Singsation Saturday: January 15th Choral Workshop

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC) presents Singsation Saturdays, choral workshops where anyone who loves to sing is invited to join with noted local conductors, TMC choristers and other singers to sing a variety of works from the choral repertoire. Musical scores are available for singers to borrow during the workshop.  During the 2009-10 season, between 70 and 100 singers from across Toronto joined their voices together at each Singsation event.

Saturday, January 15, 2011: Works by Toronto composers with Guest Conductor Shawn Grenke
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Cameron Hall, 1585 Yonge Street; 10:30 am – 1 pm. Participants can register at the workshop.
This Singsation is an all-Toronto affair. Participants will sing from compositions by three noted contemporary Toronto choral composers: Ruth Watson Henderson, Eleanor Daley and Lydia Adams.  Singers will be led by Shawn Grenke, Director of Music at All Saints' Kingsway Anglican Church in Toronto.  Shawn is also the accompanist of the Amadeus Choir of Toronto and the assistant conductor/accompanist of the Hamilton Children's Choir.

Ruth Watson Henderson and Eleanor Daley’s compositions and commissions have been performed to acclaim by choirs in Canada and the United States.  Lydia Adams is well known as the conductor of the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Amadeus Choir of Toronto and as an arranger, particularly of maritime folk songs.

Time: Saturday, January 15 from 10:30 am – 1 pm

Location: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Cameron Hall, 1585 Yonge St.

Price:  $10 – includes refreshments

Participants can register at the workshop.

For more information call TMC at 416-598-0422, ext 24 or check out the TMC website at www.tmchoir.org

The next Singsation Saturday will take place on February 12 when guest conductor Kelly Galbraith conducts works by Fauré and Lauridsen.