Sing at Brock!

Summer Choral Workshop
Refresh your choral skills & connect with others

Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024 | 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Start off the year with a comprehensive full-day workshop designed for community conductors and music teachers. Explore effective strategies for building choral sound and nurturing community spirit through creative rehearsal techniques, supportive conducting gestures, and thoughtful repertoire selection practices.
FEE – $75 (includes lunch and refreshments). Registration is now open through Brock University Tickets.

Winter Conductor Retreat
Revitalize your conducting gestures & explore rehearsal techniques

Friday, Jan. 17 – Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025 (Beginning on Friday at 7 p.m. until Sunday at 3 p.m.)

Enjoy a mid-season boost of choral learning and reflection through informal conducting masterclasses and group discussions. The Avanti Chamber Singers will form part of the ensemble and retreat attendees will be welcomed to experiment with their conducting gestures and rehearsal skills in a supportive environment.
FEE – $175 (includes Saturday & Sunday lunch and refreshments). Registration opens Aug. 15, 2024.

Spring Sing!
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Please stay tuned for details.

For more information please contact Rachel Rensink-Hoff at rrensinkhoff@brocku.ca

CHOIR AUDITION INFORMATION 2023

Choir Rehearsal Times

 UNIVERSITY CHOIR 

Mondays & Thursdays 2:30-3:50 p.m.

Audition Information

THE AUDITION WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 

Singing of Silent Noon Link to sheet music.

Sight-singing of two short melodies

Clapping a rhythmic excerpt

Sing-backs of several melodies played for you

A short discussion about your musical background and experience

*Please arrive at your audition early to complete an audition form. Auditions are held in MWS 208 (downtown).

Important Information

All students are welcome to register in choir as a course (but are not required to do so). Permission to register for non-music students will be given after a successful audition (music students can register prior to auditions). 

ALL SINGERS accepted into the choir are expected to attend all rehearsals and performances throughout the year (whether or not you are taking the course for credit). Dates for the entire year will be provided at the beginning of the term. 

Rehearsals begin the week of September 11.

For More Information

For more information, please contact:

Department of Music Office

Room: MWS 228

Phone: 905 688 5550 x3817

Email: music@brocku.ca

Special Events

SHARED PERSPECTIVES

LIVE TALKS FEATURING GUEST CONDUCTORS, COMPOSERS, AND VOCAL CHORAL SPECIALISTS

BROCK UNIVERSITY CHORAL ACTIVITIES
Online Workshop & Interview Series 2021-2022

Hosted by Rachel Rensink-Hoff

Email sing@brocku.ca to register

Diana Saez | Monday Oct. 25, 3:30 p.m.
Choral Music Inspired by Traditional Songs from Latin America

Sarah Quartel | Tuesday, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m.
A Conversation with Composer Sarah Quartel

Jace Saplan | Friday, Nov. 5, 2:30 p.m.
E Hīmeni Kākou: The Place of Communal Singing in Actionable Equity

Andrew Withington | Tuesday, Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Communal Tuning: Singing Together As One

Santiago Veros | Thursday, Jan. 27, 7:00 p.m.
Choral Music: A Collective Creation

Shireen Abu-Khader | Tuesday, Feb. 1, 8:00 p.m.
Performing Levantine Choral Repertoire

Carmen Braden | Monday, March 7, 2:30 p.m.
Songwriting to Symphonies and Back Again

www.brocku.ca/music

Shared Perspectives is generously supported by the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation of Brock University (Teaching and Learning Innovation Grant-Experiential Education Stream) and the Walker Cultural Leaders program of the MIWSFPA.

We invite you to view the workshops below. For more presentations in this virtual series, please visit our MIWSFPA YouTube channel.