward to seeing everyone next week, February 21!
Sincerely,
The CoroVoce Team
Dear members:
We have decided to cancel tonight’s rehearsal because of the possibility of poor weather. I am sorry for the short notice, I will be at Moscrop until 4:00 in case some members do not receive this notice. See you next week. I’ll save your Valentine’s treat until then!
Happy Valentine’s Week Everyone!
We are working hard on a very ambitious repertoire this season so please keep working on the songs we focused on last week. We will introduce a new song this week, “We Are One”, by local musician Brian Tate. This is the mass number for our concert on April 17. You’re welcome to look it up online so you are more prepared for this week.
T-shirt design submissions are due this Thursday! If Ms. Minichiello did not size you for your shirt last week, please see her this week.
Cupid may be dropping by as well with a sweet treat for all the good little singers in our choir!
Keep practising CoroVoce!