Dear Editor
In January, a friend told me about a choir for adults listed in the New Westminster Active Living Guide.
She knew that I enjoyed singing and thought I might be interested in signing up.
I looked into it and discovered the New Westminster Anvil Community Choir was all about “having fun, discovering your voice and connecting with people in your community.” No experience was necessary nor was an audition required. Sounded perfect to me. I signed up and have not looked back!
The choir is directed by Shane Raman who is a choral conductor (and private voice teacher) with the Sarah McLachlan School of Music. Shane’s guidance, encouragement and consistently positive energy brings out the best in all of us. Our repertoire includes songs such as What a Wonderful Life, Seasons of Love, Motet, Ave verum corpus and more. All of them, when sung in four-part harmony, sound magical. Our spring session will culminate in a performance in the lobby of the Anvil Centre on June 26 at 3 p.m. called An Afternoon of Song.
I would like to thank the City of New Westminster for bringing such a talented choir director to our city and would encourage anyone with an interest in singing to think about signing up for the summer program.
Lyna Kiviste, New Westminster
