Calgary Children’s Choir Blog
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Math and Science In Music: Harmonics
Music is such a wonderful pursuit for mind and body because it is not just an art form, but combines a myriad of other disciplines, including mathematics, biology, and physics. […]
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Math and Science In Music: Muscle Memory
Music is such a wonderful pursuit for mind and body because it is not just an art form, but combines a myriad of other disciplines, including mathematics, biology, and physics. […]
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Math and Science In Music – Sound Waves
Music is such a wonderful pursuit for mind and body because it is not just an art form, but combines a myriad of other disciplines, including mathematics, biology, and physics. […]
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Math and Science in Music – Time Signatures
Music is such a wonderful pursuit for mind and body because it is not just an art form, but combines a myriad of other disciplines, including mathematics, biology, and physics. […]
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3 Ways In Which Singing Makes You More Independent
Here are three ways in which singing can make you more independent: #1. Uncertainty: Because of the transitive nature of music, and performance, musicians must become comfortable with uncertainty. A […]
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Joy In Singing
Singing has been shown to be beneficial in various ways; it improves breathing, circulation, enhances cognitive abilities, and lowers stress levels. But one of the best outcomes of singing, and […]
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The Value of Singing With Different Ages
There are many reasons why it is valuable to sing with others, but it is especially beneficial to sing with others of different ages. Here are three reasons why: #1. […]
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Choir Camp 2015 Roundup!
This past weekend we were very excited to be out in Bragg Creek, on our annual retreat to choir camp! Camp is a great opportunity for our choristers to get […]
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Welcome to our 2015-2016 Singing Season!
Welcome to another wonderful, musical year with the CCC! We have an exciting year lined up, with some new changes in place as our program grows and changes: – The […]
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Ottawa Tour 2015 – Day 5!
Today we started with the doors to the breakfast hall being locked, so after some confusion and some well placed phone calls by Heather Fradette we got our morning meal […]
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Ottawa Tour 2015 Day 3!
Today was a very full day, rehearsing en masse with the mind-bogglingly energetic and musically brilliant Dr Sirett. We were especially 8:30 in the morning when the rehearsal started, or […]
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Ottawa Tour 2015 Day 4!
We started the day bright and early with an 8:30 rehearsal with Dr. Sirett, tired and groggy from “the grog”, the music woke us up. After a lunch on […]
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Ottawa Tour 2015 – Day 2!
Today was a very eventful day. We went to the Museum Of Canadian History, the mall and had our first mass rehearsal for Unisong! We woke up quite early to […]
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Ottawa 2015 Tour – Day 1
What a day! Starting off bright and early, we met at the Calgary airport at 8:10 am. We took off right before noon. The flight was a little bumpy, but […]
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Spring Concert 2015 Roundup!
On Sunday, May 24th, in the afternoon, we had our final concert of the year; Madrigals and More, featuring the HeeBee-jeebees, and the Edmonton Young Voices choir. The Rozsa Centre […]
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Introduction To Madrigals
Our upcoming Spring Concert on May 24th, 2015 is called Madrigals and More, and unsurprisingly, will feature a type of music known as madrigals! Madrigals are a type of music […]
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Ottawa 2015 Tour Shirts!
The Calgary Children’s Choir is very lucky to have a wonderful artist as part of our staff. Our Creative Consultant, Kat Long-Jones, recently created three new t-shirt designs for the […]
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Singing and Sports
As our Calgary Flames play in the second round of the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, it seemed like a great time to write a post about two distinct aspects of our […]
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Online Registration!
Introducing Online Registration! What: Online Registration will enable you to register your child for the 2015-2016 season via our website. Our online registration system gives two payment options. The […]
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Vulnerability In Singing
Music strikes an interesting balance between being an art form and a discipline. It is a difficult process to learn the intricacies of music; understanding the mathematical principles behind music […]
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Multiple Parts VS Unison
There are many different ways to sing as part of an ensemble, as we discussed in our blog post A Brief History of Choral Music. When people sing the same […]
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A Brief History Of Choral Music
People have been singing together for as long as we have kept recorded history. The history of Western choral music as we know it today had its origins in sacred […]
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4 Ways In Which Singing In A Choir Increases Your Confidence
Musicians often have a healthy dose of confidence. It comes from the self-discipline, self-awareness, and sheer amount of practice that is a part of the process of learning music. Here […]
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The Value Of Not Performing
The Calgary Children’s Choir has three major performances a year; our Christmas concert, our Folk Concert, and our Spring concert. Sometimes we’ll have other singing engagements sprinkled in as well. […]