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NBCF NEWSLETTER MARCH 2018
NBCF NEWS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL April is membership renewal month for many of NBCF’s individual and choir members. Membership allows you to benefit from NBCF’s programmes and services, help ensure that the NBCF continues to grow, and joins you to a provincial and national network. NBCF’s strength is its membership—please take this opportunity to renew yours now! To become a member, visit our website: https://nbcfsite.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/membership/ Or contact the NBCF office: [email protected] The NBCF is exploring the possibility of offer-ing choir members a joint membership, with limited member benefits, in the Alliance chorale du Québec (e.g. special rates on insur-ance not included). https://www.chorales.ca/hors-quebec.html If you think this might be of interest, or to learn more, please contact the NBCF office.
RENOUVELLEMENT D’ADHESION Le mois d’Avril, c’est le temps de renouvelle-ment d’adhesion pour plusieurs de nos mem-bres. Devenir membre, c'est bénéficier de nos pro-grammes et services, réaffirmer votre soutien et faire partie d'un réseau provincial et nation-al.
Notre force réside dans nos membres. Pour devenir membre, veuillez remplir le formulaire d’adhésion ici (en anglais): https://nbcfsite.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/membership/ ou nous joindre: [email protected] NBCF examine la possibilité de proposer aux choeurs membres de la NBCF un adhésion co-jointe à l’Alliance chorale du Québéc, avec des privilèges amoindris (programme d’assurance pas inclus, par example). https://www.chorales.ca/hors-quebec.html Si cette proposition vous intéressent, ou pour en savoir plus, veuillez communiquer avec nous.
NEW BRUNSWICK YOUTH CHOIR Performance Sunday, May 6, 2018 Salle Neil Michaud, pavillon des Beaux-arts, Université de Moncton Join us for a thrilling afternoon of music from New Brunswick’s best young choristers. New this year, we are planning a full hour of music! NBYC continues to grow and mature, and 2018 promises to be the most enjoyable and inter-esting yet. Mark your calendars!
BILLETS We are seeking billets for NBYC singers in the Moncton area, preferably close to the Univer-sité de Moncton, between Thursday evening May 3 and Sunday morning May 6. If you are interested or would like to know more, please contact the NBCF office. Email: [email protected]
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The next NBCF Newsletter will be posted mid-April 2018. Send your news before Monday, April 16, to: [email protected]
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CHORAL FEST 2018 October 12-14, 2018 Moncton, NB Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem Clinician: Dr. Victoria Meredith NBCF is thrilled to announce our Choral Fest clinician for 2018, Dr. Victoria Meredith. This October she will conduct Choral Fest atten-dees in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. A favourite of Choral Fest attendees, Dr. Meredith has conducted the Choral Fest Massed Choir twice before, in the Puccini Mes-sa di Gloria in 1999 and in the Mozart Solemn Vespers in 2008. Registration and other details to come in the coming months. Watch for news!
CHORAL FEST 2018: WORKING WITH ADULT SINGERS WORKSHOP Dr. Meredith will give a workshop in Moncton on Working with Adult Singers in advance of the Choral Fest weekend. This workshop will be of exceptional value to conductors, teach-ers, and all who work with aging singers. Stay tuned for details!
MEMBER NEWS SINGERS WANTED FOR MESSIAH SING-A-LONG Deadline to register: April 27 Performance: Sunday May 6 A sing-a-long presentation of selections from Handel’s Messiah will take place at St. Paul’s United Church on Sunday, May 6. Choir direc-tor, Alexis Ervin and organist, Sharon Pond are looking for singers in all voice parts.
If you have sung the Messiah before, or have always wanted to give it a try, you can reserve a spot by e-mailing: [email protected] Please provide your name, contact information and the voice part you sing. Singers can bring their own music or arrange to rent scores. Come prepared to perform; there will be no advance practice as a group. The deadline to register is April 27. Singers will receive infor-mation on excerpts being sung once they reg-ister. The fee to participate is $10, payable on arrival for the performance. Guest soloists for the event will be soprano Sally Dibblee and tenor David Steeves. The public is invited to attend. The hour-long pro-gram will start at 2:30 p.m. Admission for the performance is $15, payable at the door.
SAINT JOHN MEN’S CHORUS SEEKS MUSI-CAL DIRECTOR Deadline for applications: April 30, 2018 The Saint John Men’s Chorus is seeking a full time Musical Director beginning September 2018. The Chorus is made up of between 25 and 30 men singing in four parts. Musical se-lections have been a mixture of challenging classical, pop, folk, show tunes, and spirituals. Typically practice has been held on Tuesday evenings with a Christmas and a spring con-cert. Alternative timing and concert formats would be considered. Anyone interested in this opportunity, please contact: [email protected] in confidence for more detailed information and application process. All applications must be received by April 30, 2018.
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SUSSEX CHORAL SOCIETY SEEKS DIRECTOR AND ACCOMPANIST FALL 2018 After 23 years of fruitful collaboration with David Mitchell and Karen Gallegher, the Sus-sex Choral Society is looking for a new director and pianist for the Fall session of 2018. We would like to thank David and Karen for all the hard work they have put into making our choir the best it could be. We have had many many happy hours of music making together, and they will be sorely missed. But we want to continue to sing together. To that end, we invite any interested musicians who have experience in directing a 30-40 per-son choir to contact us. We also are looking for an piano accompanist. We meet once weekly from September to May, with holidays off. We have 16 rehearsals in the Fall with a concert in December, and 20 rehearsals in the Spring with a concert in late May. We sing an eclectic mixture of music: classical, pop, folk, show tunes, spirituals, celtic, SATB. Please contact us at [email protected]
CHOEUR LOUISBOURG CHOIR: ENTRE OM-BRE ET LUMIÈRE Dates et lieux Samedi 24 mars 19 h 30 – Église Saint-Joachim, 650, boulevard des Acadiens, Bertrand Dimanche 25 mars, 15 h – Église First United, 309, rue St. Patrick, Bathurst Lundi 26 mars, 19 h 30 – Église Wilmot, 473, rue Wilmot, Fredericton Mardi 27 mars, 19 h 30 – Église Mount Royal United, 106, Mount Royal, Moncton Chœur Louisbourg et orchestre sous la direc-tion de Monique Richard. Pour son concert du printemps, le Chœur Louisbourg vous offre En-tre ombre et lumière, un programme inspiré de l’équinoxe du printemps. Ce moment con-templatif vous transportera dans un univers de beauté et d’harmonie avec des œuvres médi-tatives de Arvo Pärt ( 1935- ) et Ola Gjeilo (1978- ) entre autres. Le chœur sera accompa-gné pour l’occasion du pianiste Carl Gionet et d’un quatuor à cordes, venant ainsi enrichir cette exploration chorale de compositeurs an-ciens et nouveaux. Billets en vente à l’entrée: 25$ choeurlouisbourgchoir.ca/
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CHOEUR LOUISBOURG: AMIDST SHADOW AND LIGHT Dates and locations Saturday, March 24 th , 7:30 – Église Saint-Joachim, 650, boul. des Acadiens, Bertrand Sunday, March 25 th , 3 pm – First United Church, 309, St. Patrick, Bathurst Monday, March 26 th , 7:30 - Wilmot Church, 473, King, Fredericton Tuesday, March 27th , 7: 30 – Mount Royal United, 106, boul. Mount Royal, Moncton For its spring concert, the choir offers you Amidst Shadow and Light, a program inspired by the Spring equinox. This contemplative moment will transport you to a world of beauty and harmony with meditative works by Arvo Pärt ( 1935- ) and Ola Gjeilo (1978- ), among others. The choir will be accompanied for the occasion by pianist Carl Philippe Gionet and a string quartet, thus enriching the choral explo-ration of romantic and contemporary com-posers. Tickets on sale at the door: $25 choeurlouisbourgchoir.ca/
FREDERICTON CHORAL SOCIETY AND FRED-ERICTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT DVOŘÁK STABAT MATER Friday, March 30, 7:30 pm Wilmot United Church, 473 King St, Frederic-ton. On Friday, March 30, 2018 (Good Friday), the Fredericton Choral Society and the Fredericton Symphony Orchestra will present Antonín Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, one of the towering monuments of choral music, at Wilmot United Church, 7:30 p.m. Featuring soloists Sally Dib-blee, Vicki St. Pierre, Michael van der Gaag and Paul Bustin.
Dvořák’s setting of the 13th century hymn ‘Sta-bat Mater’, which imagines Mary’s suffering during Christ’s crucifixion, was composed in 1876–1877, shortly after the death of Dvořák’s young children. The 13th century hymn ‘Stabat Mater’ imagines Mary’s suffering during Christ’s crucifixion. Dvořák’s setting was composed in 1876-1877, shortly after the death of his young children. “Dvořák rose above his personal challenges to create a highly sensuous statement of personal faith and belief clothed in symphonic robes, which culminates in a dramatic ‘Amen’.” (Quote from Michael Riley on Gramophone website.) General admission $25. Students $10. Children 12 and under Free. Tickets available at Read's Newsstand & Café, from choir and orchestra members, and at the door. https://frederictonchoralsociety.blogspot.com/
HANDEL’S MESSIAH WITH TUTTA MUSICA AND HILLSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH Saturday March 31 6:00 pm Sunday April 1st 9:00 am, 11 am and 6 pm Hillside Baptist Church, 2290 Mountain Rd, Moncton Join us in celebrating Easter with four oppor-tunities to hear selections from Handel's Mes-siah! Soprano Jessie Guerrette, Mezzo-Sopra-no Elyse Delaney, Tenor Justin Guignard and Baritone Joseph Goodwin. Conductor César Suárez. https://www.facebook.com/tuttamusicanb/
ST. TOMAS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS PRESENTS SEASON OF LOVES Monday, April 9, 7:00 pm Black Box Theatre, James Dunn Hall STU The St. Tomas University Department of Fine Arts presents Season of Loves: A Spring Term
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Collaboration Event featuring Dance (Professor Lessandra Dobson); the STU Singers (Professor Ross Simonds, Director; Dianne Roxborough Brown, Collaborative Pianist); the STU Cham-ber Ensemble (Professor Martin Kutnowski); Classical Guitarist Steven Peacock; and Hope and Bobby from Urinetown (Professor Tania Breen); with Guest Instrumentalists Jon Bailey (Percussion),Yan-Ru Chen (Piano), Keegan Fer-guson (Bass), and Emily Kennedy (Cello). $10.00 or "Pay as You Can"
UNB CHORALE AND CONCERT BAND SPRING CONCERT Tuesday April 10 7:30 pm UNB Centre For Musical Arts, Memorial Hall Welcome spring with us! Adults $5.00, Seniors $3.00, students free. On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/188900945056973/
BEL CANTO SINGERS MARITIME KITCHEN PARTY Saturday April 28, 7:30 Christ Church (Parish) Church The Bel Canto Singers, directed by Vicki St. Pierre, are joined by Tom Richards, Kim Moller and Katherine Moller on guitar, bodhran and fiddle (and maybe more!) in a Maritime Kitchen Party. Welcome spring with music made for dancing, singing along, and perhaps enjoying a beverage or two. Adults $20, families $40. Tickets available soon. Visit: frederictonbelcanto.wixsite.com/belcan-tosingers
SAINT JOHN CHORALE ANNUAL DESSERT MUSICALE Monday May 14, 7:00 pm St. Mark’s Church, Greendale The Saint John Chorale and Director Spencer Belyea will present their annual Dessert Musi-cale on Monday May 14th, 7:00 pm at St. Mark’s Church, Greendale. The concert will in-clude several spirituals and guest operatic baritone, Paul Bustin. Accompanist will be Lynn Wack, assisted by Stephen Alexander. Follow-ing the concert will be a lovely dessert tea, in-cluded in the price.
FREDERICTON LADIES CHOIR ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT Tuesday May 22, at 7:30 pm St. Dunstan's Church in Fredericton Mark your calendars! Directed by Sally Dib-blee. Ticket information available soon. Visit the Fredericton Ladies Choir at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/76131080305/
CARLETON CHORISTERS: THE POET SINGS Tuesday May 22, 2018, at 7:30 pm Grace Presbyterian Church, Saint John The Carleton Choristers spring concert entitled The Poet Sings will beheld on Tuesday May 22, 2018. 7:30 pm. Grace Presbyterian Church, 101 Coburg St., Saint John NB. Further infor-mation can be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Carleton-Choris-ters-305498916161125
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RIVERSONG JUNE CONCERTS Saturday June 2 at 7:00 pm St Paul's United Church, Riverview Sunday June 3 at 3:00 pm Albert County Museum, Hopewell Cape Save the dates! This spring we'll be offering 2 concert dates and locations. June 2 at 7:00 pm at St Paul's United Church in Riverview, and June 3 at 3:00 pm at the Albert County Muse-um in Hopewell Cape. More information to follow on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/River-songNB/
SAINT JOHN MEN’S CHORUS JUNE CON-CERTS Sunday June 10 (place TBA), Quispamsis Tuesday June 12 Portland Church, Saint John The Saint John Men’s Chorus, under the direc-torship of Kevin Langford and Spencer Belyea, will present two evening spring concerts this year: June 10 in Quispamsis (place TBA), and June 12 in Saint John at Portland Church. The SJMC is happy to welcome back Charles Wil-lett as its Accompanist. The performance will feature an alumnus of the Chorus, Dr. Paul Jones, conducting a set of his own sea shanties.
STEPPING STONE SINGERS PRESENT SALUTE TO BROADWAY Sunday, June 10 7:00 pm Journey Wesleyan Church Freewill offering. Proceeds to providing activi-ties for seniors at the Stepping Stone Centre.
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL NEWS ARTSLINKNB ARTS EDUCATION SURVEY Deadline to participate Thursday, Mar 29 The ArtsLink NB Arts Education Project is a province-wide effort to investigate and advise on access to arts education in the Anglophone K-12 school system. This input form mirrors the questions we asked in a series of “Town Hall” consultations we hosted this March. We’d love your help encouraging broad partic-ipation in this online input form. Send it along to parents, students, teachers, and anyone with insight into arts education you think would like to have a say. We’ll be further surveying all teachers through EECD and with the help of each school districts and their networks. Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and insights. Your feedback is inte-gral to understanding how arts education is accessed within our schools. Survey link available at: Survey Link To find out more about the Arts Education Project please visit: https://www.artslinknb.com/arts-education/
CHOIRS FOR CHANGE ASSOCIATION EAST-ERN HORIZON CHORAL COMPETITION Deadline for submissions: April 27, 2018 2018 Competition Guidelines: This choral writing competition is exclusively for composers from marginalized identities, in an effort to seek social equity in today’s con-temporary choral environment. Entry into the competition is free, and shortlisted finalists will have their works performed and recorded by Eastern Horizon, a project-based, high-level choir. In the final performances, a first place
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and second place winner will be announced and awarded a monetary prize of $750 and $350 respectively (subject to funding availabili-ty). Submission Period: February 20 - April 27 2018, noon AST Eligibility: To be eligible to enter in this competition, you must identify with a community that has been historically and/or traditionally marginalized by the structural injustices of society. A non-com-prehensive list of these communities include: First Nations people, femme folk, women, people of colour, African Canadians, LGBTQ+ people, newcomers, people with disabilities, Acadians, and Métis. Applicants will be re-quired to write a short personal statement ad-dressing the intersections of their identity. Applicants of all skill levels and ages are en-couraged to enter the competition. Submission Requirements: Each composer is limited to making one sub-mission to the competition. There is no fee to enter the competition. Each submission must fit the following criteria:
• Must have been composed between April 2016 and the end of the submission period
• Must not have been performed before
• Voicing for at least SATB up to SSAATTBB
• Be between 3-6 minutes in length For questions or further information please write to us at: [email protected] Or visit Choirs for Change on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/choirsforchange
VANCOUVER BACH CHOIR CHORAL COM-POSITION COMPETITION Deadline for submission: August 31, 2018. The VBC is pleased to announce the inaugural year of a new Choral Composition Competi-tion. The competition was established by a generous private donor to encourage the cre-ation of new choral music by Canadian com-posers and to honour the organization’s history of engaging local and national composers. The competition is open to unpublished com-posers who are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or landed immigrant. If a citizen, you are not required to be currently residing in Canada. There is no age restriction. The winner of the competition will receive:
• A cash prize of $2000 issued after the pre-miere performance.
• A premiere of the work presented at Christ-mas with the Bach Choir on December 2nd, 2018.
• Access to an archival recording of the pre-miere.
Works to be submitted must be unpublished, but do not need to have been composed specifically for this competition. You may only submit one composition per year for consider-ation. If you have any questions, please direct them to [email protected] Complete competition details available at: http://www.vancouverbachchoir.com/competi-tion/
MUSICIANS SOUGHT FOR EXHIBITION OPEN-INGS AT THE UNB ART CENTRE Are you an emerging musician? The UNB Art Centre wants to pay you to play at our exhibi-
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tion openings! Soloists, small groups, and en-sembles are welcome! If you are interested, please contact Marie at [email protected], or call 451-6874.
PODIUM ON THE EDGE 2018: SINGING FROM SEA TO SEA TO SEA Friday June 29 to Tuesday July 3, 2018 Advance Rate Delegate or Presenter (Feb. 2 - Apr.1, 2018) $511.75 ($445 + HST) The new Podium website is launched! www.podiumconference.ca Podium is Choral Canada's national, biennial choral conference and concert festival. It is tra-ditionally co-presented by Choral Canada and one of Canada's provincial choral organiza-tions. View a 4-minute video about the conference on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7TdzPYuSHeA
PODIUM 2018 À L'EXTRÉMITÉ: CHANTONS D'UN OCÉAN À L’AUTRE Du jeudi 29 juin au mardi 3 juillet 2018 Tarif pour inscription anticipée: Délégué ou présentateur (du 2 février au 1er avril 2018) 511,75$ (445$ + TVH) Nouveau site web ! www.podiumconference.ca Tous les deux ans, Canada Choral organise Podium, leur congrès et festival national du monde choral. Ce congrès offre l’occasion de développement professionnel au moyen de cours de maître, de divers ateliers et de séances de lecture pour chefs de choeur, chorales, administrateurs, étudiants et tous ceux qui aiment le chant choral. Une vidéo promotionnel, d'environ 4 minutes, est disponible ici https://youtu.be/67i3l14q2No
NEW BRUNSWICK CHORAL FEDERATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018 The Annual General Meeting of the New Brunswick Choral Federation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 will be held: DATE: Sunday April 15, 2018 TIME: 2:00 PM PLACE: Gibson Memorial United Church 183 Gibson Street Fredericton, NB E3A 4E4 All members of the NBCF, as well as interested members of the public, are invited to attend. For more information please visit: https://nbcfsite.wordpress.com/annual-gener-al-meeting/ The New Brunswick Choral Federation La Fédération des chorales du Nouveau-Brunswick PO Box 714, Station A, Fredericton NB E3B 5B4 (506) 478-2875 [email protected] nbcfsite.wordpress.com Funding for the New Brunswick Choral Federa-tion comes from membership fees, private do-nations, and grants. Programs are funded from the NBCF operating budget and from program registration fees, as well from as grants and donations whenever possible. To donate to the NBCF, visit: http://nbcfsite.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/donations-and-fundraising/ or: http://www.canadahelps.org/dn/10420 The New Brunswick Choral Federation is grate-ful to receive an operating grant from the Arts and Cultural Industries Branch of Tourism, Her-itage and Culture, Province of New Brunswick.
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