Please note that due to Calgary Board of Education Teachers’ Convention, regular rehearsals for Thursday, February 13 have been canceled. We look forward to seeing you at rehearsal on Thursday, February 20th and again at our Saturday Workshop on February 22nd.

We are excited to have both the Junior and Senior Choirs perform at “The Edward” on Thursday, May 1 from 7:00 PM to 8 PM.  The Seniors were so well received at our Christmas performance and we know the audience will enjoy having both of our choirs perform on this occasion as we celebrate Spring.

Viewing and performance space at The Edward is very limited so it would be preferable for you to drop off your chorister(s) at 6:30 and return to pick them up at 8:00 PM. We look forward to another remarkable performance by our amazingly talented choirs.

Our Winter Workshop will be held at Scarboro United Church on Saturday, February 22nd for both the Junior Choir and Senior Choir from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

We accomplish a great deal at these workshops so attendance is strongly requested.  We look forward to seeing everyone as we work towards perfecting our repertoire.  Rumour has it that donuts “might” be served.

Congratulations go out to Westside Concert Choir’s choral director, Heather Nail, who was recently applauded and advertised on the Alberta Orff Canada, Alberta Chapter, Music for Children site.  She has been invited to teach a choral workshop for them on February  1, 2024.

We are so very proud of her work with The Westside Concert Choir, and,  it is clear that she is recognized well beyond our domain.    Below are the glowing remarks that invite choral music directors throughout the province to attend her workshop.

Say hello to this ray of sunshine: Heather Nail!

We are so excited to welcome Heather back to Edmonton for our February 1 workshop, Sing Say Move Play- Bring the Joy Everyday!

If you haven’t experienced the magic that is Heather before, be prepared for a workshop full of whimsical, fun, and top-notch activities that are sure to engage your students. She comes with years of musical experience and is also currently serving as the President of Carl Orff Canada.

Can’t wait until February? You can get some musical snippets and ideas from her Instagram account: @mrs_nail_music . Give her a follow! 

We are very excited to announce that Elizabeth DiMarino, director of Westside Concert Choir, Senior Division,  received the 2024 YYCMA’s Music Educator of the Year Award.  This award recognizes music educators (kindergarten through college, public and private schools or community ensembles) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to improving music education in the schools and the Calgary community at large.This is indeed a huge honour, and so well deserved.  We are so proud of her and the work that she does with our choristers.  She is indeed an amazing young woman!