Celebrating over 50 years of singing for seniors in the GTA

Welcome and thank you for your generous support!

Annual Spring ConcertSunday June 14, 2015

at Earl Bales Park Community Centre

EXPERT TUTORING

36 years’ experienceAll grades and levels including post-secondaryIndividual and group sessions up to 4 personsWill create a program Will follow set curriculum

• Grammar • Writing (All levels) • Proofreading • Conversation (all levels) • Editing • Reading comprehension

Negotiable ratesReferences available upon requestAvailable year-round.Contact Helen Wolfe B.A., B. Ed.

CALL 416-668-7292 or E-MAIL helenswolfe@gmail.com

THANKS!THANKS!

Thanks to our members who succeeded in community fund-raising:

Gary Heard, Marty Koven, Barbara Librach, Elaine & Arnie Rose,

Judith Ross, Liza Tharratt, Annalee Wagman

Program Layout by:GABRIOLA GRAPHICS . COM

O Canada

Sing

Let There be Peace on Earth

Shenandoah

Climb Every Mountain from “The Sound of Music”

Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

Gonna Build a Mountain from “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off ”

Al Shlosha D’varim

Hallelujah

Chariot’s Comin’

For Just a Little While

What a Wonderful World from “Good Morning Vietnam”

Selected Medley from “Les Misérables”

Hymn to Freedom

National Anthem

Joe Raposo, arranged by Steve Zegree

Jill Jackson and Sy Miller, arranged by Peter Ness

American Folk Song, arranged by Linda Spevacek

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein IIPerformed by Judith Ross, Rayis Imayev and Gary Heard, accompanied by Peter Ness

Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Brad Printz

Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, arranged by Norman Leyden

Traditional Hebrew text, arranged by Allan Naplan

Leonard Cohen, arranged by Roger Emerson

Traditional Spirituals, arranged by Don Besig

Sally K. Albrecht, arranged by Jay AlthousePerformed by The B#’s, Kathleen Cohen, Noreen Cohen, Sandy Gordon, Noreen Horowitz and Judith Ross, accompanied by Gary Heard

George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, arranged by Mark Brymer

Claude-Michel Schonberg, A. Boublil, J-M. Natel, and H. Kretzmer, arranged by Ed Lojeski

I Dreamed a Dream (Choir)Castle on a Cloud (Choir)Bring Him Home (Performed by Gary Heard, accompanied by Peter Ness)Finale: Do You Hear the People Sing (Choir)

Music by Oscar Peterson, Words by Harriette Hamilton, arranged by Paul Read

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Concert ProgramThis year’s Choralairs Closing Concert includes old favourites as well as new songs.

We hope you enjoy our selection of traditional melodies, musical theatre and popular music, including offerings from Canadian composers and writers.

PatronsNoreen Cohen Anne Coukell Harvey Finkelstein Martha Forge Faye Kellerstein Marty Koven Faye Librach Dr. Lynda Mickleborough Liza Tharratt Ruth Geng Dr. Amy Hunter (Kingsway Chiropractic)

SupportersLeona Bergman Sandy Gordon Noreen Horowitz Bruno’s Fine FoodsPeter Ness Judith Ross Shelley & Ken Ross Marc Rose & FamilySandy & Harold Offenheim

Thank you to all our Sponsors

President: Barbara LibrachPast President: Martha ForgeCorresponding Secretary: Sandy GordonRecording Secretary: LizaTharratt

Executive Committeefor 2014-2015

Eleanor Bergman Leona BergmanJune BrownLily ChanVivian ChongLauri CoganKathleen CohenNoreen CohenAnne CoukellHarvey Finkelstein

Martha ForgeRuth GengSandy GordonSandy GreenbergDouglas GrimshawRon HartNoreen HorowitzIrma HusseyRayis ImayevAnn Jaffary

Faye KellersteinMarty KovenSally LevyBarbara LibrachPhyllis LynasLorna MatthewsWilma McGregorSondra MoscoeBeverly ParkerMartin Pivnick

Ilona Rodos Arnie RoseElaine RoseJudith RossMarlene RudnickNeil ShoreLiza TharrattAnnalee WagmanMike WaksHelen Wolfe

Choir Membership 2014-2015Music Director: Peter Ness ◆ Accompanist: Gary Heard

JOINJOIN If you are interested in joining The Choralairs, please contact our New Members Coordinators

Sally Levy 416-636-8247sallyl @sympatico.ca

Martha Forge 905-884-8370choralairs@gmail.com

▶ Peter Ness for producing our learning MP3’s.▶ Adrian Green for maintaining our existing website.▶ Paul Hearn for undertaking the design of our new website (Coming soon!).▶ Barry Gordon and Martin Tharratt for setting up and working our sound system.▶ The Printing House, Richmond Hill for its generous contributions to the cost of printing our Program Booklet.▶ Melissa Clare, Community Recreation Programmer at the City of Toronto, for granting us invaluable access to the Earl Bales Community Centre for weekly rehearsals and our annual concert.

Thank you from

The Choralairs to :

For information on The Choralairs of North York, a charitable non-profit organization,please contact us at — Web: www.choralairschoir.com Email: choralairs@gmail.com

If you know of a senior’s residence where we could entertain, please contact:

Elaine Rose905-731-8416

elainemrose @ yahoo.ca

Barbara Librach416-787-8307

choralairs @ gmail.com

“Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.”

~ E.Y. Harburg

“The total person sings, not just the vocal chords.”

~ Esther Broner