Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – February 2026
Love is in the air. Yes, yes, the commerically driven kind of course this month, but what if we are able to see more love? Love for our earth. Love for our air. Love for people in other parts of the world. Love for our queer community. Love for immigrants. Love for the marginalized. Love […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy thoughts – January 2026
What time is it? Resolution time!! groan…. What if this year, we simply resolve to be more aware, to give as generously as we are able and to live as joyously as possible? Not bad! Life is a mystery to quote one of So Noted’s songs for this upcoming term. take a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW2m32ejoo0 […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – December 2025
‘Tis the season! And now the concerts, the gift buying, the carol singing, the cookie baking and the snow are flying thick and fast. I love the strange dichotomy of the Christmas season. We move forward at a fast and furious pace while allowing ourselves to pause and reflect on joy and hope. For […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – November 2025
Now we “fall back” as the time changes and so does the weather. But do we slow down? Oh no, we do not. If anything, we speed up now as we rush head long towards Christmas and all that entails. November is not really a “shoulder” month for real lives….only for hotels. Rehearsals are picking […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – October 2025
Fall in Alberta is so easy to love. Yes, despite the shorter days and longer nights and even that nip in the air. Change is good. Change is inevitable. Change can be beautiful and colourful with just a touch of reality thrown in for good measure. We must let go in order to experience fall […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – September 2025
Live your Music! Here we go again! SO excited to start another year of singing and acting with all of you. There’s an energy in the air that’s undeniable. While children go back to school excited to meet their teachers and friends, we get to go back to rehearsals together and find out what music […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – August 2025
Don’t worry, summer isn’t over yet! But planning for the new choir/performance terms has long begun. Actually, planning began in May. My neighbors always hear Christmas music coming from my home in June and have never complained. Yet….hahaha! My father weighs on my mind this summer. Should he stay or should he go? Yes, you […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – May 2025
And now, we’re fully into it all! Final show rehearsals in warm rooms, practising moving the show forward, remembering all the details, celebrating one performance done and done well (Forte Plus and SAOT), creating little candy baggys (yum), putting together pinwheels (mysterious), meeting our band members, figuring out which color represents each song (uplights!), “retiring” […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – April 2025
Here come those final rehearsals! If you are a performer of any variety, this is not the time to get complacent. Final rehearsals may feel like you know everything already and you’re just going through the motions but I urge you to find more. In fact, that is our job as performers – to find […]
Criselda’s Noteworthy Thoughts – March 2025
March heralds the turning of another season. We even get to turn our clocks ahead on Mar 9 and celebrate spring on Mar 20. International Women’s Day, Pi Day, St Patrick’s Day and even Eiffel Tower Day all fall in March. I encourage us all to find new ways of being, make some new friends, […]