Click here to hear the virtual choir performance of Hearth and Fire, written by Gordon Bok, arranged by Willi Zwozdesky, presented by participants in our Keeping Calm and Singing On project. Sixty-six singers represented 14 Nanaimo Sings! choirs in the project. The second performance (Island Oohlahey, written by Rick Scott and Valley Hennell, arranged by Nico Rhodes) will be released soon.
The Nanaimo Sings!Choral Festival Society is committed to promoting choral singing in our city and to presenting quality choral events. We believe that choral music is soul-satisfying because it creates a connection to something larger than oneself. John Rutter, renowned choral conductor, composer, editor, arranger and record producer, maintains that as a member of a choir, “somehow you leave your troubles of the day... you walk away renewed".
Choral music is what Nanaimo Sings! stands for. It is what we do both individually and collectively. Working together, we celebrate community through song! Check out this video of John Rutter talking about The Importance of Choir. He says it so well.
And if you need further evidence of the value of singing to your overall well being, take a look at the article by Stacy Horn entitled Singing Changes Your Brain.
