About
The Peninsula Singers ~ Click here for Media Kit
"Some traditions just keep on improving with age....expect the unexpected from this vivacious, 55-voice chorus!" - Times Colonist
 This show choir has been performing to sold-out concerts in the Sidney B.C. area for over 25 years, entertaining audiences with an eclectic and wide-ranging repertoire. The “Singers” cover music ranging from Broadway show tunes to spirituals, from rock-n-roll to hymns. At their Christmas concerts, traditional as well as modern carols are featured. For their spring concerts, conductor Glenda Korella has chosen themes for the past few years, including salutes to Canada, the British Isles & Ireland and in Spring of 2010, we'll be going "Around the World in 80 Minutes" April 30, May 1, May 2, 2010.
We are an eclectic group. Many of us have moved here from all parts of Canada, particularly Ontario; and from England, Scotland, Germany and the United States. In our ranks we number a brigadier general, a former vet, a piano teacher, an investment counselor, a geologist, a banker, a professor of nursing and several authors including one who writes romance novels. We are teachers, former school principals, an oceanographer, a research scientist with Fisheries & Oceans and a professor from the UVic Faculty of Education. As well, our chorus includes a chartered accountant, a bookkeeper, a certified organic farmer and one owner of a marina. We are parents and grandparents.
We volunteer throughout this region, including at the Marine Museum; the YM and YWCA; and with new immigrants and refugees. We ride dirt bikes; paint; throw pots; garden; try our hand at English rugby; are master knitters; play the piano and washtub bass. And collectively we are the lucky companions to many dogs and cats.
 Members
of the Chorus are drawn from the Greater Victoria area and
most are amateur singers, with some semi-professionals in
the ranks. The Chorus is auditioned; they commit concert
repertoire to memory. more
As part of their commitment to music in the Peninsula, the Chorus offers a hand up to young and talented artists from the Greater Victoria area, giving these future stars the chance to perform in front of our audiences. In the past few years, violinists, coloratura sopranos and ballerinas have all taken their place alongside the Singers, many of these youngsters going on to full-fledged professional careers.
Performances take place at Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre and our tickets are sold through the Mary Winspear box office:
http://www.marywinspear.ca/index.php?centre=theatre-events
Profits from concerts are donated to local charities on the Saanich Peninsula.
Glenda Korella
Artistic Director and Conductor, ARCT, BEd, MA
“Watching Glenda Korella conduct is such a joy”
Director of the Peninsula Singers since spring of 2001, Korella received her Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto’s ARCT Piano Performance certificate while she was still in high school. In her role with the Chorus, she chooses the music, guest artists, musical accompanists, costumes and choreography. Korella has taught history and choral music to junior high school students and has directed a 200-voice glee club in Calgary, where the group sang in many festivals and concerts. She continues to teach piano and voice to children and adults in the Sidney area.
Contact the Peninsula Singers: info@peninsulasingers.ca
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