Emily Carr Chorus

Emily Carr Chorus is a welcoming space, open to all voices and all levels of experience. We meet every Monday from 4:30-6:00pm in the Student Union room. We begin each session with a gentle vocal warm up, then move into learning new songs or revisiting songs we've learned, and we end the session with vocal toning or chanting…like a warm sound bath…good for the soul…good for the nervous system. Snacks and tea are provided.

Science has proven that singing together has beneficial health outcomes: singing opens and enhances our lungs' capacity, it relieves stress and tension, it improves memory! Singing in harmony with other voices is a powerful and joyful way to find connection and to feel in resonance with one another. Singing allows us to express ourselves and boost self-confidence. In short…singing is good for us!

Emily Carr Chorus is led by Sharon Bayly, a singer/song leader and shop technician in the 4th floor Stretchers + Surfaces wood shop at Emily Carr. Sharon has been singing in choirs for over 30 years, and since 2017 has been a song leader with various community choirs: Local Vocals (dir. Anna Baignoche) / Accapellaboratory (dir. Patti Powell) / Rhythm’n’Roots (dir. Karla Mundy). Sharon initiated Singing in the Stairwell at ECU in 2018 and then joined forces with Jane Slemon and Joy Onj in 2022 to co-lead Emily Sings in the Stairwell. She is currently delighted to lead Emily Carr Chorus and hopes it will support and uplift the ECU community in voice, spirit and song!

No previous singing experience necessary. If you can talk, you can sing!

Come out and humm, moan, drone, croon, trill, purr, whisper and warble with us!

WHEN

Every Monday

4:30-6:00pm

Jan 20 - April 14, 2025

LOCATION

On Campus

Room B2190 – Student Union Room across from the cafeteria

520 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC

CONTACT

Sharon Bayly / sbayly@ecuad.ca

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