Rehearsal notes January 27 2026

Hi Everyone,  No rehearsal this evening. Our choir executive has been hard at work sending emails and texts, and making phone calls. THANK YOU! We received reports from a number of singers about bad roads in their areas, from a number of communities within HRM. Better to play it safe.  Lori scottlorij@gmail.com has been keeping track of your […]

Rehearsal notes January 20 2026

Hello choir,  Here are a few music notes to keep you on track with your at-home practice this week:  Cantique de Jean Racine – we focused on m.40-end – please use practice recordings to review the notes for this section at home – we’re going for long, legato lines I have added links to rehearsal aid […]

Rehearsal notes January 13 2026

Hello Singers,   Thank you for your hard work in rehearsal yesterday. I know it’s an awful lot of talking and teaching at the beginning of the term, but as we move through, there is more and more singing. At least that’s the goal!   Sending along a few rehearsal notes to help with your […]

Upcoming Concert – Winter 2025

EnChor East Singers successfully staved off a wintry Sunday afternoon with our concert, “Whatever the Weather, We’ll Sing Together!” We welcomed the Halifax Newcomer Choir and the Halifax Ukrainian Children’s Choir, who both impressed us with their beautiful contributions to the concert. See below for video and audio highlights.    

Concert News

December 2nd – combined rehearsal with Ukrainian Children’s Chorus and Newcomer Choir December 5th – EnChor East dress rehearsal December 7th – concert

Music reminders from Krista & seating chart – April 2023

Hello singers, If you haven’t already, please take some time to review your scores today, while Tuesday’s progress is still fresh in your mind. Hopefully you remember that we took a different approach to our warm-up, focusing much more on listening and vowel sound/shape than actual vocal production. It worked! Tuning and balance was MUCH […]

Notes from Krista – October 5 2022

I don’t know about you, but I left last night’s rehearsal feeling like we are making real progress on the new Mendelssohn piece. Perhaps you also had your line going through your head as you were trying to fall asleep? It has so much intensity for a piece with text that reminds us to be […]