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Spring Sing – A Tribute to Rosetown
Chorus York is hard at work rehearsing for its next concert: Spring Sing, which will be a tribute to Rosetown, an early nickname for the Town of Richmond Hill, which has now grown into a City and is celebrating its 150th anniversary. This event will be held at the...
Christmas Around the World
Chorus York is happy to be presenting its first concert in two years. Saturday, December 17, 2022, at 7:30 pm, Chorus York, with special guests The Bells of St. Matthew's, will be performing an evening of carols from around the world, at St Matthew's United Church,...
Chorus York Welcomes Jennifer Min-Young Lee
Chorus York has begun rehearsals for it's 8th season with a new Artistic Director in place. A nominee of the Ontario Arts Council’s Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting, Jennifer Min-Young Lee is a Korean-Canadian conductor, music educator and vocal pedagogue who...
Chorus York has new practice venue!!
Chorus York will soon be resuming in-person rehearsals in a new pactice venue. Coming in September, our rehearsals will be moving to the main hall on the ground floor of Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church. This room will provide more room, better acoustics, a better...
Chorus York is caroling
Join Chorus York to perform at the Village of Richmond Hill BIA event on Saturday December 11th from 12:30 pm to 4: 00 pm. We will be cajoling at RHCPA & Ransom Park.
Bach to Broadway
By June Graham Chorus York members live in York Region and love to sing. We used to practise and perform in person. Then along came COVID. For the past 18 months, our weekly rehearsals and seasonal performances have been virtual. We’ve learned how to record music for...
Finding the “Fun” in Fundraising
By Mary-Lou Montgrain When our local city council cancelled the community grant that had helped us in the past, our need to fundraise assumed a more important role in our budgeting plans. Why Rain barrels? As chief fundraising co-ordinator for the choir, I have...
Would You Mind Sitting on the Floor?
By Mary-Lou Montgrain We were about to present our first ever Gala/Fundraiser at our local performance venue—Richmond Hill Center for the Performing Arts—quite an endeavour for our newly formed community choir of 20 singers. The well-laid plan It was the weekend...
Romance in the Choir
By Mary-Lou Montgrain I met my husband in a community choir. I am a soprano. He is a tenor. We had both been singing in choirs since a young age. He plays several instruments, studied violin, taught himself the piano & has always had a good ear for music. I had...
The Birth of a Choir
By Mary-Lou Montgrain The Birth Pains of 2016 I was devastated when my local community choir voted to fold after 42 years because, during my 10 years as a member, I had made close friends. Others like me who wanted to continue singing made plans to do so, by forming a...
