Bruneau Centre: Emerging from COVID with a Plan
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CHOIR IS OUR SPORT
Knowing that choral singing is a vital part of Nova Scotia communities, the Nova Scotia Choral Federation has been advocating for safe choral singing in community, faith and school settings.
Currently there is no singing allowed in schools even as sports activities are not only permitted, they take place without social distancing and mask free. Singing and choir are barrier free activities and how important it is, therefore, to have such experiences available to students
We continue to seek clarity and consistency in Nova Scotia policies around singing.
Watch our full presentation to Dr. Strang here: https://youtu.be/hRoBOd0-uCQ
View our guidelines for community choral singing here: https://nscf.ca/covid-19-guidelines-resources/
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Choral Canada: Transform Your Choir’s Sound – Exceptional Choral Singing with Bel Canto Principles
University of Alberta professor Dr. Laurier Fagnan has generously offered to make this video available free of charge to Choral Canada members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video provides a unique opportunity to continue to learn and develop your voice and the choral art at a time when we are unable to come together for rehearsals. Our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Fagnan for sharing this invaluable resource.
To watch the full video, visit the Choral Canada webpage by clicking here.
Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness: Choir, Connectedness, and COVID-19
Recently, NSCF Programs Coordinator and Polaris Conductor Ryan Henwood was interviewed by 2020 Social Connectedness Fellow Sarah Roberts on the adjustment of choir during COVID-19 and Choir For Change’s unique use of choir as a means for positive social change. Sarah is active within the Nova Scotian arts community and sings weekly with Polaris, one choir within the Choirs for Change organization.
To read the full interview, click here.
CBC Maritime Noon: “Are you missing the joy of singing in choir?”
Yesterday, NSCF Executive Director Tim Callahan-Cross and Nova Scotia Mass Choir Treasurer Tamar Pryor Brown joined Bob Murphy on CBC Maritime Noon. Joined by choristers throughout the Atlantic provinces, the panel discussed the experience of the choral community since the outbreak of COVID-19.
To listen to the full interview, visit CBC Maritime Noon’s webpage, by clicking here.
Quarantunes #4: A Biweekly Choral Playlist
Welcome to the fourth installment of QuaranTunes, the NSCF’s biweekly playlist of choral music. This week’s playlist celebrates the choral music of Black composers.
Have any song suggestions? Suggest a song for a future playlist by completing this form, QuaranTunes: Song Suggestion Form. As this is a curated playlist, your suggestion may not appear in the subsequent E-notes; though we will try our best to make sure that all suggestions are used at some point. We look forward to hearing what choral music you have been listening to during this time!
British Columbia Choral Federation Virtual Town Hall – Session #3: Same Storm, Different Boats
Panelists Ed Schneider (BBA, Willan Council), Linda Dier (Nanaimo Sings!), Nina Horvath (Vancouver Bach Choir), and Willi Zwozdesky (BC Choral Federation) lead a finance-focused discussion on management, budgeting and operations challenges in the age of COVID-19.
Recorded live on June 18, this was the third in a series of Virtual Town Hall sessions designed to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BC’s choral community in various ways. While this information is at times specific to BC, this Virtual Town Hall also provides some insights on the uncertainties of singing at this time.
Continued Office Closure until Labour Day
The Nova Scotia Choral Federation office will remain closed to the public until at least after Labour Day Weekend. The NSCF is currently working with the other organizations of the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia to develop protocols for visitors in our shared office space. Should you need to return music or drop off anything to the NSCF office, there is a drop box that can be accessed in the main hallway at 1113 Marginal Road.
Please contact Tim (tim@nscf.ca) or Ryan (ryan@nscf.ca) if you have any questions.
British Columbia Choral Federation Virtual Town Hall – Session #1 (Safe Singing)
BC Choral Federation (BCCF) Executive Director Willi Zwozdesky (Vancouver Men’s Chorus) and Morna Edmundson (Elektra Women’s Choir/Enchor) are joined in conversation by Dr. Michael Schwandt (Medical Health Officer – Vancouver Coastal Health, and formerly with BC Centre for Disease Control).
Recorded live on May 21, this was the first in a series of Virtual Town Hall sessions designed to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BC’s choral community in various ways. Session #1 provided much-needed insight into the current uncertainties surrounding the safety of group singing here in BC.
While this information is at times specific to BC, this Virtual Town Hall also provides some insights on the uncertainties of singing at this time.