Our Community Choir experience IS BACK!
it’s time to
Raise Your Voice!
It’s our turn to give back!
Ready your voice, shine your shoes and join parents, grandparents, alumni, community supporters, shower-singers, and would-be-if-not-for-that-thing idol champions at RAISE YOUR VOICE!
This is a special fundraising initiative where parents, grandparents, community members, supporters, donors, and friends of Cantare Children's Choir unite to create a community choir! The event celebrates the power of music and collaboration, culminating in a performance at our March concert. Your participation not only enriches our choir but also helps ensure that we can continue to provide exceptional musical experiences for young voices. Come together, raise your voice, and make a lasting impact in our community through the joy of singing!
THE WORKSHOP
Date: March 8, 2025
Time: 9:30 am-3:30 pm (Coffee, snacks, and Lunch Included)
Location: Lutheran Church of the Cross
Join our entire artistic team in an exciting day of singing, fellowship, and fundraising! This will be an opportunity for our entire community to come together in a moment of musical creation: The Raise Your Voice Workshop will include two rehearsals (Morning/Afternoon) where you will get a first-hand experience of what our choristers’ choral music-making is like! Don’t worry, there will be a few Ringers in your midst to help the singers out from time to time!
THE CONCERT
Date: March 15, 2025
Times: 12PM (Dress Rehearsal at Knox United); 7 PM (Warmup for 7:30 Concert)
Location: Knox United Church
Join Cantare Children’s Choir ON-STAGE at THE POWER OF A DREAM on March 15 2025
The RAISE YOUR VOICE Ensemble will sing their own musical numbers, and join all three ensembles for a song or two - This is our choristers’ favourite part!
Need a preview? Take a look at the video below from one of Raise Your Voice’s earlier iterations: MAN ENOUGH TO SING
One Rehearsal, One Performance!
PLEASE NOTE: This item DOES NOT include your concert ticket for “The Power Of A Dream” March 15. That must be purchased separately with your order in Showpass
Why We’re Singing
Did you know…
Three Times more children under the age of 18
sing in a choir than play organized hockey…
1 in every 15 adults in Canada sing in a choir
(Choral Canada, National Choral Census 2017)
Calgary is a SINGING Community!
Details and FAQ
Detailed Schedule
9:00 - Coffee and Pastries
9:30 - Greetings, Introductions, Warmup
10:00 - First Rehearsal
12:00 - Lunch
1:30 - Second Rehearsal
3:30 - Post-Rehearsal Celebration/Dismissal
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Not at all :) If anything, the less experienced, THE BETTER! Raise Your Voice is a supportive educational experience to teach
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It’s both! We will have time during our workshop day to talk about some of the
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Lutheran Church of The Cross has a large FREE parking lot on the north side of the building at 10620 Elbow Dr SW, Calgary, AB T2W 1G4. Please leave the small East Parking Lot open for church staff and visitors
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There is free parking after 6 pm everyday at over 3,000 meters in the downtown core. Try 3rd or 2nd Avenue close to 5th Street for spots within walking distance to Knox United Church.
CENTENNIAL PARKADE Entrances at: 608 – 9th Avenue SW; and 823 – 5th Street SW. Indoor parking,
Rates $1 per 1/2 hour to a maximum of $3 evenings (after 6:00 pm) and all day Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. Hours of operation: Mon to Fri – 5 am to midnight; Sat, Sun & Holidays 8 am to 12:30 am.
Weekday evenings free!
IMPARK – Above Ground Lots, Flat Rates $5 evenings and weekends, open 24 hours. Lots located closest to Knox:
Lot #175: 505 – 5th Ave SW Lot #176: 500 – 6th Ave SW
Lot #197: 326 – 3rd Ave SW Lot #179: 342 – 2nd Ave SW (Eau Claire Market)
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RAISE YOUR VOICE is an inclusive event for all voice types and genders! Much of the successes and best practices we learned from our popular MAN ENOUGH TO SING and MOTHER’S DAY POP-UP CHOIR events will return in various ways to help make this event a huge success for all!
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ABSOLUTELY! Raise Your Voice is an inclusive event that lets everyone sing! If you’re a person who likes to sing, THIS IS FOR YOU!
Our History:
Man Enough To Sing and Mother’s Day Pop-Up Choirs
Over the year’s we’ve run a number of special “Community Choir” events in support of the choir! Our Man Enough To Sing event gave our dads the chance to sing together, while the moms had their turn on Mother’s Day in 2023! We’re so excited to put all of this energy together for this ALL-COME community choir experience!
2023 Mother’s Day Choir
Cantilena and Cantiga spent the weeks getting ready to sneak a surprise encore into IMAGINE A WORLD for their moms in celebration of Mother's Day! Little did they know, on the other side of the building, a determined choir of moms was secretly planning a surprise of their own! Happy Mother's Day! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH ❤️ We want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the parents who participated in PROJECT TOP SECRET MOM CHOIR, maybe we should keep singing together sometime?! Rehearsal Leadership: Catherine Glaser-Climie, Graeme Climie, Pamela Fast, Niki Panich
Man Enough To Sing
For years, our successful fundraiser MAN ENOUGH TO SING brought together a community of dads, grandpas, uncles, friends and family together to support the choir! The workshop days were filled with laughter , fellowship, and discovery as the ensemble learned new ways of singing together. The ensemble’s secondary purpose was to inspire young boys to take the leap and try out singing in a choir, we were thrilled to have our young choristers stand beside this ensemble on-stage and be inspired by all of these amazing mentors!