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2018 Debut Album has launched!

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The Cantala Women’s choir has officially launched its debut album. A butterfly has finally emerged from its cocoon!

Many thanks to Anu Singla who created the cover art of our CD.

Many thanks to Anu Singla who created the cover art of our CD.

Many years in the making, it has taken several voices, hands, minds and donors to create this album. Now available in cd format on amazon and digitally on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, YouTube and Amazon, among others. This debut album features Rachmaninoff’s Six Choral songs, op. 15, Miklos Kochsar’s Salve Regina, Veijo Tormis’ Laululiku lapsepoli, Samuel Barber’s To be Sung on the Water and Eleanor Daley’s Rise Up My Love among others.

Thank you to all the Cantala Singers who gave so much of their time and voice to record this music endlessly, Asal Iranmehr, pianist, Konrad Skreta, sound engineer, Forest Hill United Church, the Ontario Arts Council and private donors that have contributed to making this project a reality. Thank you from all of us on the Cantala Board, and myself, Nancy Singla.

Salve Regina, Miklos Kochsar

Six Choral Songs, op. 15, Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rise Up My Love, Eleanor Daley

Sure on this Shining Night, Samuel Barber

Jesu Meine Freude, J.S.Bach/Ruth Watson Henderson

To Be Sung on the Water, Samuel Barber

Spokonoy Nochi (GoodnIght), Dimitri Kabalevsky/Doreen Rao/Nancy Singla

Early Spring, Trad.,/Arr. Kathleen Allen

Laululiku Lapsepoli, Veljo Tormis

Ave Maria, Franz Schubert

Come, listen and enjoy the angelic voices of Toronto’s own Cantala Women’s Choir!

This album has been generously supported by Ontario Arts Council

This album has been generously supported by Ontario Arts Council

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Cantala + New York in 2018

I never would have dreamed 10 years ago when I founded the Cantala Women’s Choir that I would take my choir to New York city for a musical adventure, but it’s becoming a reality.

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7 ideas for warming up the choir

Years ago I had a very experienced choral singer come up to me in Cantala and tell me that I spend a lot of time on warming up and inquired "isn't there an urgency to get to rehearsing the repertoire?".

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A Ceremony of Carols

The Cantala Women’s Choir is excited to perform next month their favourite seasonal work, the gorgeous, masterful choral piece, A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten.

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Transformative Choral Experiences with Cantala

Every year I tell Cantala that they are the closest I’ll ever get to driving a Mercedes Benz but this year I have upgraded them to a Tesla….

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Cantala's AGM

Did you know that Cantala is a registered charity and has a Board of Directors? All charitable organizations in Canada are required to have a Board of Directors to oversee and direct the vision and mission of the organization. Who is on the Board of Directors and what is their role in your singing experience? Read on to find out.


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