The opportunity to sing your heart out has always been the goal of My Pop Choir. Now MPC has adopted a software system, designed especially for choirs, that offers you many exciting new benefits. The Choir Genius platform (developed in Canada) will handle everything from registration to communicating to practising. After a trial period to evaluate the system, MPC owner Alex Fiddes, along with MPC Business and Planning Advisor Naomi Uy, decided that Choir Genius (CG) was the r

The My Pop Choir Directors bring music and energy and humour to their choirs. But what fuels them musically? We asked them, and here is what they said. (We have included links to their individual blogs too.) Kent Andrews Who do you listen to? My most recent download album is Discovery by Daft Punk. I am loving it and listening while I’m riding my new bike out towards Spanish Banks. I’m also loving a band called deary and their new album Birding is delightful – kind of an alte

My Pop Choir began this long-awaited spring with a new choir – Oakville Daytime – and a new director. Aryana Jebely is enthusiastic about her first opportunity to lead a choir. “I’m excited to get to know everyone and make music together and have tons of fun,” she says. Experienced in both piano and voice instruction, Aryana teaches classes at the Merriam School of Music. “I love to see the excitement when people achieve something new.” The philosophy behind My Pop Choir very

My Pop Choir performing at Sankofa Square, Dec 2025 My Pop Choir has always welcomed everyone, no matter what their musical background. For some members, this may be their first encounter with sheet music and for some their first time singing in a choir. Scroll back to our February blog to read about their experiences. But can you find a musical home with My Pop Choir if you’ve been playing piano since you were a youngster? If you’ve performed on stage? Or had years of singi

In British Columbia, MPC is expanding to add a new director with a creative, enthusiastic approach to music and choral singing. “Music is the kind of thing that can immediately make you happy,” says Beau Wheeler, who joins MPC with an extensive musical background as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. And their exuberant approach to music and singing make them a natural fit. “If you have a good experience with music that goes out to friends

We wanted to find out what it was really like to join My Pop Choir without the musical background that includes being able to read music. So we talked to members of the Whitby choir, directed by Mary Lynne Calvert, to find out. Nadia Winter has been with the Whitby group since it started up in the fall of 2024. She recalls that first night experience: “From the very first day, Mary Lynne told us, ‘You don’t have to read music; you don’t have to be a singer.’ I felt very comfo

If you are a singer with My Pop Choir, then you will have come to know at least one director, perhaps more. But you may not have encountered MPC owner, Alex Fiddes. We thought that it was time that you did! First a bit of background: Alex graduated from the music theatre program at Sheridan College in 2009. He has engaged in acting, including theatre, film and voice, music directing, sound engineering, composing, and has played in various bands. The questions below are framed

Canadian gift ideas for the musically inclined on your holiday list, or to put on your own list or to buy for yourself! And did we mention they are all from Canadian sources?! Royal Conservatory of Music - https://rcmusic.com/shop If you sang at Koerner Hall last year, what more could you ask than a 1000-piece puzzle of this amazing space? And perhaps a pair of composer socks to keep you cozy. Tapestry Music – www.tapestrymusic.com An ocarina? A slide whistle? A music cooki

"To Sing and Play" Credit: Mark Nadjiwan Ancient languages, demanding environments, and oral histories told through many generations - Indigenous artists are informed and inspired by these common threads that run through their lives. Add their own experiences and the result is a tapestry unique to each. However well-versed you may be in Indigenous music, you will likely find some unfamiliar voices in this collection. They range across gender, genre and the artists’ origins, b

My Pop Choir singers know that music makes us feel amazing - mentally, emotionally and physically. And study after study has confirmed this. Recently, we decided to explore beyond our choirs to find other instances where music is healing and lifting spirits, and even changing lives. Meet the dedicated people we discovered, who are reaching out musically to engage with the many people whose lives they brighten. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre “The power of music is just so s

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