The Young Adelaide Voices Community Choir 2023 is here!

Come and experience the joy of singing in a choir AND an opportunity to perform at the 'Young Adelaide Voices Spring Concert' on Sunday 3rd September, 4pm! 

Singing is widely known to enhance your overall health, happiness, and wellbeing, and singing with others in a choir fosters new friendships and strengthens community. Just ask our YAV kids!

Bring a friend and join us for the YAV Community Choir 2023 season to sing a variety of engaging music from different genres and periods, which will lift you up and send you humming into your week!

No auditions or prior singing experience is necessary, simply a love of music.

REHEARSALS
Week 1, Wednesday 3 May, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Week 2, Wednesday 17 May, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Week 3, Wednesday 31 May, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Week 4, Wednesday 14 June, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Week 5, Wednesday 28 June, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Week 6, Wednesday 2 August, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Week 7, Wednesday 16 August, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
Week 8, Wednesday 30 August, 6.45pm - 8.15pm
PERFORMANCE, Sunday 3 September - 4.00pm

What to bring?
- A black folder for your music (something like this is fine)
- A pencil
- A drink bottle 
- A heart for singing and making new connections.

You might be thinking...

I think/have been told I am tone deaf.
This may have been a very unkind thing that someone said to you when you were younger, but it may not be true. People who are tone deaf cannot hear pitch and are therefore unable to reproduce pitch. It you are unable to produce pitch, you would be consistently speaking with a monotone voice, like a robot. Adults or children who have struggled with singing may not have had the opportunity to work on hearing pitch and then matching pitch, but this can be learnt in a safe environment.

I’m not talented.
Is talent really a thing? Or simply the right opportunity to thrive? We were all born with music as our first language, but we may not have grown up in an environment that developed our music capacity.

I can’t read music.
Reading music isn’t a pre-requisite for our community choir. We will offer several ways for you to engage with the learning: from the lyrics, to recording the melody so you can go home and learn it by memory. We will work at a pace that everyone can keep up.

I’m too old/too busy.
If not now – when? There’s no time like the present to come and have a go and provide balance to the daily grind. The community choir will be limited to a season in each semester, so you are not committed to a weekly rehearsal.

Location

Burnside City Uniting Church
384 Portrush Rd, Tusmore SA 5065

Contact Details

Contact Event Organiser

Terms and Conditions

Thank you for registering for Young Adelaide Voices: Community Choir 2023. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. If you do not understand, or do not accept, any or all of the terms or conditions, please contact Young Adelaide Voices on choiroffice@yav.asn.au

1. I confirm that I have requested Young Adelaide Voices to enrol me for the Community Choir Program and will pay all registration fees associated with the program. I acknowledge that the program is based on minimum numbers and if these are not achieved, I will expect a full refund. 

2.  I give my consent for videos and photos to be taken during the YAV Community Choir. These videos and photos may be used by Young Adelaide Voices for marketing and promotional material.

3. I understand that all resources shared with me are for educational purposes and that I will not reproduce any part of these resources without seeking permission from the presenters and Young Adelaide Voices. 

4. I agree that I will stay away from the event if unwell with COVID or COVID symptoms and I will be able to participate via Zoom. If COVID or COVID symptoms prohibit me from participating via Zoom, the sessions will be recorded and distributed post event. Depending on the details of your situation, you may be eligible for a refund - please contact choiroffice@yav.asn.au for consideration. If any sessions are cancelled by YAV, a full refund will apply. Please note that COVID protocols will be adhered to in the running of the sessions.

5. I acknowledge and agree that subject to law, Young Adelaide Voices does not accept any liability for personal injury, property damage or loss sustained by participant at the Program (except in the case where such liability is a direct consequence of a negligent act or omission of Young Adelaide Voices and its staff). 

6. I acknowledge that Young Adelaide Voices is committed to the safety, wellbeing, participation and empowerment of children and young people in accordance with the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women. Young Adelaide Voices has zero tolerance of child abuse or harm. 

7. I acknowledge that in order for Young Adelaide Voices to create the Community Choir, it is necessary for me to provide personal information. Young Adelaide Voices takes privacy seriously. We will at all times collect, store, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Australian Privacy Principles.