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THE GREAT CANADIAN GIVING CHALLENGE

 

This June, the Nova Scotia Choral Federation invites you to join the Great Canadian Giving Challenge!
Every dollar donated in June is a chance to WIN $10,000 for NSCF!

Donate to NSCF this June and automatically enter the organization to WIN $10,000 during the Great Canadian Giving Challenge. Every $1 donated IN JUNE is an automatic entry for NSCF to win (minimum $3 donation required).

Your donation will support the programming during the 2019 -2020 season, including Nova Scotia Youth Choir, Sing Summer, Juvenata, Children’s Chorus of Nova Scotia and other programming and services.
Plus, if you win the $10,000 prize for NSCF, you can make an even bigger difference! $10,000 could provide funding to support all our programs and services for singers and choirs across the province.

Imagine the difference $10,000 could make tomorrow.

Start your summer right. Help us win $10,000.

Please Help our Charity Win $10,000

Every $1 you donate to our charity in June via GivingChallenge.ca counts as a ballot to help us win $10,000 from the GIV3 Foundation. Please donate today – we really appreciate your help!

Donate to help us win

 

For full contest rules and regulations, please read the Official Contest Rules


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Reminder to fill out your NSCF Feedback Survey!

Hello NSCF Members!

We are still seeking feedback on our current and future programming/services. We are asking members to complete the attached survey or attend our round-table discussion on June 25th so we can continue to provide resources that benefit choirs. The feedback we receive will shape our future planning and decisions, we value your comments and suggestions for improvement.

Here is the link to the survey:

https://forms.gle/B2ahFnbHUidw5QGV7

On June 25th at 7pm we will be facilitating a discussion about our current and proposed programming. We are looking for feedback from a broad demographic, if you have an opinion on choral music in Nova Scotia please come share it!

This discussion will be taking place at our offices at 1113 Marginal Road

Halifax, Nova Scotia. Discussion will directed by feedback received in the survey and prompted questions.

If you have any questions contact the office at

programs@nscf.ca or (902) 423-4688

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Aeolians Singers Auditions

(Halifax, NS) Aeolian Singers – Audition now!

Looking for choral music opportunities with a fabulous community of women?  Do you love to sing great music, love a challenge, and love to laugh? The Aeolian Singers is holding auditions for committed choristers with previous singing experience for their 2019-20 season, which begins in September.

The choir recently completed its 43rd season, the second one under the artistic direction of Nova Scotian choral conductor Heather Fraser. The Aeolians perform five to six times per year, and are accompanied by pianist Diana Torbert. 

You can learn more about the choir at  www.aeoliansingers.ca (go to How to join the choir). Auditions will take place on June 10, 17 and 24 (Monday evenings) in Halifax.

For more information, or to schedule an audition, please contact the choir’s Assistant Conductor, Joanne Slack, at mjslack@eastlink.ca, or call (902) 473-1869 and leave a message to schedule your audition.
Information:  Peggy Walt, peggy@culturalaffairs.ca
(902) 422-5403 (office), (902) 476-1096 (cell)

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New Member Benefit

Musica International
The Virtual Choral Library

 

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NSCF is please to be able to offer full access to Musica International as a member benefit.  To access the link, login to your members only section under Members Home . This collaborative multimedia database has been developed and brought to you by Musica International, a non-profit association. It is a multilingual tool and one of the most comprehensive sources of choral music information in the world.

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Employment Opportunity – NSCF Programs and Services Assistant

 

 

 

Summer Employment Opportunity
NSCF Programs and Services Assistant
Student Summer Skill Incentive Program

Application Closing Date April 15, 2019
Start Date May 6, 2019 End Date August 9, 2019
14 Weeks | Fulltime – 35 Hours per Week | Monday – Friday | Minimum Wage

Under the direction of the Executive Director and Program Coordinator the Programs and Services Assistant is responsible for administrative tasks associated with the federation’s summer programs and preparation for fall programming.  S/he would assist in program management, presentation and promotion, registration and payment tracking, creation and distribution of information packages, data management, promotion and evaluation of programs. Services will include work in our library processing returns and preparing music for summer programs.

The candidates must have good computer skills, keyboarding skills, and an understanding of social media.  Good written and oral skills are important and a knowledge of music would be helpful. Candidate must be returning enrolled in post-secondary education in Fall 2019.

Please send cover letter, resume and references to tim@nscf.ca

 

 

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Register for NSYC Today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year marks the 29th season of the Nova Scotia Youth Choir.  This year we are delighted to welcome Canadian conductor Leonard Ratzlaff as our guest conductor! Dr. Ratzlaff is one of Canada’s most well reputed choral conductors, known primarily for his work with the University of Alberta Madrigal Singers.

This program is the NSCF’s annual auditioned provincial choir comprised of the best choral students aged 16-25 from all over Nova Scotia. The mandate of the program is to provide students a challenging opportunity to work, develop and perform choral music together at a very high caliber under the instruction of Canada’s leading choral experts.  It is an exceptional opportunity to improve singing, listening and musicianship skills, and to broaden musical horizons while striving for excellence – not to mention making connections with other choristers from across the province who love singing as much as you do!

REGISTER NOW (Application Form)

For more information, visit our website

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Xara Choral Theatre to Appear in World Choral Symposium

NSCF extends a warm congratulations to one of our members – Xara Choral Theatre – on their participation in the 2020 World Choral Symposium in Auckland, NZ. Read more below:

From Xara Choral Theatre “We are over-the-moon and overjoyed to announce that we will be participating in the World Symposium on Choral Music in Auckland, New Zealand in 2020!! Being one of only 25 choirs selected out of the 179 applicants from 44 countries, we could not be more honoured and excited to share our art on an international stage, and to learn from other choirs around the world. Congratulations to all of the other incredible groups that will be joining us – including fellow Canadians Hamilton Children’s Choir. We can’t wait to see you all!”

 

Video Courtesy of the World Symposium on Choral Music

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National Youth Choir Alumni Survey

Hello friends,
I serve on the National Youth Choir Committee for Choral Canada, as well a special offshoot committee for NYC Alumni. We have just formed this committee and have a great team of people from across the country and different eras of the choir working on some ideas to help service NYC alumni, keep us better connected, and help keep NYC alive and vibrant into the future.

One of the first projects we are undertaking is helping to update the NYC Alumni list…of over 800 alumni! We are trying to fill in the many, many blanks of missing/incorrect emails and contact info. We would very much appreciate if you could complete this 1 minute survey to update your contact information. Please feel free forward this information and encourage any NYC friends you have to do the same, and keep passing it on!

Hope you are well, and many thanks!
Sincerely,
Heather

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VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT

WESNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

One of Canada’s national treasures in a very special concert on the farewell tour for the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s founding Artistic Director and Conductor, Jon Washburn, who retires this year. With a diverse repertoire and performing excellence, this twenty-voice choir has been performing across Canada and in every corner of the world for more than forty-five years. Boasting 32 recordings, the multi-award winning Vancouver Chamber Choir demonstrates the range of vocal expression from the majesty of choir and orchestra to the multi-hued palette of unaccompanied voices, to song to motet to oratorio and even opera. For this memorable Halifax concert, the Vancouver Chamber Choir will perform music including works by J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, Benjamin Britten, Zoltán Kodály, and Imant Raminsh.

This concert opens with a special performance by Les Voix d’Acadie, a four-part francophone choir from Halifax.

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