A new season of singing has begun at Echo, but it’s not too late to join us!
Want to sing and make friends? Echo might be the perfect fit for you! If you’re a woman in Toronto, you’re invited to come try us out. Join us for an open rehearsal is Jan 28, at Church of the Holy Trinity (an accessible space) from 7 – 9pm 19 Trinity Square by the Eaton Centre (Dundas Subway) Enter through south accessible doors. $5 evening parking under Bell Trinity Square, entrance on the east side of Bay, north of Queen.
A new season of singing has begun at Echo, but it’s not too late to join us!
Want to sing and make friends? Echo might be the perfect fit for you! If you’re a woman in Toronto, you’re invited to come try us out. Join us for an open rehearsal is Jan 28, at Church of the Holy Trinity (an accessible space) from 7 – 9pm 19 Trinity Square by the Eaton Centre (Dundas Subway) Enter through south accessible doors. $5 evening parking under Bell Trinity Square, entrance on the east side of Bay, north of Queen.
(Photo: Echo sings backing vocals at the Toronto Jazz Festival in 2019, for the luminous Amanda Martinez. Pic: Tom Ros.)
Echo Spring Season Details!
Join us for a season of singing with Echo on Tuesday January 14, 7-9pm 2025 at Holy Trinity Church MAP & Directions 19 Trinity Square, Toronto at Dundas Subway, beside the Eaton Centre. (accessible south/side door) $5 evening parking under Bell Trinity Square, entrance on the east side of Bay, north of Queen.
Rehearsals are on Tuesdays and the occasional Saturday. See season schedule bottom. Activities include an open rehearsal/welcome tea (Jan. 28), orientation for new members, sectionals, break-end singing, a workshop, May concert and singing at grassroots community events throughout the year!
Echo established in 1991 is a group of harmonizing women of all ages and from all backgrounds directed by Alan Gasser and Katie White. We are non-auditioned. The ability to read music is helpful but not required. We are accessible to all through both sliding scale membership fees and concert tickets.
What we sing: traditional folk songs from around the world, original Canadian compositions, diverse spiritual music, socially conscious music about women, peace, environmental justice with musical excellence and passionate expression.
Season Fees are $200. (Jan. – May.) echotransfer3@gmail.com automated (please note spring dues) We strive to make singing accessible for everyone. Echo has a sliding scale policy. We also accepts donations through CanadaHelps
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ChocoSol & Echo Fundraiser year-round! Support Echo and enjoy the food of the Gods!
This is a new initiative that will be available year-round! When you order coffee and chocolate from ChocoSol Traders:You get a 15% discount from the retail price Echo gets 15% of all sales More details Here
Our fall season begins on January 14, 2025 at Holy Trinity Church, by the Eaton Centre, accessible south doors. 19 Trinity Square, Dundas Subway StationMap
Now in our 34th year, Echo is a community choir open to all women who can make the rehearsal commitment. Echo loves singing folk music from around the world, celebrating all the cultural traditions that are alive and vibrant in our city. We are social-justice oriented, audition-free, and anyone can join!
Rehearsals will be on Tuesdays and the occasional Saturday. We’ll have a workshop, open rehearsal, orientation for new members, sectionals, break-end singing and more!
Season Fees are $200. (Jan. – May Spring Concert) We strive to make singing accessible for everyone. Echo has a sliding scale policy.
Join us for a season of singing with Echo on Tuesday January 14, 7-9pm 2025 at Holy Trinity Church MAP & Directions 19 Trinity Square, Toronto at Dundas Subway, beside the Eaton Centre. (accessible south/side door) $5 evening parking under Bell Trinity Square, entrance on the east side of Bay, north of Queen.
Rehearsals are on Tuesdays and the occasional Saturday. See season schedule bottom. Activities include an open rehearsal/welcome tea (Jan. 28), orientation for new members, sectionals, break-end singing, a workshop, May concert and singing at grassroots community events throughout the year!
Echo established in 1991 is a group of harmonizing women of all ages and from all backgrounds directed by Alan Gasser and Katie White. We are non-auditioned. The ability to read music is helpful but not required. We are accessible to all through both sliding scale membership fees and concert tickets.
What we sing: traditional folk songs from around the world, original Canadian compositions, diverse spiritual music, socially conscious music about women, peace, environmental justice with musical excellence and passionate expression.
Season Fees are $200. (Jan. – May.) echotransfer3@gmail.com automated (please note spring dues) We strive to make singing accessible for everyone. Echo has a sliding scale policy. We also accepts donations through CanadaHelps
Join us Sunday, December 8, 7:30pm at Holy Trinity Church MAP 19 Trinity Square (Dundas Subway, beside the Eaton Centre, main doors & accessible-south door)
Tickets: $30 Adult, $20 Seniors, Children, PWYC Purchase here or cash at the door.
Echo Women’s Choir, invites you and your loved ones to a celebration of community through harmony. We raise our voices in hope, to bring resilience to a troubled world. We’ll have refreshments and raffle baskets. Bring some cash!
Special Guest Emma So Whitla is a translator, performer, caregiver, language lover, mender, and settler on the land known colonially as Toronto. She works collaboratively, especially in community striving toward right relations with the land and each other. Emma speaks and writes with high proficiency in Spanish and English. She’s worked with Northern Harmony, Danza Espiral, Free Flow Dance Theatre, Máchari, Guetcha Guaritcha, Confluence Concerts, and has taught and performed internationally. She sings with vocal quartet Harmonious Accord, and loves to craft and contribute to the Gift Economy. For more about her see emmaso.ca
Echo, Peace by Chocolate Fall Fundraiser 2024, Thank you for your support! Orders are now closed. We’ll let you know when they’re ready for pick upin early December and the East and West End locations.
Hello Echo Friends, Echo is proud to be partnering again with Peace by Chocolate, a company founded by a Syrian family, whose chocolate business in their homeland was destroyed by war. When they settled in Antigonish, Nova Scotia as refugees they rebuilt their chocolate company and founded Peace by Chocolate in 2016. The company supports a range of non profit organizations and 3 – 5% of all company returns is now donated to the Peace on Earth Society, an organization registered in 2018 in Nova Scotia that contributes to peace building projects around the world, including wildfire relief in Canada. This fundraiser will be supporting Echo as well as Peace by Chocolate peace initiatives. Echo makes 15-20% profit!
Echo Conductor Emerita Becca Whitla returns to Echo to lead a Workshop. Saturday, Oct. 5,10am-12:30pm at Holy Trinity Church MAP 10 Trinity Square (Dundas Subway, beside the Eaton Centre accessible) Tickets: $20. Purchase here or PWYC (cash in hat at workshop)
All are welcome to join Becca and the choir as she shares some of her favourite songs and introduces a couple of new beauties. And we’ll have tea & snacks!
Becca Whitla is the professor of practical ministry and the Dr. Lydia E. Gruchy Chair in Pastoral Theology at St. Andrew’s College in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where she teaches worship and liturgy, preaching, religious education, and practical theology.
Her book Liberation, (De)Coloniality, and Liturgical Practices: Flipping the Song Bird was released in December, 2020 (Palgrave McMillan). From her White Euro-Canadian settler perspective, she examines ways to decolonize liturgical practices, especially community singing.
She worked in Toronto for many years as a music director in both Anglican and United Churches (Church of the Holy Trinity, and Trinity St Paul’s United Church). She also co-directed Echo, a 70 voice women’s choir, and worked in the trade union movement developing leadership through choral singing.
Echo is a group of harmonizing women who love to sing, directed by well-respected community music leaders Alan Gasser and Katie White. Echo provides a strong, inclusive, mutually supportive community in the heart of Toronto for women who love to sing. The choir is committed to a unique and eclectic repertoire with a focus on social justice, musical excellence and passionate expression. We collaborate frequently with musicians who enrich our repertoire with music from a range of genres and diverse cultures. We have a spring and fall season. Contact Anne if you have any questions or would like to join us:info.echo@gmail.com www.echochoir.ca
Sunday, May 5, 2024, 3pm Church of the Holy Trinity 19 Trinity Square, Toronto next to the Eaton Centre
Sunday, May 5, 3pm Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto, beside the Eaton Centre 19 Trinity Square, Accessible MAP Tickets $25. purchase here with Zeffy $15. Seniors, Children Underwaged PWYC (or cash at door) Don’t forget to bring some cash to buy raffle baskets tickets!
david seredais a singer-songwriter whose moving music has been heard in concerts and festivals across Canada. Whether a cappella, solo at the piano, or with his stellar ensemble, david’s joy of singing is irresistible. His unique songs draw from folk, gospel, soul, jazz and pop. His lyrics are rich in meaning and emotion. Originally from Edmonton, Alberta he now lives in Grey County, Ontario near Georgian Bay. “david sereda’s range as a singer-songwriter is breathtaking.” (The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, NS)
