COVID-19 Resources for the Canadian Choral Community

Advocacy

• National Webinar: Risks and Precautions for Choirs. August 19, 2020
• Let's Sing Safely - Open Letter from Choral Canada
• Messaging from Choral Canada - please promote!
• Choral Canada's COVID-19 Survey Responses and Analysis Summary 
• Infographic on the impact of COVID-19 on Canadian Choirs

National Webinar on COVID-19 and Choral Music in Canada

Planning for Future Seasons

• Planning for your Choir in Uncertain Times
• Chorus Connection 2020-2021 Season Planning Guide

Funding

• Canada Council for the Arts regarding COVID-19
  
• Heritage Canada regarding COVID-19
  
• Unison Benevolent Fund
  
• Government of Canada’s Economic Response Plan for Individuals (including self-employed) and Businesses (including non-profits)
• Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S artists, performers, tip-based workers
  
• The AFC
• Petition for compensation for freelance artists following cancellation of cultural events
• Choral Canada’s #SupportYourChoir statement

Public Health

• Guidance for Faith-Based Choirs from BC Centre for Disease Control and BC Ministry of Health
• COVID-19 Risks and Precautions for Choirs: from National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (Canadian organization) 
• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update
  • Community based measures to mitigate the spread (COVID-19)
• World Health Organization​

Concert Cancellation

• What to do when your choral concert gets canceled (BLOG from Chorus Connection)

Emergency Planning

• Sample emergency plans from Performing Arts Readiness

Online Learning Resources

• Chorus America Webinars
• Alliance Chorale du Québec (French only)

Teaching Online

• Comparisons of distant learning for choir (created by Matt Woodward and Anna Osterman)
• Comparing & Contrasting Free Platforms and Procedures for Online Music Instruction (by Bradley Mariska, assisted by Scott Agster, Erin Holmes, and Heidi Stodola
  

Vocal Health

• "How to Prevent and Repair Vocal Damage" by The online speech pathology program from Baylor University's Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.

Livestream Concerts (to help you through your day)

• Social Distancing Festival
• List of online group singing options (shared by Chorus America)​​

Virtual Choirs and Online Singing Events

• Sing along with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
• Canadian Opera Company Virtual Chorus
• Virtual InstaChoir

More Resource Lists

• Literature reference list on COVID-19, choirs, and singing (compiled by I. Taurins 17/7/20)

• ​​Business / Arts
• The Big COVID Survival Choral Doc
• From our friends at ACDA
• ​From our friends at Chorus America
• ​Work In Culture​​

Facebook Groups

• Choirs Unite (English content)
• Entraide au sein de la communauté chorale | COVID-19 (French content)

Provincial Choral Organizations

• Choir Alberta’s online tools and resources
• Statement from the British Columbia Choral Federation’s President
• Statement from the Manitoba Choral Association’s President
• ​Statement from the Nova Scotia Choral Federation’s office
• Alliance chorale du Québec - guide pour les choeurs (French only)​