Canary Pages 2013

This fall we begin our 43rd year, under the guidance of our new director, Leanne Piller. Serenata’s repertoire covers a wide range of music, including classical, show tunes, pop, folk, and Canadiana. Rehearsals are Wednesday mornings from September to May at Wilmar Heights Centre, 963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough. Each season crescendos with a pair of concerts in the spring, and we sing out at seniors’ homes in October and March. The choir welcomes new members in every vocal range. An informal, non-threatening voice screening process is performed by our director to properly place voices and maintain our performance standards.

Lois Sullivan
416-223-6885
edsanchez@rocketmail.com
www.serenatasingers.ca

The Society of Singers is a non-auditioned SATB choir that rehearses Wednesdays from 1pm to 3pm at Blythwood Road Church (80 Blythwood Rd.). Under the direction of Peter Ness, we sing a wide repertoire of music ranging from classical and gospel hymns to traditional ballads to show tunes to swing numbers. We perform one or two afternoon concerts per month at Toronto seniors’ residences, where we are always much appreciated. If you love to sing and are looking for a happy, relaxed choir that is still serious about music, you are warmly invited to drop in to any Wednesday rehearsal or to contact us (by email, preferably) for more information.

Cathy
647-202-1800
societysingers@gmail.com
www.societyofsingers.ca

SoundCrowd, Toronto’s first large-scale a cappella ensemble, made its concert debut alongside former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page at the Danforth Music Hall in November of 2016. Under the direction of founder and artistic director Scott Pietrangelo, they have since performed at notable public venues around the GTA (Nathan Phillips Square, Distillery District, Richmond Hill Centre for the Arts), hosted sold-out concerts, created viral YouTube videos, performed surprise pop-up performances around the city (#SoundCrowdSaturday), and travelled to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall with choirs from around the world with Deke Sharon (Pitch Perfect, The Sing Off). They will be seen next at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts on June 2, with special a cappella guests: Cadence, Countermeasure and Retrocity. Tix available at www.soundcrowd.ca.

Scott Pietrangelo
647-970-1397
info@soundcrowd.ca
www.soundcrowd.ca

Spiritus Ensemble is a semi-professional choral-instrumental ensemble of 18 voices plus an orchestra of varying size that performs mainly the liturgical music of J.S. Bach and other liturgically-conceived music. We perform four or five times a season in Kitchener-Waterloo, sometimes in concert and sometimes in a Bach Vespers format. Rehearsals take place on the two or three Saturday mornings preceding each performance. Performances are on Sundays at 4pm. During the 2018/19 season, Spiritus will perform Bach’s Cantatas 117, 140, Magnificat and St Mark Passion; The Temple by Zachary Wadsworth; and music by other composers.

Kenneth Hull
519-579-8335
krhull@uwaterloo.ca
www.spiritusensemble.com

St. Anne’s Anglican Church, with its beautiful setting of Group of Seven art and Byzantine architecture, is one of the most attractive visual and auditory experiences to sing in. The semi-professional chancel choir, made up of approximately 30 voices, is quickly becoming one of the finest and most versatile choral ensembles in the city, as we perform mixed repertoire from Renaissance to modern anthems. Some of our past concerts include Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, Bruckner’s Requiem, John Rutter’s Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, and The Gospel Messiah. All are welcome to audition! Sunday services are at 10:30am, and choir rehearsals are Thursday evenings at 7:30pm.

John-Luke Addison
416-536-3160
music@saintanne.ca
www.saintanne.ca