Choirs for the rest of us/ Summer closure
I have participated in choirs since age 13. The problem is, I have no voice and my favourite key is "off". But my thin, colourless soprano has mustered, whether for the Latin hymns of my Catholic school choir or "Be My Baby" in a karaoke-night girl group. Lately, this rewarding non-talent has roared back. Choir!Choir! Choir!'s Davide Goldman, left, and Nobu Adilman, right If you don't know the Toronto-based musical phenomenon " Choir!Choir! Choir! ", check out their performances on Instagram. In 2008, two young musicians, Nobu Adilman and Davide Goldman, started an evening pickup choir that met weekly in a friend's real estate office and then moved to a series of pubs on quiet Tuesdays. You showed up, paid $5, got the evening's lyric sheet, grabbed a beer and the learned your part; attendance built by the month. For years, this was a local event; they built a warm community, attracted visits from Rufus Wainwright, Patti Smith, David Byrne...
