Zooming Your Way to Excellence

Zooming Your Way to Excellence

by | 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,...
Vowels Matter

Vowels Matter

by | 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:...
Your Inner Game of Music

Your Inner Game of Music

by | 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...
People Who Need People

People Who Need People

by | 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...
Music and Me

Music and Me

by | 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...