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Blyth Festival Singers announce new director
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The Blyth Festival Singers are excited to announce the appointment of Sharon Poelstra as their
Mw musical director, for the Singers' 33rd season which begins this September. The Singers wish
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former director, Robert Blackwell, the very best on his future endeavours, after eleven very
successful years at the helm.
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Our new director comes to
us with a wealth of enthusi-
asm and experience. Sharon's
introduction to conducting
began in grade 11, when she
was handed the baton and
asked to lead her high school's
concert band. In grade 12 she
spent the year assisting the
Junior secondary choir
teacher. Sharon holds Bach-
elors of Music, and of Educa-
tion, and originally embarked
on a career teaching second-
ary school Music. After five
years Sharon left education to
focus on a solo singing career
in Opera and concert.
Many Opera performances
later, in 1998, she returned to
conducting when she founded
the "Intermediate Vocal
Ensemble" at the Manitoba
Conservatory of Music and
Art. As a faculty member Sha-
ron taught voice and became
a much sought-after Music
Festival adjudicator.
Since 2000 she has been
the Artistic Director for The
New Tecumseth Singers of
Alliston conducting works by
Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn,
Mozart, Faure & Rutter as well
as producing the choir's 2007
recording:
"Look to this Day." Sharon
has also Conducted Handel's
Messiah with the Headwaters
Concert Choir and the Strat-
ford Concert Choir. In the
upcoming season she will be
conducting the Brahms
Requiem
for the Stratford Concert
Choir.
In 2003, as President of the
New'I'ecurrseth Arts Council,
Sharon co-founded the South
Simcoe Festival of the Arts
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- now in its 10th season. She
also served for 8 years as an
Executive member of the
Ontario Chapter of the
National Association of
Teachers of Singing and
edited the Association's pro-
fessional journal.
In 2010 Sharon extended
her musical adventures t0
conducting children when
she joined the Artistic staff of
the St. Marys Children's
Choir in Stratford.
Now she is at the hells of
the Blyth Festival Singers, a
non -auditioned community
choir which performs a vari-
ety of styles of music over its
three concert season. This
year's exciting performances
will be on December 1, April
6 and May :31 so he sure to
mark your calendars. Plan-
ning is already in the works
for our Christmas program.
So, Singers, one and all,
here's an opportunity to
work with an exciting new
musical director!
Registration for the Blyth
Festival Singers will be on
Wednesday, September 4 at
7:00 pm with practice follow-
ing immediately after-
wards. The June 11111 rehearsal
hall is accessed at the back
stage door of the Blyth Theatre
off King Street. As a non -audi-
tioned choir we welcome
vocalists with varying abilities
from high school age on up.
And students are half price.
We even let you have a free
three week trial to see if you
like it! if you have any further
questions please call (;aty at
482-9660.
So...if you love to sing and
there is always an earworm
infecting your brain, then
Blyth Festival Singers are for
you!
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