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YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM
“I have decided to write a multi-chapter blog on this topic. In the first chapter, we discuss the changes in the music industry and how...

mypopchoirsing
Jul 23, 20244 min read


ON A ROAD TRIP, ON THE DOCK, ON A HIKE – It’s Your MPC Summer Playlist!
Thanks to all who contributed their summer music and their special memories. Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons Back when CDs were still the...

mypopchoirsing
Jun 18, 20246 min read


A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A TOUCH OF MAGIC
He’s a music director, pianist, author, teacher, composer, adventurer and the first ever My Pop Choir leader. Add enthusiasm, apparently...

mypopchoirsing
May 16, 20243 min read


HAVE NO FEAR – WE HAVE THE ANSWERS!
Your knees are shaky, your hands unsteady and you doubt very much if anything will come out of your mouth when it’s time to sing. Whether...

mypopchoirsing
Apr 25, 20244 min read


DECISIONS, DECISIONS
To listen to a popular song and then be able to envision an entire choir successfully singing it requires a special talent. And it will...

mypopchoirsing
Mar 11, 20243 min read


MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Singers in My Pop Choir will tell you that part of the excitement of being in the choir is discovering the next song choice and then...

mypopchoirsing
Feb 13, 20243 min read


SOMETHING’S COMING!
It will be a show on a scale My Pop Choir has never experienced. And if enthusiasm is the measure of what’s to come, then owner/director...

mypopchoirsing
Jan 17, 20242 min read


YOUR HOLIDAY PLAYLIST!
Here it is - our first ever My Pop Choir holiday playlist! Your choices span decades and genres. They all reflect the holiday spirit -...

mypopchoirsing
Dec 13, 20234 min read


STARTING NOTE
The enthusiasm that is a hallmark of My Pop Choir clearly began with its founder, Jacqueline Curtis. “It’s been a life-changing...

mypopchoirsing
Oct 10, 20233 min read


RAPT IN MUSIC
When Jocelyn Regina became a My Pop Choir director in 2019, the experience added yet one more measure to a life immersed in song. “I...

mypopchoirsing
Sep 13, 20233 min read


A LASTING ALTERNATIVE
“It came out of necessity really. It all happened very quickly.” So begins the story of the My Pop Choir virtual singers. Alex Fiddes,...

mypopchoirsing
Aug 25, 20234 min read


VIRTUAL REALITY
Let’s say you love singing and you have heard how great My Pop Choir is. But you don’t live in downtown Toronto or Vancouver, near...

mypopchoirsing
Aug 17, 20236 min read


MORE TO SAY
My Pop Choir singers certainly had more to say about why they love the choir and what they get out of the weekly sessions, the music, the...

mypopchoirsing
Jul 28, 20234 min read


YOU SAID IT!
We asked our singers to tell us why they keep coming back to the My Pop Choir community year after year. And from the choirs in Vancouver...

mypopchoirsing
Jul 12, 20235 min read


THE MELISSA MOSAIC
Every My Pop Choir member knows the feeling of the “choir high.” It’s that lifting of the spirits, the overall sense of well-being that...

mypopchoirsing
Jun 12, 20233 min read


RENAISSANCE MAN
Musical director, actor, screenwriter, teacher, and as of the end of April, community choir leader. Meet Iain Stewart, who was welcomed...

mypopchoirsing
May 9, 20233 min read


The Tracks of Our Lives
We all have cherished songs stored deep in our musical memories. And whatever brings them to mind, suddenly we may find ourselves...

mypopchoirsing
Apr 26, 20236 min read


THE SIXTEEN LIVES OF JENN KEE
Jenn Kee began directing the Burlington location of My Pop Choir in the fall of 2022, and she finds that “it’s definitely the highlight...

mypopchoirsing
Mar 21, 20233 min read


BEHIND THE SCENES – THE MY POP CHOIR MANAGERS
Name tags, folders, music. checklists, room set-up, welcoming words. Problem-solving, communications, reassurance. And above all, a...

mypopchoirsing
Feb 11, 20233 min read


SHANTIES AND SEA SONGS
It’s certainly not hard work for the singers of My Pop Choir when they launch into the lilting tune of Wellerman. But both the sea...

mypopchoirsing
Jan 22, 20233 min read
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