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