General Meetings
General meetings are held in the spring and fall of the year.
All members, prospective members and interested guests are welcome.
Chapter business is discussed at these meetings, and elections are held
at the spring meeting. The meetings conclude with a workshop or recital
presented by one of our members or their students. Recent events have
included workshops on the Alexander Technique, musical theatre, French
diction, popular song styles, preparing operatic roles, and breathing
techniques.
The Annual
General meeting will be held Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Vancouver Community of Christ Church.
Please contact Craig Tompkins for more details.
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These
workshops and masterclasses are generally one day events geared to
specific subject matter. Recently the Vancouver Chapter has presented
workshops on Lyric Diction and a masterclass with tenor Perry Price.
Songfest 2008 , the
Chapter's annual competitive festival, was held on March 8.
This year a new scholarship was added for the most promising male singer 17 years and under.
June 1 2008 Vancouver
Chapter Annual General Meeting at Vancouver Community of Christ Church
For more information please contact Craig Tompkins.
Regional Workshops
These
larger events are held over a weekend, hosted by different chapters
throughout the region. Recently, the Vancouver chapter has hosted
workshops with Carol Webber, Marvin Keenze and Bernard Turgeon.
Most recently the Vancouver Chapter hosted the Northwest Regional Conference:
Teaching in the 21st Century: Science and Art with Scott McCoy (Vocology), Gwen Leonard (women teaching men) and Elizabeth Brodovitch (French lyric diction).
September 14 - 16, 2007, Vancouver Community College, King Edward Campus
Competitions
Songfest,
our annual adjudicated spring festival offers cash prizes to students
for performance in all categories, as well as valuable "hands-on"
master-class experience with highly respected clinicians. Songfest 2008 was held on March 8 at the Vancouver
Community of Christ Church, 3333 Kaslo Street, Vancouver. For more information contact Bette Cosar
Recitals
Afternoon
of Song. A recital series for more experienced performers is held in
various locations throughout the lower mainland several times each
year. For more information, please contact Lorraine Reinhardt,
the recital co-ordinator.
Other recitals
and master classes are periodically held at the different universities,
colleges and music schools throughout the area. Please contact the
individual institution for more information: