by BoutiqueByDesign | Apr 8, 2021 | Music Magic
Zooming Your Way to Excellence By Erica Phare-Bergh | Artistic Director | Voices in Motion While it’s true that COVID has been really tough on choirs, there are some advantages to online singing that we can’t always get during in-person rehearsals. Uniform vowels,...
by BoutiqueByDesign | Aug 26, 2020 | Music Magic
Inside the Conductor’s Head: Why on earth would she choose that song? By Erica Phare-Bergh | Artistic Director | Voices in Motion There are lots of things that I think about when I’m choosing repertoire for our choir – or any choir for that matter. Here are some...
by BoutiqueByDesign | Mar 20, 2020 | Music Magic
Vowels Matter By Erica Phare-Bergh | Artistic Director | Voices in Motion You’ve heard me frequently say in rehearsal: “We want a unified vowel on that.” What do I mean by that? And why so much attention to vowels when we sing? I’ve had you repeat the sentence:...
by BoutiqueByDesign | Feb 18, 2020 | Music Magic
Your Inner Game of Music By Erica Phare-Bergh | Artistic Director | Voices in Motion I just came back from a fabulous choral workshop with Dr. Jim Sparks. I love how he approaches choral music. Why? Because it’s all about the brain and how we think about and...
by BoutiqueByDesign | Jan 14, 2020 | Music Magic
People Who Need People By Erica Phare-Bergh | Artistic Director | Voices in Motion I’m really looking forward to this term’s musical theme: People Who Need People. Why did I choose this theme? I’m an introvert by nature. Yup. It’s true. I function as an extrovert...
by BoutiqueByDesign | Nov 29, 2019 | Music Magic, Our Stories
Music and Me By Erica Phare-Bergh | Artistic Director | Voices in Motion I wanted to go to Mexico so I auditioned to sing with them. The Vanier Chamber Singers were slated to tour Mexico in the spring of 1984. I was 17 years old and this was my first choral...
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