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

New Season, New Music

it’s hard to believe it’s fall already. We’ve had a lovely summer, with warm sunny days, get-togethers with family and friends, or even just watching sunsets late into the evening. Silver Chord had their annual wind-up potluck afternoon, graciously hosted at Stan and Margriet’s home. We sang and danced and…

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Life’s Little Instructions

The little quotations at the top of most pages on our site are from a collection called “Life’s Little Instructions”. It’s a compilation of items from “Life’s Little instruction Book”, by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The book made it to the New York Times best seller list and spawned many…

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We are the Bridge

I didn’t write this and “Richard” isn’t a Silver Chord member, but I like it and thought I’d share. “We Are the Bridge” My name’s Richard. I’m 74. I sometimes think our generation is the bridge between two tworlds — one made of dirt roads and handwritten letters, the other…

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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: and as of this writing…

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Into the swing of spring!

Silver Chord hit the ground running in January. Three shows in two months – and several new songs as well. We lost one rehearsal day at the beginning of February but like the troopers we are, we sang wonderfully in spite of it. More spring shows are on our calendar…

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What an amazing group we have!

We’ve begun work on our Christmas repertoire. We’ve had many requests for new music and for some challenges, so Nigel, our conductor and myself (Stephanie, your accompanist) have obliged with no less than eight new Christmas songs. They range from familiar tunes not often heard to some unique and beautiful…

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