Chorum Cathrie Yuen

Cathrie interviews two recent music graduates, Colin Jamieson (clarinetist) and Andrew Whiteside (pianist), who actively participate in choral singing. They are going to share details about how singing in choir has improved their musicality as instrumentalists.

Have you ever wondered how you can incorporate different art forms into your choir performance?

In our next episode, Dave Seeram, Editor-in-Chief of PhotographyBB is going to share his experience in collaborating with a virtual choir performance. He will also give us some useful tips on enhancing your visual images.

Virtual choirs have become the new trend in the choral world recently. In this episode, I interview Elise Naccarato, an Ontario based conductor, who produced an amazing virtual choir project with her choir, Myriad. Whether you are a fan of virtual choir or not, we hope this discussion will provide you with some new insights.

Caleb Woo, a well accomplished singer, voice teacher and choral conductor from Hong Kong, is going to address some common vocal concerns in choral singing.

No matter which part of the world you are in, everyone is under the influence of COVID-19. Anna-Marie Ryan and Chloe Thiessen share their experience of how they are impacted by the outbreak of the virus in the past few days as musicians. More importantly, how we can face this crisis in a positive way and support each other in the choral community. Link to the Canadian Chamber Choir album: https://canadianchamberchoir.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-of-life-and-landscape

In episode 3, Dr. David Squires will introduce his new choral-orchestral work, Garden: a sacred oratorio. He will share about how he came up with the idea for the oratorio; the way he put together the text; and some of the musical elements hidden in the piece.

For more information about the premiere, please visit the link below.
https://facebook.com/events/s/gardens-a-sacred-oratorio/1042948519401518/?ti=icl