• Watch your director.
    Sing with confidence, not just volume.
    Not too loud, not too soft! Blend with the choir.
    Open your mouth to sing!
    Arrive early to a show.
    Smile when you sing!
    Stay home when you’re sick.
    Follow your director.
    Count the rests - all of them!
    Check your posture - face forward, not straining up or down.
    Keep hydrated. Room-temperature water is best.
    Learn your range and your change.
    Eat healthy. Not too much, not too little.
    Short syllables add punch. Long syllables add smoothness.
    When the song ends, END IT. Watch for the cutoff.
    Silence your phone!
    Keep your music in order.
    Practise your music - any time, anywhere!
    Learn some music terms.
    Read the Tips for Singers pages - lots of good info there!
    Listen to your neighbours, not just yourself.
    Engage your audience.
    Turn your pages early.

About Us

The Silver Chord Choir is the community seniors’ choir in the City of Port Coquitlam. It was started in 1968 as a fun way for seniors who enjoy singing to get together, make music and above all, have fun doing it. Now, 58 years later, we have almost forty members, most of whom turn out to regular rehearsals and performances. Our members range from 50 to over 90 years old!

We meet every Monday (except statutory holidays) to practise and twice monthly we go out to various seniors’ care facilities to sing out and share our love of music with them.

We’re a non-auditioned choir; no musical expertise is expected, just a love of singing and a willingness to participate. If you’d like more information, please use our contact form.

You must be a member in good standing of the Wilson Centre (more info here). There’s also a choir membership fee.Choir membership is $24 from September to December plus $24 from January to June, payable by the end of October.

The Silver Chord Choir is honoured to live, work and entertain on the kʷikʷəƛ ̓ əm (kwee-KWET-lum) traditional and ancestral lands, including the Coast Salish, Kwantlen, Whonnock and Katzie people.

 

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