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Choralairs of North York
The Choralairs are a non-profit 4-part Harmony adult choir who sing a variety of popular songs, jazz standards, Broadway show tunes and folk songs. Co-directed by Peter Ness and Asher Farber, with piano accompaniment, the choir requires no auditions, just... moreThe Choralairs are a non-profit 4-part Harmony adult choir who sing a variety of popular songs, jazz standards, Broadway show tunes and folk songs. Co-directed by Peter Ness and Asher Farber, with piano accompaniment, the choir requires no auditions, just a love of singing and the ability to carry a tune!
We rehearse from September to June on Tuesday evenings in the Bathurst and Finch area. We also perform regularly for seniors at residences in the GTA. All are welcome at our annual public concerts held in June.
President: Yoram Beer 647-709-8927
New Members Coordinators: Elaine Rose 647-692-9213
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Songs from the Southern Harmony
Walker: The Babe of Bethlehem, Humphreys: Exultation, White: The Morning Trumpet - The Waldorf Students Choir, conductor: László Bencze. Recorded on 24. 06. 2011. on The Night of Museums in the Hungarian National Gallery Budapest
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The Lost Sound – Though We Lie Underground (Homegrown Harmony Autumn 2020)
Our last song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this t... moreOur last song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this together with Show of Hands, at their 25thAnniversary concert in The Royal Albert Hall in 2017.
Chris explains the background of ‘Though We Lie Underground’ for us:
I first came across the stories surrounding the curious tradition of West Country miners singing carols underground when listening to a recording of Alan Lomax’s extraordinary live BBC 1957 broadcast “Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year”, a feat of radio genius involving hundreds of performers and groups all over the country, seamlessly brought together for one scintillating hour.
At one point, Lomax described how the miners of Devon and Cornwall would celebrate Christmas underground in an almost pagan fashion: they would select the largest lump of tin ore they could handle, set it up in... less
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Spangles SABS Chorus Contest 2015
Our contest package that won us our third gold medal:
You Don't Know Me
Arranged by Jim Clancy for The Vocal Majority Chorus
Adapted for Women by Jim Clancy
Words & Music by Cindy Walker and Eddie Arnold
The Lady is a Tramp (medley)
He's a Tramp... moreOur contest package that won us our third gold medal:
You Don't Know Me
Arranged by Jim Clancy for The Vocal Majority Chorus
Adapted for Women by Jim Clancy
Words & Music by Cindy Walker and Eddie Arnold
The Lady is a Tramp (medley)
He's a Tramp
Music & lyrics by Jean Schwartz, Samuel Lewis, Joseph Young
The Lady is a Tramp
Music & lyrics: Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke
Arr: Paul Davies