Children's choir wants to showcase its nurturing programContinued from page 29tional choirs are for advancing thoughphotos of windows from around the the program, Stachow said.world shot by Kelsey Mason.Young visitors will have a chanceThe OCC hopes people will come to see what it is like to sing with theout to the rehearsal to see just what childrens choir. Stachow said theits singers do.program in the younger choirs helpsCome and see how incredibly build the foundation of choral sing-nurturing it is and how much the ing, music theory and performancechildren learn and how we really are opportunities, which is an importanta team, said Janet Stachow, the asso-step towards moving onto the Seniorciate artistic director with the OCC choir.and the conductor for the Its absolutely crucial for the suc-Intermediate group. People will see cess of our Senior choir that they feelthe kids are having a lot of fun.confident and are prepared thor-The children in the program go oughly musically with theory andthrough the Cherub and Intermediate singing background so that theirchoirs where they receive training foundations are rock solid so thatand eventually move on to the OCCs when they get into the Senior choiraward-winning Senior Choir. Several they can flourish, she said.members of the OCCs Chamber choir The OCC will have representativeswill also perform at the rehearsal.to provide information and answerWere doing it (the open rehears-peoples questions about the choir.al) to showcase the Cherub and The centre is located at 1086Intermediate choirs to let people Burnhamthorpe Rd. E. People areknow how important the founda-asked for a donation upon entry.SUBMITTED PHOTOGETTING READY: Pictured are the Intermediate choir members of the Oakville Children's Choir with theirconductor Janet Stachow. The Intermediate group will perform along with the Cherub choir at an open rehearsal atthe Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre on Sunday, April 3.LET US MAKE YOUR HOME GREENERHawksley Workman coming to Oakville Centre stageJuno Award-winning rocker category for the song and for bestHawksley Workman will be hitting new solo artist. In 2010 the musi-the Oakville stage with a blend of cian released two albums, titledhis quirky cabaret pop and glam-Milk and Meat.European Engineering Combinedrock.Opening for the singer-song-WithTraditionalWorkmanshipThe Ontario-born musician will writer and multi-instrumentalistperform at the Oakville Centre for (guitar, drums, bass and keyboards)the Performing Arts on Wednesday, will be Canadian singer-songwriterApril 27.Oh Susanna.The musician has released near-Oh Susanna is also releasingly a dozen full-length albums since her sixth album, Soon The Birds,his career took off in 1998.on April 19, who is on tour withBuilding on theThe musician, using the stage Workman.Brightest Ideas Around Glassname of Hawksley Workman, is Regular tickets to the concert MASONRY & FIREPLACE DESIGN SPECIALISTSwww.cobblestonembers.caknown for his hit single Jealous of are $54.99. The show starts at 8 406 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE 905.849.0266Your Cigarette. In 2002 he received p.m. For tickets and informationACROSS FROM RONA LANSING 905-337-2066a Juno Award in the best video visit www.oakvillecentre.ca.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, April 1, 2011 32