Dear Singers:

We will see you all for our next session on Monday, November 6, then we are off for Remembrance Day. (November 13)

After this rehearsal,  it’s only 2 more rehearsals until our concert!

Some important bit of information you need to know:

Monday, November 6 – Regular rehearsal at South Slope

Monday, November 13 – NO Rehearsal (Remembrance Day observed)

Monday, November 20 – Regular rehearsal at South Slope

Monday, November 27 – Regular rehearsal at South Slope

Extra Rehearsal – Tuesday, November 28 at Marlborough in the music room!

We will be rehearsing with Piccolini, the children’s choir on this day.  Rehearsal will be from 3;30 to 4:45. Please attend if you can.

Monday, December 4 – “A Holly Jolly Holiday” Concert at Michael J Fox Theatre at Burnaby South

Singers need to be there sharply at 3:30.  We will rehearse until 4:30 and then parents need to collect their children for a break, snack, rest, and to change into their outfits for the concert. (see below)

Singers need to return to MJF by 6:15.

Concert begins promptly at 6:30, and will be finished by 7:45.

Please Note:

1.  At this time, there will be a limit of 2 tickets per family.  You can pay by school online cash in the same place you paid your registration fees.  Tickets are $10 each.  We may have some extras at the door, but this is not guaranteed.
2. Students need to wear white collared shirts and black pants, or skirts with black shoes for the concert.  I would suggest you begin looking now for your outfit.   It is also important that your hair be styled neatly and away from your face, or tied back, in order for the audience to see you!  A touch of make-up (blush, lip gloss) is also a good idea, but not necessary.

FEEDBACK FORM FOR OUR GUEST CONDUCTOR

The Vancouver Chamber Choir would like some feedback from the session with Dinah.  I will be handing out forms next Monday, but you’re welcome to download the copy below and hand it in this Monday if you like.

corovoce feedback for vancouver chamber choir sessions 2023

As always, we are grateful for the opportunity to work with your children.  They bring so much joy to us when they sing!

In song,

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

November 1, 2023

I hope everyone enjoyed our session with Dinah and Anne from the Vancouver Chamber Choir!  Thank you Justin for setting this up!  It was wonderful to learn from an expert!  Christmas Angel was particularly beautiful to listen to and we appreciate all your hard work on this lovely song!  When the Snow Begins to Fall is really coming together, we just need to work on words, and dynamics.  A la Media Noche will be a bright and lively song in our repertoire and your Spanish is “muy buena”.  (very good)  We will touch on these pieces on Monday and work more on The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth and Joyeaux Noel and our opening and closing numbers.  Keep practising Corovoce, we are amazing!

In song,

Mr. Nguyen, Caeden, Kurtis, Ms. Fierro, Ms. Little and Ms. Fletcher

October 24, 2023

Hello Singers!

It’s that spooky time of year for music teachers!  We are happily singing Halloween/Fall songs, we’re practising solemn Remembrance Day songs, and looking at Christmas repertoire, all at the same time!  Here are a few updates for tomorrow and the weeks to come.

Silent Night with ASL signed English

As our finale, we will be signing and singing Silent Night at our Holly Jolly Holiday Concert.

Click here to practice the signs.

Vancouver Chamber Choir and the Great Pumpkin are coming October 30!

For all good little boys and ghouls, we will be working with singers from the Vancouver Chamber Choir that rehearsal, specifically Christmas Angel.  Our thanks to Ms. Fletcher for auditioning our soloists.  We will reveal the soloists tomorrow.  The Great Pumpkin will also be coming on October 30.

 

Our rehearsal tomorrow will focus on:

The chorus for Christmas Angel and a review of the underlying parts over our soloists in the verses.  I do hope you have solidified this.

The Spanish for A la Media Noche.  We will work on the pronunciation and the part singing.

We will finish The Snow Begins to Fall and expect this one to be put to bed this week.

Signing for Silent Night will be presented and then you will need to rehearse using the video above.

If time, we will learn more of Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy.

 

This is just a reminder that any parts we go over in rehearsal are expected to be learned by the next rehearsal.  It is the only way we can move forward and present new music to you.  We want these songs to be memorized quickly so we can really sing from our hearts.  Keep practising at home Corovoce!  We will be amazing!

 

Stay tuned for more information around our Christmas Concert, “A Holly Jolly Holiday”

In song,

Caeden, Ms. Ishii, Mr. Nguyen, Kurtus and Mrs. Fierro

 

 

October 12, 2023.

It seems like forever since we’ve seen you Corovoce!  We were excited to present our songs to you during our first rehearsals and we have much work to do to polish and perfect our repertoire!  Auditions will be held this Monday, for our song, Christmas Angel.

You absolutely do not need to audition, but if you are interested, we will be happy to hear you sing!  Remember that solo singing involves setting yourself apart from a regular choir.  Your presence and energy need to be really turned up!  We already know you have beautiful voices, you need to have that stage presence that draws the audience into your world.

We may not be able to make your dreams of a solo come true for this song, but hopefully in our other songs during the year you will have your chance to shine even brighter than you already do!

We’ll see you Monday, in the music Room, 201, at South Slope.

In song,

Mr. Nguyen, Caeden, Kurtis, Ms. Fierro, Ms. Ishii

“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” – Leo Tolstoy

 

Hello Singers!

Here is some information for you to be aware of for our fall season.

Payment of Fees:

School Cash Online is our preferred method of payment.  Copy and paste the link below into your browser.  I’m hoping this will work.  You can also, I believe, go into your school online cash account and click on the District Items tab.

https://burnaby.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/81303/16/False/True

Handout and Calendar for the Fall Season:

Here is a handout that we will be giving out on September 18.

Corovoce Welcome letter and calendar 2023

A great deal of information is contained within this handout, particularly important dates.

Our Christmas Repertoire:

These are our songs for the Christmas Concert.  Our mass numbers with Piccolini and Soundwave will be added once we’ve had our joint meeting.  These may not be the voicings we’ll be using, but they are excellent examples of choirs singing, and can definitely be useful when you’re learning your parts.

Click here for Christmas Angel.

Click here for The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth.  Not the correct arrangement, but a lovely, lovely version.

Click here for The Snow Begins to Fall.  I love Andy Beck arrangements!

Click here for A la Media Noche.  Let’s all sing in Spanish!

Click here for A Holly Jolly Holiday.  So fun!

Click here for Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad.

 

Stay tuned for more songs and feel free to check out YouTube for other arrangements of these songs!

In song,

Caeden, Mr. Nguyen, Ms. Ishii, Ms. Fierro

 

 

 

Hello Singers!

“It’s the Most Wonderful Time, of the Year!”  This song seems to be used all year round now!  But we do think it’s the most wonderful time of the year because we are all looking forward to the start of another season working with all of you as we make beautiful music together!

We will see you all on Monday in the gym at South Slope Elementary at 3:30 sharp!  We will end at 4:45 sharp!

Attached is the registration form you can fill out early if you like, and bring back to us as quickly as possible.  School Cash Online will be open for payment starting on Monday.

Hard copies of this document will also be available on Monday as well.

We are ready!  See you Monday!

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Ms. Ishii, Mr. Nguyen, and Caeden

Corovoce registration form 2023

“Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.”  – Maria von Trapp

 

Dear Students:

We are excited to begin our musical journey with you this year!  Our first rehearsal is Monday, September 18 from 3:30 to 4:45.  I hope you sense the urgency in this posting as we will be losing 3 of our rehearsal dates this first term due to statutory holidays.  (Truth and Reconciliation, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day)  We will be absolutely working hard during every precious rehearsal to ensure our first concert in December is spectacular!  A registration package will be given out at the first rehearsal, and if possible, I will also post it on the blog here next week.  Please do not worry about fees yet, but we will be asking you to pay by school cash online if possible.  We will accept cash and cheques, but again, please wait until we have firmed everything up with the Board.

Welcome to Mr. Nguyen, who will be taking the place of our beloved Ms. Little as manager, accompanist, percussionist, and sectional leader.

Welcome as well to Caeden Lau, who will also be working as a student volunteer, accompanist, percussionist, etc….  We have an amazing team!

We’ll see you all on Monday, September 18 at 3;30 in the gym at South Slope Elementary.

4446 Watling St.

Burnaby, BC.

My email, should you have any questions before this is:

teresa.jukich@burnabyschools.ca

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Ms. Ishii, Mr. Nguyen, and Caeden

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician.  I often think in music.  I live my daydreams in music.  I see my life in terms of music.” – Albert Einstein

June 29, 2023.

Wow!  It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached the end of our school year!  Our May 1 concert seems like a distant, albeit, happy memory.  We hope your summer is filled with fun, sun, and musical adventures!

To our returning members, we will see you for our first rehearsal on Monday, September 18 at 3:30.  We think it will be the music room at South Slope, but it still may be the gym.  If you remember….wear your Corovoce T shirt!

To our new members, welcome aboard!  We hope you enjoy the musical journey!  See you September 18!

To members who will be leaving us, we hope that you had many happy memories of your time spent with us.  So many wonderful events and rehearsals.  We hope these stay with you!

To Ms. Little, our amazing manager, accompanist, and general all around wonderful musician…..enjoy your new adventures on Vancouver Island in your beautiful new home!  I hope you continue to share your amazing talents with the Island Community!  We will miss you!

In song,

Mrs. Fierro, Ms. Ishii

 

April 30, 2023.

We wouldn’t write this if we didn’t believe this.  Music truly can change the world.  Corovoce, you have changed our world this year.  From a lengthy hiatus of two and a half years, you brought your lovely, lyrical voices back to us in such a magical way.  We feel blessed to be a part of your world, and we are grateful to you all for sharing your tremendous talent with us.  We will see you Monday for the final time this school year at 3:30 at Michael J Fox.  Thank you to Mia and Kurtis’ parents for helping with ticket sales at the door.

This is your moment to shine.  After the school tour we were exhausted, but oh so pleased with the quality of sound and the energy you gave to each performance.  Monday is Music Monday and we think you will once again rise to the occasion and sing from your hearts.  We look forward to the concert in so many ways, and yet we are sad to be done.  However, we look forward to our new season next September when a whole new repertoire awaits us!

Please continue to check for blog posts regularly.  And let us know either way what your plans are for September.  You do not need to audition again, we just need to save you a spot.

Once again, from myself, Ms. Ishii, and Ms. Little, thank you for filling up our musical bucket each week.  We are so proud of the journey we took together!

In song,

Ms. Little, Ms. Fierro, Ms. Ishii

“Music takes us where words cannot.” – Henry Winkler

April 23, 2023.

Dear Corovoce Members:

This is a busy week for everyone, with rehearsals, school tour, track and field….well it’s going to be busy!  And then, we look forward to our final concert next Monday May 1 with Soundwave and Picollini.  Here is the important information you need to know to make it through the week!

Monday, April 24

-This is our final formal rehearsal for the year.  Bring your music and folders back today.  If you forget, drop it off another day to the office at South Slope OR ask your music teacher to send it to me through internal mail.  All folders and music need to be returned.

-We will be choosing students to be the MC’s for the school tour.  If you see this post before the rehearsal, think about whether you would like to volunteer for this!

– Bring your CONSENT FORM BACK!

-Bring your school online cash form today to get your tickets, or bring money to purchase tickets.  Tickets will also be available at the door.

– Pick up your t-shirt on your way out today.  Wear it Thursday for the school tour AND Monday, May 1 for the concert.  Wear it forever after that!

 

Tuesday, April 25

– Be at Kitchener Elementary by 3:30.  I won’t cry if you give me your music then.  Rehearsal ends at 5:00.

Thursday, April 27

– Be at South Slope (unless you’re a Morley students) by 8:15 a.m.  We will do attendance and head off at 8:30.  Bring plenty of water, and a nut free lunch.  Wear your t-shirt and black on the bottom.  We will return to South Slope by 3:00 p.m. for pick up.  I still won’t cry if you hand in your music today.

Monday, May 1

“Music Changes the World” concert at MFJ Theatre.

– Be at the theatre at 3:30.  Wear your t shirt, or be ready to get dressed after the rehearsal.  We will rehearse from 3:30 – 4:30, on our own, and with the other groups.  At 4:30 you will be dismissed to your parents for a break and a light dinner and need to return to the green room by 6:15, ready to warm up.  I will cry a little if you give me your music today.

That’s it for the year, there are NO rehearsals after our concert.  However, please keep checking the blog regularly for updates about next year.

In song,

Ms. Ishii, Ms. Little, Ms. Fierro