The Choir is now accepting new members for the Fall of 2024 season.

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Tickets available now through Eventbrite for:
Friday, May 24th
Saturday, May 25th

Swing into Spring

Be there or be square – The fabulous swing music of the nineteen thirties and forties are the
basis of the Spring Concert which Command Performance Choir is having a super time
rehearsing. Along with Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, audiences will
enjoy the music of Kurt Weill and Otis Redding. Sprinkled in among these timeless classics is
more recent rock & roll and jazzy styles of music, chosen to make people want to move and
groove along in their seats. Even the recent Barbie movie has been tapped – the choir is belting
out Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” – this will be a concert like no other!
Featured in the evening’s entertainment will be guest artists from the upcoming show at the
Belleville Theatre Guild. The Sound of Music has a couple of duets and trios that are a part of
the stage show which will be previewed and enjoyed at the concert. The show is set in the late
1930’s and this version of Roger and Hammerstein’s ‘Cole Porter-eques’ music is a treat. We
are thrilled to have them as a sneak preview to the production!
The concert will be presented in the outstanding acoustics we all know and love inside St. Mary
Magdalene Anglican Church, Main St. Picton on Friday, May 24 th and Saturday, May 25 th at 7:30
pm.
Tickets will be available through Eventbrite, found on a link through the choir’s website:
www.commandperformancechoir.com or at the door. Come ready to Bop!

We are now accepting new members! If you are interested in joining or re-joining, please use the contact us page. Please note you must be fully vaccinated per Ontario Health guidelines to participate.

Command Performance is Prince Edward County’s community choir, founded in 1988. The choir was formed by a small group of local singers who had come together with various artists and groups from as far away as Kingston to perform in the Quinte Summer Music festival. To date, we have fifty members from all over the County as well as from Trenton and Belleville.

The choir is committed to providing a variety of music for a Christmas and a Spring Show. The choir has always reached out to the community to sing at other venues and this year we have actively sought out opportunities to make such appearances.

Moira Nikander-Forrester, BA, B Ed.
The director since 2003 has brought to the choir a tremendous amount of energy as well as artistically challenging music with many different styles and genres. Moira has a wealth of experience as a music teacher in the County and Belleville schools and is very active in the Belleville musical theater field.

Sam Hirst,
Sam has been active in musical communities for thirty years and has a wide variety of musical skills across a spectrum of genres. She has played with an array of ensembles in the Toronto and Prince Edward County areas, ranging from Eastern European Folk music to Japanese Taiko Drumming to rock bands, performing on many stages, including the Harbourfront Centre, Roy Thomson Hall, and Ellington’s Cafe.
Sam has been fascinated especially by the folk music of the Republic of Georgia and Eastern Europe. For 15 years, Sam studied this music in the oral folk tradition from traditional song masters. She has led choirs in this spirit, touring Georgia and parts of Canada and the United States.
Additionally, Sam has taught music for many years and acted as director for ensembles in the world music vein, including at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She also works as an Occasional Teacher with the local school board.
Since returning to her home base of PEC, Sam has found a home for her musical skills and is active in teaching music to both young and old. Sam has musically directed productions with the County Theatre Group and the Marysburgh Mummers. She is also currently co-leading a jazz/funk project and collaborates with both County-based and visiting artists on a number of interesting projects.
Sam holds a BMus in Musicology and Theory from the University of Toronto and a BEd from Queen’s University.

Rehearsals are held on Monday Evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. In order to ensure balance between sections we would need to hear your voice to ensure that there would be a good fit for both the needs of the choir and you as an individual. Please fill out the contact form if you would like to be on the waiting list and potentially join our choir.