Happy Summer Corovoce! June 26, 2020

Dear Corovoce Members:

I looked through Pixabay to try and find a really great picture for our final post for a while.  I always go back to the sea for my inspiration.  It never fails to inspire creativity within me, it calms me, and it gives me perspective.

While this year did not exactly end the way any of us would have imagined, I have looked for the silver lining in this whole situation and have come out with a few.  I hope you agree with some, and can add some of your own as well.

  1.  I was so lucky to be able to re-connect with three of my favourite music specialists in the whole wide world!  Ms. Fletcher, I am so lucky you came onboard to conduct with me.  I have admired you and your musicality for years and remember watching you conduct this choir a few years ago and thinking, “gosh it would be wonderful to work with Ms. Fletcher and learn from her!.”  Voila!  Silver lining!  We got to conduct together and I am so grateful for your friendship, your gracious sharing of your time and talents, and your unwavering support of music in Burnaby. (never mind your amazing tech skills…..)
  2. I have always admired Ms. Ishii from afar!  She was a wonderful “Orffan”  (Orff Teacher as well as Music Specialist)  Her keyboard skills are outstanding and I know The Maple Keys really required so much time to practice!  Ms. Ishii had to travel a great distance to get to South Slope and she is also a Head Teacher which means she is extra busy with many school activities that make leaving the building difficult.  But, rain or sun or snow, Ms. Ishii was here for us and supported our singing with her excellent playing.  Voila!  Another silver lining.  I have so appreciated our conversations, our planning, and again, your friendship.
  3. Ms. Little and I worked together with the Children’s Choir a few years ago.  She had just come into the District and I didn’t know a lot about her, but we were teaching music at Taylor Park and we needed a manager for the choir.  Not only did I discover her amazing organizational skills, but I learned she herself was a singer in Elektra, the absolutely brilliant woman’s choir in Vancouver.  And I also discovered she was a superb sight-reading pianist!  Voila!  More silver lining.  Ms. Little, I am so happy we were able to work together again.  I appreciate your friendship and support and I look forward to doing it again next year in some way…..
  4. I loved our Christmas Concert.  Soundwave and Piccolini and us together made magic!  The pictures scroll up on my google device in the bedroom and every time I see your faces, it brings me joy.  Voila!  A silver lining again!
  5. Our work with Laura Hawley was so inspiring for me.  We worked soooo hard to be ready.  Our rehearsals with Coastal Sound were actually professional development opportunities for me to improve my practice as a conductor.  The performance on March 7 will always be a triumphant masterpiece that will resonate with me until we are able to make music together again.  I will hold onto this memory for as long as it takes!  I have stamina!  Voila!
  6. I have learned so much about my ability to embrace technology.  I am proud that with much support from my friends above, I can Zoom, make virtual music classrooms, and generally find my way around a blog better.  Voila!  I learned new skills.  (sort of!)

I am waiting to see how things go this summer to see what can happen in September.  We all miss singing, and I hope we will be able to resume joining together in song, safely, soon!

“The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being is the human voice” – Richard Wagner

Hang on until we can celebrate together!

Mrs. Fierro

2 thoughts on “Happy Summer Corovoce! June 26, 2020

    1. Hi Elis
      I really miss singing and I miss all the little faces in front of me. I’m really hoping we can be together in September. In the meantime, have a wonderful summer. Mrs. Fierro

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