Transform Your Choir’s Sound

Transform Your Choir’s Sound – Exceptional Choral Singing with Bel Canto Principles

University of Alberta professor Dr. Laurier Fagnan has generously offered to make this video available free of charge to Choral Canada members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video provides a unique opportunity to continue to learn and develop your voice and the choral art at a time when we are unable to come together for rehearsals. Our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Fagnan for sharing this invaluable resource.

Please feel free to share this link with others, but we would ask you not to download the file to your computer. You can return here to watch as often as you’d like. If you would like to purchase your own copy of the DVD ($40 hard copy or $30 for the high-resolution digital download), which includes a 22-page booklet explaining the principles, please visit http://transformyourchoir.com/dvd/. You can also contact Dr. Fagnan directly by email at Lfagnan@ualberta.ca.

“Wishing you all the best in your ongoing vocal and choral development as we continue in our virtual singing world until we can once again come together to sing the way we were meant to! I hope the principles in this video will help you to be better prepared vocally when rehearsals and concerts resume in the future. A few words about this DVD: The total length is approximately 75 minutes. There are several chapters, but I would suggest watching linearly from the beginning as the principles are organized in a cumulative fashion, i.e. each one builds upon what has been learned in the previous chapters. Watching it in its entirety from the beginning will also help you to understand the terminology (much of it Italian) used throughout. Best of luck as we all deal with this unique experience together and come out singing on the other side!” -L. Fagnan, President Elect, Choral Canada

Time index for separate chapters (even though you’ll be watching from the beginning):
Il respiro (breathing): 4:00
Chiaroscuro resonance balancing: 11:25
Core Vibration: 28:06
La nota mentale: 40:10
Sostenuto: 44:50
Appoggiare la voce (support): 51:10
Messa di voce (soft singing): 58:30
Agility: 1:06:22
Conclusion: 1:10:40

Our office is located in Tkaronto in the Dish With One Spoon Territory and covered by Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties. We are grateful to work, live, and make music on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat Peoples.
Notre bureau est situé à Tkaronto, dans le territoire de Dish With One Spoon et couvert par le Traité 13 et les Traités Williams. Nous sommes reconnaissants de travailler, de vivre et de faire de la musique sur le territoire traditionnel de nombreuses nations, notamment les Mississaugas de Credit, les Anishnabeg, les Chippewa, les Haudenosaunee et les Wendats.