Welcome to
Hamilton Sings! Community Choir
We are a non-audition, mixed-voice choir for adults and older youth. Our members may be new to singing or to choirs, or they may bring lots of musical experience. Everyone wants a fun and friendly place to make music together.
There is no audition! Choir membership includes healthy, functional voice coaching, and musical skills development.
Saturday Choir
Saturday’s Choral Connections
Sue Crowe Connolly and Hanna Bech Mathieson have prepared an autumn 2020 season of song, delivered to your home and desktop through Zoom technology. Though temporarily absent from our traditional rehearsal space of the Hamilton Boys and Girls Club, we’re delighted to take a virtual and vital place in your living room.
Some highlights of our 2020 autumn program:
- Real connections with your music-loving friends
- Focus on musical skill building at your own pace
- Explore various musical traditions such as Quebec music history & culture
- Dynamic instruction includes possible workshops led by local and international artists
- Member access to instructional materials includes voice files and sheet music
Rehearsals commence on Saturday September 12th at 10:00 am and continue until Saturday December 5th. As usual, the first rehearsal is open to all interested individuals, after which registration will be closed to members only.
Saturday Choir
Saturday Choir
Normally, our rehearsals for the Saturday choir are on Saturday mornings from 9:45 AM – 12:15 PM, with two sessions each year. Rehearsals take place at Sherman Boys and Girls Club (formerly St. Peter’s HARRRP), 705 Main St. E., Hamilton, Ontario. Our music leaders are Sue Crowe Connolly and Hanna Bech Mathieson.
All of the following are subject to change, as regulations and health guidelines change:
- No musical experience is required.
- Our Autumn session for the Saturday choir is planned to begin on a Saturday in September, from 9:45 AM – 12:15 PM, and will continue weekly through to the first week of December, 2020.
- Our first rehearsal in September, 2020 will be open for everyone to try out the choir experience.
- We will then close registration for this Fall session.
Saturday Choir
Saturday Choir
Rehearsals for the regular Saturday choir are on Saturday mornings from 9:45 AM – 12:15 PM, with two sessions each year. Rehearsals take place at Sherman Boys and Girls Club (formerly St. Peter’s HARRRP), 705 Main St. E., Hamilton, Ontario. Our music leaders are Sue Crowe Connolly and Hanna Bech Mathieson.
- No musical experience is required.
- Our Winter session for the Saturday choir began on Saturday, January 11th 2020, from 9:45 AM – 12:15 PM.
- Our first three rehearsals on Saturday, January 11th , 18th, and 25th were open for everyone to try out the choir experience.
- On Saturday, January 25th at 12:00 midnight, we closed registration for this Winter session.
- Rehearsals then continue weekly through to May 24th, 2020.
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- Ballad of Sam Lawrence
- YouTube video
- Butterfly
- Bass part heard with tenor, alto and soprano accompaniment
- Call My Name
- YouTube video
- Carry On
- Soprano, alto, tenor & bass
- Concert recording: 2015
- Let Me Go
- Soprano, alto
- Tenor chorus, bass chorus
- Tenor & bass verses 2,3,4
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- Melody
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- Verse 2 & chorus: soprano, alto, tenor, & bass
- Me Too
- Soundcloud recording
- Soprano & bass
- Alto & bass
- Tenor & bass
- People Can Change
- YouTube Video
- Verses & chorus: soprano, alto, tenor, & bass
- The Colour
- Link to Facebook video
- Viva la Musica
- Concert recording: 2015
- Watching the Apples Grow
- Stan Rogers recording
Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 30, 2020
now on the site
For Choir Members
sound files, lyrics, sheet music, even some video
Choral Connections
Fall 2020
New session material arrives weekly…
- Viva la Musica Michael Praetorius
- May You See Diamonds Alison Burns
- God Bless the Grass Malvina Reynolds
- Butterfly (melody review in Eb) Hanna Bech
- Amavolovolo
- Falling Hanna Bech
- Watching the Apples Grow Stan Rogers
Hamilton Sings welcomes its newest sponsor!
Our home, the Sherman Boys and Girls Club, is closed for the forseeable future. So we cannot rehearse there again until circumstances change.
On Saturday mornings from September to December, Hanna and Sue lead choir members in the Choral Connections sessions, with warmups, a sing-along, and some new music.
The Musical Home of our Saturday Choir
Sherman Boys and Girls Club
(formerly St. Peter’s HARRRP)
705 Main St E, Hamilton
Hamilton Sings! spring concert, “Songs of Canada at 150 Plus” took place at Christ’s Church Cathedral, James St N. in Hamilton. This selection, Dave Gould’s “Starlight Tours”, was performed by Dave, accompanied by the choir and Stephen Fuller on violin.
Questions About December 5
Hey Dear Singers We’re nearing the conclusion of this term and we’ve got questions for you: Would you like to sing some seasonal tunes on our end of term session December 5th? – that’s a week from tomorrow if you can believe how time flies!
Whoa man, I’m full!
Hey Singers Well, we’ve all got something to look forward to at our Choral Connection November 21st, Covid-19 year 2020. Forced to be apart for the greater good, we get to come together
An Addiction
Dear Songsters I have a confession to make – I’m a harmony junkie. Yes, it’s true. And I got a fix this past Saturday when I heard Sue sing the other 3 parts of Tula while I stuck with the Soprano II part that I know fairly well. Harmony resonated in my bones
The Link Remains the Same
Greetings Fellow Choristers Take note that the zoom link to our Saturday Choral Connection now remains the same for every meeting. If you cannot find the link that morning, you can reach out for some help at hamiltonsings@gmail.com no later than 9:30 am
Creepy Choristers
Creepy Choristers In our ghostly past last Saturday, we ran through some warm ups, Rise up Old Flame, Tula, Lilly’s Fair, Fire in Your Heart, and Falling. Nice to see Hanna back in the saddle, err, I mean back at her piano again.
Hamilton Sings Update: BLUEBERRY ALERT!
Hey Music-makers, I’ve spent the last month traveling in a camper van, so my comfortable bed and your splendid company are a warm welcome back. Though Covid-19 is cramping our style,