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Office Closure due to COVID-19 – Update

Dear Members,

An update on our office closure:

Staff will be working remotely for the foreseeable future. The office will be closed and access to photocopy services suspended during this time. Our re-open date will be continually re-assessed as the situation develops.

We are still working hard on processing a high volume of refunds for Sing Out and CCNS. We ask for your patience as we work to get these to you as soon as possible. 

You can reach Tim Callahan-Cross, Executive Director, (tim@nscf.ca), Ryan Henwood, Program Coordinator, (programs@nscf.ca) and Katharine (Kyle) Vingoe-Cram, Administrator, (katharine@nscf.ca) at their respective email addresses, which they will be checking regularly from home.

We will continue to provide updates on the choral community on our Facebook. Many upcoming choral events have been cancelled or postponed – we have tried to make note of the cancellations we are aware of in our Events Calendar.

If you are looking to sign out music during this time, let us know by email and we will see what we can accomplish.

All the best & Stay safe,

The NSCF Team

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Halifax Musical II Workshop

A Notice from our member, TE Lamothe:

Halifax, the Musical (the first 200 years) with music and lyrics by T. E. Smith-Lamothe, will hold it’s second “from scratch” choral workshop Sunday, 29 March, 1 PM at the Halifax Central Library, BMO Community Room (2nd floor).  Anyone who wants to “sing their way through Halifax history” as part of a “chorus of Haligonians” is asked to RSVP to HalifaxMusical@gmail.com to receive links and an introduction to the songs which have chorus lines.  The workshop is experimental, as some of the music/lyrics have never been sung “live” before.  This is a chance to celebrate our city in music and be part of the very beginning of a musical project.

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St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church seeks Accompanist

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Dartmouth seeks a Piano Accompanist for their choir. The choir is made up of 12-14 singers who love to sing! Commitment entails a one hour practice on Wed night and a Sunday worship at 10:30 am. This is a paid position.

For inquires please contact: Jocelyn Ryan-Wiggin

902 293 9609 (Cell)

jrwiggin58@gmail.com (Email)

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Toss A Tune-ie!

Help support out singers in the Nova Scotia Youth Choir and the National Youth Choir.

Announce Toss a Tune-ie at your next rehearsal and help us make this the most successful campaign ever!

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Nova Scotia sends three singers to National Youth Choir

NSCF extends its warmest congratulations to our three Nova Scotia singers off to sing at the National Youth Choir this year:

Avery Opalka (Alto), Rachel Lutz (Alto), and Ryan Henwood (Tenor). Some of you may already know Ryan as our Programs Coordinator here at NSCF. He is very excited to be joining the NYC for the second time! Ryan, Avery and Rachel are all past participants in the Nova Scotia Youth Choir and we wish them all the very best on the national stage.

This year, the NYC will be conducted by Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with apprentice conductor Thomas Burton, and pianist ​Christopher Gaudreault.

For more information, and a complete list of choristers, visit:

https://www.choralcanada.org/national-youth-choir.html

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Digby High C’s Festival Seeks Accompanist

The annual High Cs Choral Weekend in Digby is searching for an accompanist for the weekend of May 15th to 17th to accompany the conductor. Accommodations provided by Digby Pines Golf Resort and Spa. Please contact Carol Clayton for more details 902 221 6171

Visit the High C’s Website for more information about the festival.

About the High C’s:

High Cs is sponsored by the Digby Choral Federation.

This festival for choral singers starts in the Digby Pines Spa and Resort on Friday and Saturday and concludes with a mass choir concert on Sunday evening in the gothic Saint Bernard’s church.

All choristers are invited to attend and perform. The weekend includes rehearsals of the mass choir, workshops to improve choral skills, a wine and cheese social Friday in the Grand Lounge of the Pines, and a Conductors Appreciation Banquet Saturday evening.  This fun and challenging weekend, with fine food and warm hospitality concludes with another rehearsal and a mass choir concert Sunday.
Although the majority of choristers come from between Pictou and Yarmouth, singers have come from PEI, New Brunswick, all over Nova Scotia and even Ontario and British Columbia.

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Paid Opportunity for Choral Scholars

Seton Cantata Choir currently has openings for paid choral scholars for its 2020 spring season.  Successful candidates must fulfill the following requirements:

1.  Be 16 years or older

2.  Be enrolled in secondary, post-secondary, or taking music instruction

3.  Demonstrate a satisfactory level of musicianship and vocal ability as assessed by the Artistic Director.

Interested candidates may contact Norm Scrimger (scrimger@cs.dal.ca)

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Middleton Choral Society seeks Director

From the Middleton Choral Society:

The Middleton Choral Society, a community choir in Middleton, NS for more than 40 years, is seeking a qualified conductor to start in September, 2020.

The choir is accustomed to weekly rehearsals on Wednesday evenings, with concerts in late fall and late spring.
Details, including the honorarium, can be discussed with any expression of interest. If interested, please send contact information with any questions to:
Phyllis Bennett at rib@ns.sympatico.ca or text 902-825-9433 by April 1, 2020.
Thank you.
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Audition Prep Day at Dalhousie

From Dalhousie University: Fountain School of the Performing Arts

AUDITION PREP DAY AT DALHOUSIE

Saturday, January 25, 2020

10:00 am-4:00 pm

Dalhousie Arts Centre

6101 University Avenue

Halifax, NS

Free Admission

The Fountain School invites all students who might be interested in working on their audition preparation skills! We are offering a full day of workshops and mock auditions where participants will work closely with our faculty and students on how to prepare an audition for acting and/or music.

We are also offering information sessions for the non-auditioning areas of the school such as: cinema and media studies, musicology, stage design and technical theatre, theatre studies, and costume studies.

If you or someone you know are interested in attending, please REGISTER HERE:

http://bit.ly/34SQepB