Calling new singers to join Our Lila Community Choir !
Do you want to sing more?
Are you craving a joyful community atmosphere to share your voice in harmony with others ?
We sing a diverse variety of songs and move to the music.
Join our all inclusive, non auditioned, established choir !
‘Your choir is music therapy. Mid-week, it provides a lush, refreshing, replenishing oasis in time. I may be tired, worn-out and interested only in resting after a buzy day. Then I rush off to your choir, thinking I’m crazy to be adding yet another thing to the schedule- then sing my heart out, laugh, struggle to memorize the harmonies - and leave feeling renewed and re-rnergized, joyful and ‘unable to contain the music we’ve shared’
- Choir Participant Zoe Dalton
Welcome to the 2020 WINTER season
12 weeks Start Jan 22 - April 15th. 12 weeks.
Open House Drop in and Try out the first two weeks $15/class.
(Jan 22 & 29th).
6:00pm - 7:30 PM every Wednesday
3228A Gibbins Rd, Duncan - Map on the Contact tab.
Payment of $180/12 week term.
Sliding scale available, no one ever turned away for lack of funds.
Easiest way to Register and pay is by Email Transfer to [email protected].
Please give your name and what you are paying for.
Special Workshops and Concerts with Moira Smiley Feb 26/27th 28th. Please go to the events page for more info.
Join Lila Music Centre’s Community Choir and share the joy of music in our annual fundraising concert! All voices and levels are welcome. No need to be able to read music as songs are taught collectively by ear and sound recordings. Choir director Cari Burdett creates a fun and friendly atmosphere. She believes everyone can sing and is passionate about building community through music.
Wednesdays 6-7:30 pm experience the benefits of singing with others. Studies show that choral singing improves our mood, decreases stress, depression and anxiety. Singing in a choir improves feelings of social wellbeing and supposedly increases life expectancy! Come join our choir and live longer!
The choir sings gospel, world, folk, pop, and a mix of different styles. This term there will also be a children’s choir from the nature homeschooling group and all youth that would like to join the choir are welcome to come and give it a try.
NEW PARKING SPOTS!
Choir photos by Devon Gillott Sessions
YOUTUBE VIDEO - A little snippet from our concert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym7vd5lNi68
The little video clip above was from our annual Spring Fundraiser, 2018. Video by Curtis at Vision Studios
Songs: Walk With me by Maggie Wheeler and Bella Mamma
Testimonies for the Lila Community Choir:
“I’m very shy about hearing my singing voice, and when I am in the choir, you are always so positive, that I share my voice by feeling less inhibited.” - Choir member
“The exercises and the way you present them, allow for a new energy to emerge and carry my voice, that I have never experienced in the 3 other choirs that I sang with.” - Choir member
“I sleep so much deeper on the nights that I sing with you”. – Debra Wapple
“Your choir is music therapy. Mid-week, it provides a lush, refreshing, replenishing oasis in time. I may be tired, worn-out and interested only in resting after a busy day. Then I rush off to your choir, thinking I’m crazy to be adding yet another thing to the schedule - then sing my heart out, laugh, struggle to memorize the harmonies - and leave feeling renewed and re-energized, joyful, and unable to contain the music we’ve shared. – Zoe Dalton
“I came to Lila Community Choir wanting to sing and very shy about my voice. This choir is a safe, welcoming and fun space to find my voice and sing,”- Nancy Surkes
The Breath and Singing - article written by Cari August 2018
For the past 12 years, the Lila Music Centre has committed to sharing their musical voice in the community by collaborating with & performing in over 100 performances, events, bedsides, vigils, rallies, walk of nation, tree light up, concerts and festivals. This past June, the Lila Community Choir co-hosted a fundraiser with theCowichan Land Trust, in support of the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre. Called Sing for Cedar & Salmon, this well-attended community event highlighted the important of understanding & protecting our local ecosystem. Director Cari Burdett values building community through music and creating safe and nourishing environments, where people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, ethnicity, and religious dedication and diversity can come together through song, play and joy.The Lila Music Centre Community Choir, has been sharing their voices and bringing joy, not only the audiences, but also the participants, who meet new friends, learn new languages and develop connections and musical skills.Director Cari Burdett, brings joy and warmth to the rehearsals and invites families, students, and adults to come and join in this One World Festival Community Choir. |
More about the Choir:
We sing songs for the world, gospel, folk, fun, harmony, uplifting songs to share together as one. - One Voice. One Heart Beating. -
There is a kind of magic when many voices come together in song - we all become one, regardless of race, religion, culture, class, age, sex - we all become one.
Cari Burdett, leads the choir with great enthusiasm and dedication for inclusion, community and musical enjoyment. Cari trained with Shivon Robinsong and Dennis Donnelly from the Gettin Higher Choir, Victoria BC, where they lead an successful Community Choir Leadership Training. After graduating from this course, members can join the Ubuntu Choirs Network, a collective of conductors and singers who promote the message of singing as a birthright.
The Lila Community Choir is a member of the Ubuntu Choirs Network, which promotes the joy of singing.
“I am, because you are. I need you to be you so that I can be me. A choir is a choir only because its different parts work together harmoniously. Yes, a person truly is a person only through other persons. God bless you in your noble endeavour.”
— Nobel Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Ubuntu means: I am because we are.
We believe that:
- singing is an essential human birthright and a powerful source of energy and connection.
- singing together is a potent tool for building community
- singing in harmony teaches us to celebrate diversity, and to practice deep listening
Ubuntu choirs are:
- inclusive (open to people from all walks of life, all cultures, faiths, abilities)
- non-auditioned (all voices are welcome: given the right conditions, all can learn to sing in tune and in harmony)
- community-focused (singing to build community rather than primarily for performance)
- socially engaged (actively involved in supporting local and global communities through vocal outreach and fund-raising concerts)
