Children and youth from Grade 2 to 12 are invited to join the Young Sudbury Singers as they begin the second half of their 2023-24 season.
Participants can expect to sing, laugh and learn a wide variety of music in a safe and supportive environment that will foster a lifelong love of singing.
The Young Sudbury Singers offer two choirs that families can choose from:
The Junior Choir (for Grades 2 to 4) will rehearse on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 pm. Co-director Colette Nadeau conducts the school band and choir at R. L. Beattie PS and serves as Executive Director for the Northern Ontario Music Festival. Co-director Jessie Lloyd is a professional singer who teaches music at Monetville Public School and is a private vocal instructor at Bayside Music in Sudbury.
The Senior Choir (Grade 5 and up) will rehearse on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Senior Choir director Heather Charsley teaches music and the arts at C. R. Judd Public School and serves as the director of music at St. Alban the Martyr Church.
Registration Night for both choirs will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Sudbury Secondary School, 154 College Street in downtown Sudbury, from 6 to 7 p.m. Weekly Wednesday evening rehearsals will be held at the school until early May (excluding school holidays).
The choir has several exciting activities and performances planned, including:
- Singing the national anthem at a Sudbury Five basketball game in February
- Performing in the Sudbury Music Festival in early April
- Our year-end concert in late April, and
- Producing a music video (see website for previous examples)
More information about plans for the 2023-24 season is available at www.youngsudburysingers.ca.
Decisions about public performances will be finalized as the season progresses.
The Young Sudbury Singers have kept registration fees low so that the choir remains accessible to all youth in the community. Fees for the Winter/Spring term are $150 for the Senior Choir and $125 for the Junior Choir. Uniform shirts for new singers cost $25. (The shirts are a mandatory one-time purchase for new choir members.)
Discounts are available for families with two or more singers. Families may also apply to the Sponsorship Fund to partially subsidize their fees.
To complete an online registration form, visit the website at www.youngsudburysingers.ca. For more information, contact Ralph McIntosh at 705-662-0115 or [email protected].
