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

What a busy season it’s been

Silver Chord has had a pretty full season in spring 2025. We owe a great deal of thanks to our two booking coordinators, Sharon and Colette, who contacted a great many places we’ve sung before and got us on their schedules. Since December, we’ve sung:

  • at Seniors’ Village in Maple Ridge
  • with the Preschoolers at the PoCo Community Centre (what a delightful event!)
  • at the Glen Pine Variety Winter Showcase (where we always bring the house down)
  • for a farewell concert for Lil Cumberbirch, the retiring music director at Glen Pine
  • at the Madison Care Centre
  • Willow Manor in Maple Ridge
  • Creekside Day Centre in Maple Ridge (twice!)
  • the George Derby Centre in Burnaby
  • Shaughnessy Care Home (just down the road from where we practise)
  • the Lakeshore Care Centre near Como Lake in Coquitlam
  • Parkwood Manor in Coquitlam

and as of this writing we STILL have four more shows to go in June! Not only that, we’re already making plans for the fall and winter of 2025!

Never let it be said that seniors just sit around all day!

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