The Longest Time – Quarantine Edition

We’ve been so overwhelmed and honoured by the attention, support and love that we received for our first video, that we decided to put together another one, but this time we brought some friends along!

Please enjoy our second COVID-19 public service announcement and virtual expression of love and solidarity from your ever-enthusiastic Phoenix Family and choral comrades.

Stay home! We’ve got this!

 

Special thanks to: Billy Joel for the original, Zach Timson and Nicholle Andrews for the new lyrics, Carolyn Shiau for the musical arrangement, Carolyn Shiau and Vaughn Chauvin for the video editing, and Brad Andrews for the sound mixing and editing! Your insight, musical, and technical work astounds us all.

Featuring singers from: University of Redlands Chapel Singers, Songcology by musica intima, Crescent Choirs, Da Camera Singers, Filles de l’île, Onoscatopoeia, Jubilate Vocal Ensemble, Quartom, Richmond Orchestra & Chorus, St. Mary’s Kerrisdale Church, Timbre! Choir, Vancouver Bach Choir, La Ceilagh Chamber Singers, and your very own Phoenix Chamber Choir.

We are so grateful for our ability to make music with the incredible choral community here in Vancouver, across BC and Canada, and with our neighbours to the south. Choirs are often non-profit organizations whose mission and survival revolves around their concert season. If you enjoyed this video, please consider donating to a local choir in your area, and come and take in a concert in person once we’re back in action. Your generosity will allow us to keep doing what we love.

 

For the most up to date information about COVID-19 please see the resources below. 

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html

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Behind the Scenes: Coronavirus Rhapsody

We have been blown away by the response of our Coronavirus Rhapsody Parody video, which we released on March 31. One of the many common questions we’ve received in the outpouring of responses is “how did you make the video?” We give kudos to Phoenix Singers and board members extraordinaire, Vaughn Chauvin and Carolyn Shiau (both featured in the video as well) for their careful work editing and compiling the video.

We created this nifty Q & A guide to give you a behind-the-scenes glance at our process and perhaps give you some pointers for yours!

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Coronavirus Rhapsody

On Tuesday, March 17th Phoenix decided to cancel the rest of our 2019-2020 season, in order to protect the health and safety of our singers and audience members; but that doesn’t mean that we’ve stopped making music together!

This past weekend, a group of our singers put together our own parody version of Bohemian Rhapsody, with lyrics adapted from Dana Jay Bein’s Coronavirus Rhapsody. 

If you are inspired and uplifted by this video, please consider making a donation to support an arts organization in your local area. We are all in this together and every little bit helps. You can also make donations to Phoenix Chamber Choir by clicking the Donate tab at the top of this page.

 

Wishing everyone the best of health. For the most up to date information about COVID-19 please see the resources below. And remember….WASH YOUR HANDS!!!! :)

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/disea…

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-healt…

Recorded for fun in isolation by members of Phoenix Chamber Choir from Vancouver, BC, Canada in March of 2020 Lyrics: Dana Jay Bein http://www.danajaybein.com (slightly adapted) Original Music: Freddie Mercury Arrangement: adapted from Rockapella by Carolyn Shiau Editing: Carolyn Shiau and Vaughn Chauvin Mixing: Tom Metzgers

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Important Update for our Phoenix Family

It is with immense sadness and regret that we inform you the Phoenix Board of Directors has decided to cancel the remainder of the 2019-2020 season. This cancellation includes all rehearsals and workshops, our April 22 Earth Songs concert, and our June 2020 auditions and recording sessions. 

The stakes of the COVID-19 pandemic are just too high to justify asking our singers, artistic staff, and dearest friends and family to gather together. The truth is there will be other opportunities to sing together and perform for you all, but it is important we prioritize every individual’s health and welfare right now. We appreciate your understanding, though we recognize this is a disappointment.

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Stories of Phoenix: Assistant Conductor Ian Bannerman

At the end of last season, Phoenix excitedly welcomed Dr. Nicholle Andrews as the new Artistic Director, yet due to her remote location this also opened up an opportunity. The idea was to hire an up-and-coming local conductor to learn under Dr. Andrews’ mentorship, as well as take the lead on the weekly rehearsals here in Vancouver while collaborating on artistic direction.

This, friends, is how we welcomed back Ian Bannerman, Phoenix alumnus, to the role of Assistant Conductor for the 2019-2020 Reawakening season.

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Meet Artist Corrinne Wolcoski

The lineup for the spring Earth Songs concert continues to become more unique and engaging. In addition to the stunning garden setting, the two world premieres of musical pieces, an enhanced experience for a few select guests, the concert will also feature a live artist: local painter, Corrinne Wolcoski. Wolcoski’s painting will go home with one incredibly fortunate bidder at the end of the Earth Songs concert on April 22.

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Meet Composer Katerina Gimon

On April 22, Phoenix Chamber Choir will be putting on what may be the most unique concert to date. The performance will take place at a gorgeous garden venue, versus a church or concert hall, as a part of a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Phoenix is excited to premiere not one, but two original works, both by young composers commissioned by Phoenix: Timothy Cunningham and Katerina Gimon.

Named as one of Canada’s ‘hot 30 classical musicians under 30’ by the Canadian Broadcasting Company; composer, improviser, and vocalist Katerina Gimon’s uniquely dynamic, poignant, and eclectic compositional style is rapidly gaining her a reputation as one of the most distinctive emerging voices in contemporary Canadian composition and beyond.

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2020 Student Composition Competition Winner

Phoenix is excited to introduce young composer Timothy Cunningham to our repertoire and community. Cunningham is the winner of our inaugural Student Choral Composition Competition, which was open in the fall of 2019 at the University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif. where Cunningham is an undergraduate and where Phoenix Artistic Director, Dr. Nicholle Andrews, is […]

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Enhance your Earth Songs Experience

We are excited to announce that our spring concert, Earth Songs, which is already promised to be one of the most unique Phoenix concerts to date, now includes an enhanced ticket option.

Concert guests can now obtain all-day access to stunning VanDusen Botanical Gardens, enjoy a two-course meal at Shaughnessy Restaurant on the grounds of the gardens, meet and socialize with Phoenix Artistic Director Dr. Nicholle Andrews and Assistant Conductor, Ian Bannerman, and be the first to hear the Board of Director’s new vision for Phoenix Chamber Choir, all for a flat enhancement fee. The concert will follow dinner.

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Phoenix Gives Back: Christmas Sock Drive


When artistic director, Dr. Nicholle Andrews kicks off her shoes before beginning a Phoenix rehearsal, the singers chuckle perhaps, but think little of it.

Yet this small habit, now acquired as part of the Phoenix fabric, has inspired a bigger vision for giving back this holiday season.

Warm socks, however basic, are a privilege. It’s no secret that in Vancouver, the winters are cold and damp and too many people do not have access to warm, dry socks. Phoenix as a community values giving back and doing our part to ensure our whole community is thriving. 

Because of this, we are partnering with First United Church Community Ministry Society and Atira Women’s Resource Society to provide socks for folks in our city who may need them this winter. 

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