Thank you for supporting Echo! We’ll let you know when your order can be picked up at the East and West end Toronto locations in traditional Echo style! The chocolate has not arrived yet, but we’re hoping soon.
Echo is proud to be partnering once 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. This fundraiser will be supporting Echo as well as Peace by Chocolate peace initiatives. Echo receives 20% of the profit!
Echo is sponsoring a very special workshop with renowned choirleader and composer Bongani Magatyana who is coming to Canada in October. Echo Choir has grabbed the opportunity to offer special public workshops with him, open to adults and teens of all voices and genders.
Renowned choirleader and composer Bongani Magatyana is coming to Canada in October, and the Echo Choir has grabbed the opportunity to offer a special public workshop with him, open to adults and teens of all voices and genders.
Mr Magatyana is a regular teacher with Village Harmony in the US. He leads choirs at home in Cape Town, and his beautiful and intricate choral pieces have been commissioned and sung by groups around the world, including Harvard University’s choirs.This workshop will feature songs in English and Xhosa, with beautiful harmonies in South African traditions.
The weekend workshop Oct. 27-29 event will take place at the Church of the Holy Trinity (beside the Eaton Centre, S-E Door) MAP Holy Trinity is a fully accessible space, with accessible washrooms.
Specific times are 7PM-9PM on Friday Oct 27, 10AM-4PM on Sat Oct 28, and 1PM-4PM on Sun Oct 29. Tea/coffee will be provided on Saturday and Sunday. (Note that meals are otherwise not provided, nor is accommodation.) Cost is $100 per person. Register below:
If you have questions, contact Rachel Bokhout (rachel.bokhout@gmail.com), who is organizing this event. We hope that you can join us for this special weekend. facebook event page
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7-9pm at Holy Trinity Echo will also be hosting an open workshop with Bongani as part of our regular rehearsal plan. For or those of you who cannot make the weekend workshops. Everyone is welcome! Contact Anne if you’d like to join us: info.echo@gmail.com PWYC suggested $15. cash in hat or by e-trans.
Join Echo for a workshop with Andrew Craig. at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Square, Toronto by the Eaton Centre, Accessible, S-E Door MAP All are welcome. This workshop is geared toward treble voices, free to Echo Members, Guests PWYC suggested $15. cash in hat style or e-transfer (see below).
Andrew is the final guest artist to be featured in ECHO!! Revived, our eighteen month-long digital project funded by a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Echo is very excited to host Andrew, a talented and versatile musician—singer, instrumentalist, composer and arranger, teacher—to name a few of his many creative activities. He has directed the music for Harbourfront’s tribute to Quincy Jones, performed twice for Nelson Mandela, and contributed to the public tribute for the late Oscar Peterson in 2008.
In 2013, Andrew founded Culchahworks Arts Collective, a Toronto-based arts organization that celebrates figures and events from African-Canadian, Caribbean-Canadian and African-American cultural legacies. Dr. Martin Luther King, Bob Marley and Harry Belafonte have received large-scale tributes. Through Culchahworks, and in partnership with the Toronto District School Board, Andrew created the Warriors’ Chorus choir, as a way for young people of colour, who face unique challenges, to reclaim their heritage.
Andrew will be our Special Guest Artist at the Echo Dec. 3 Winter Concert, 7:30pm at Holy Trinity.
*e-transfer payment to echotransfer3@gmail.com Question: What makes us happy? Answer: singing
This fall 2023 we are looking forward to workshops and winter concert with special guest artist Andrew Craig.
Andrew is the final guest artist to be featured in ECHO!! Revived, our eighteen month-long digital project funded by a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Echo is very excited to host Andrew, a talented and versatile musician—singer, instrumentalist, composer and arranger, teacher—to name a few of his many creative activities. He has directed the music for Harbourfront’s tribute to Quincy Jones, performed twice for Nelson Mandela, and contributed to the public tribute for the late Oscar Peterson in 2008.
In 2013, Andrew founded Culchahworks Arts Collective, a Toronto-based arts organization that celebrates figures and events from African-Canadian, Caribbean-Canadian and African-American cultural legacies. Dr. Martin Luther King, Bob Marley and Harry Belafonte have received large-scale tributes. Through Culchahworks, and in partnership with the Toronto District School Board, Andrew created the Warriors’ Chorus choir, as a way for young people of colour, who face unique challenges, to reclaim their heritage.
Andrew will be conducting a workshop with Echo on Saturday, September 30 and will perform in Echo’s winter concert on Sunday, December 3. Echo will produce a high quality concert recording.
We are very grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Now grant, which made possible the ECHO!! Revived workshops and the filming of this concert.
Join Echo and local Guest Artist Annabelle Chvostek for a musical call to justice and action, for our planet and our community. This is part of the ECHO!! Revived, Canada Council project.
We are excited to be performing at our home base, the newly renovated Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Square, Toronto MAP next to the Eaton Centre and Accessible. Masks are recommended.
Tickets can be purchases at the door or through: Eventbrite Adult $25 Seniors, Children $15 Underwaged PWYC
Led by Artistic Director Alan Gasser the concert will include a rich repertoire of fierce social justice music from many traditions, Echo classics, Canadiana, Shaker pieces, songs about climate justice, and music from our favourite composers that speak to current challenges.
Thursday, April 20, 2023 7-10pm Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. Toronto MAP
Tickets $20. can be purchased at the door or on-line through: Eventbrite
Echo is long-overdue for a live fundraiser! You’re invited to join us on Thurs. Apr. 20 for a fabulous night of tunes with iconic folk musicians Gwen Swick and Caitlin Hanford.
Free snacks, cash bar and fabulous Silent Auction!
Caitlin Hanford is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter living in Toronto. Gwen Swick, born in Winnipeg, is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist, living in Elora. Both are members of Quartette, with Sylvia Tyson and Cindy Church, and of The Marigolds with Susie Vinnick. Their music is part bluesy, part jazzy, and part traditional country and bluegrass.
All proceeds support Echo, a non-profit community choir and registered charity.
Thank you Annabelle for a great workshop! Join us for a community choral singing workshop with singer-songwriter, fiddler and composer Annabelle Chvostek. In-person and Zoom
Date and time Saturday, Feb. 25, 10:00am-12:30pm, Toronto EST, 2023 Join Zoom Meeting
Location Church of the Holy Trinity 19 Trinity Square, MAP (beside the Eaton Centre, accessible) Echo is thrilled to be working with Annabelle Chvostek as a guest artist this term. Chvostek is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter, composer and producer whose musical achievements range from folk to jazz to indie pop. She has composed music for dance and film, co-written songs and toured with Bruce Cockburn, and was once in the band The Wailin’ Jennys. Annabelle will be teaching Echo and friends some new music. Sponsored by the Echo Choir as part of our Canada Council for the Arts ECHO!! Revived grant project, this workshop is open to adult and teen singers of all genders and all (or no!) experience. You do not need to be able to read music to participate.
Participants are welcome in-person or on Zoom. In-person participants are asked to wear masks.
Payment: suggested $15. Or PWYC, cash in hat style, or Tickets can be purchased here: Eventbrite
Join us on Jan. 24, 7-8:30pm for an Open Rehearsal at the Church of the Holy Trinity Map 19 Trinity Square, Toronto (next to the Eaton Centre/accessible ramp & WC) or on Zoom (see link below)
You will have the opportunity to see what it’s like to sing with Echo. We have openings. You are welcome to join us for the season that evening if you like. *We are requesting that masks be worn.
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 musical genres and diverse cultures. Echo is dedicated to remaining an accessible community to all Torontonians by offering a sliding scale, both for membership fees and for concert tickets.
ZOOM LINK: Topic: ECHO Rehearsal Time: Jan 24, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81223956237 Meeting ID: 812 2395 6237
We are looking forward to singing with you!
More Details about our Spring Session 2023 Rehearsals are in-person and on Zoom every Tuesday evening and the occasional Saturday at Holy Trinity. We’ll have 2 workshop with Annabelle Chvostek , sectionals, audiences and Spring Concert and a fundraiser at the Tranzac Club April 20.
Fees: $175. (Jan. – May 2023) We strive to keep fees reasonable to make singing accessible for all we have a sliding scale policy up or down.
Would you like to sing with Echo? We begin our Spring Session on January 10, 7-9pm at Church of the Holy Trinity Map and ON ZOOM. 19 Trinity Square, Toronto, next to the Eaton Centre/accessible ramp & WC. Enter through the N-E door.
Echo has an exciting year ahead as we continue with our “ECHO!! Revived “, Canada Council, grant project which focuses on getting artists back to work now! It was a pleasure to collaborate with Maria Dunn last fall and create two videos, one of which has just been releasedJoyful Banner Blazing – A Conversation with Maria Dunn. and to sing with Common Thread Chorus at our Dec. 4 Winter Concert, Through Darkness into Hope – Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzKEpgZCGw
This spring we’ll be working with special guest artist Annabelle Chvostek.
Rehearsals will be hybrid, in-person and on Zoom with host Kelly and we’ll be back to our usual times, from 7-9pm, with a longer break. We’ll have 2 workshops with Annabelle, sectionals, break-end singing, orientation for new members, an open rehearsal and Spring Concert on May 14. Masks will be worn during rehearsals, and we will continue to review the masking protocol with reference to public health data as the season progresses. We will no longer be requesting proof of vaccination.
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Fees: $175. (January 10 to May 14), see schedule below We strive to keep fees reasonable to make singing accessible for all. Echo has a sliding scale policy up or down. Like most non-profit arts organizations we’re doing our best during these uncertain times. We encourage you to pay what you can. Payments can be made through e-trans *NEW echotransfer3@gmail.com Question: What makes us happy? Answer: singing If you would like to pay by cheque contact Anne and she’ll send you the NEW mailing address: info.echo@gmail.com
We look forward to singing with you! Let Anne know if you’re interested: info.echo@gmail.com
For more information about Echovisit:www.echochoir.ca Take a look at our new profiles page: Meet the Choir Echo Spring Schedule 2023 *All at Church of the Holy Trinity with Guests Artist Annabelle Chvostek January Tues. 10 *all Tuesdays 7-9pm Tues. 17 Orientation for new members Tues. 24 Open Rehearsal Tues. 31 February Tues. 7, 14, 21 Sat. 25 10am-12:30pm Workshop Annabelle Chvostek Tues. 28 March(March Break 13-17) Tues. 7, 14, 21 Sat. 25 Rehearsal 10am-12:30pm Tues. 28 April Tues. 4 Tues. 11 Workshop Annabelle Chvostek Tues. 18 , 25 May Tues. 2, 9 Sat. 13, Dress Rehearsal, 10-2pm (compulsory) Sun. 14, Concert 3pm arrive at 1pm (Mother’s Day)
The Echo Choir, with special guest Common Thread Community Chorus, presents a Winter program of uplifting music from around the world.
Join us Sunday, December 4, 7:30pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity , Toronto 19 Trinity Square, behind the Eaton Centre). This venue is accessible for folks with mobility needs. We request the audience wears masks, as the singers will be. This concert includes a new video featuring 2022 Juno-award winner Maria Dunn working with the choir, as part of the ECHO!! Revived project.
Tickets can be purchased here:Eventbrite or at the door. $25. Adult, $15. Seniors, Children & Under waged
Hello Chocolate Lovers, Orders are now closed. Thank you for supporting Echo. We just wanted to give you an update. The chocolate is being shipped from Nova Scotia. We don’t have an arrival date, but will be in touch with you when we have the details for pick dates, in early December.
If you have not had a chance to pay please send an e-trans using echochoir@outlook.com Question “what makes us happy?” Answer “singing” or mail a cheque made out to Echo Women’s Choir to: Ximena Escobar, Echo Treasurer 1004-350 Queens Quay West Tor. ON M5V 3A7
If you can’t remember the amount owed we can let you know: info.echo@gmail.com
The Echo Chocolate Team:)
Echo is proud to be partnering 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. This Fundraiser will be supporting Echo as well as Peace by Chocolate peace initiatives..
Join us for a community choral singing workshop with singer-songwriter Maria Dunn. Visiting musician and composer Maria Dunn welcomes singers to this Toronto event.
When:Nov. 3, 7-8:30pm in-person and on Zoom Where:College St. United Church, 452 College St, Toronto MAP
A true preserver of the spirit of folk music, 2022 Juno Award Winner Maria Dunn is often compared to Woody Guthrie for her keen social awareness and unvarnished melodic songs about ordinary people. Her latest album Joyful Banner Blazing (2021) celebrates resilience, grace, gratitude, solidarity, joy and the love that fires our actions to make the world a better place.
Sponsored by the Echo Choir as part of our Canada Council for the Arts ECHO Revived! grant project, this workshop is open to adult and teen singers of all genders and all (or no!) experience. You do not need to be able to read music to participate.
We welcome participants either in-person and on Zoom. *In-person participants are requested to wear masks. Tickets $15.ea can be purchased here: Eventbrite Echo and Common Thread members PWYC suggested $15. at workshop, cash in hat style.
Echo Wine Fundraiser! Thank you for supporting Echo!
We will send you a reminder to confirm the pick up dates, either the weekend of Oct. 20-30 or Nov. 5-6, East end – 81 East Lynn Ave. West end – 589 Indian Rd. or Tues. Nov. 1 at choir practice (Neighbourhood Unitarian on the Danforth)
