Toronto Treble Singers

Toronto Treble Singers A choral group for children aged 8 to 14 newly established by Hong Kong soprano Rosaline Pi.

The Toronto Treble Singers (TTS) is a choral group for children aged 8 to 14 newly established by well-known Hong Kong soprano and voice teacher Miss Rosaline Pi.
「多倫多童聲合唱團」(TTS) 是香港資深女高音歌唱家及聲樂老師畢永琴最新為8至14歲兒童成立的歌詠小組。

TTS offers an all-rounded music training to children: besides vocal training, the young singers will also be trained in intonation, melodious singing, music reading and sense of rhyt

hm. In introducing music to our children at their young age, Miss Pi hopes the gift of music can stay on in their life. This is because Miss Pi believes good music appeals to our soul, opens our mind to ideals, helps us overcome boredom and develop positive thinking. TTS 提供團員全面性音樂訓練：除歌唱訓練外，畢老師會在音準、旋律表達、拍子感及讀譜等多方面訓練團員。兒童從小能接觸音樂，音樂就會伴隨他一生。畢老師相信好的音樂能直達心靈深處、開展人的理想世界、鼓勵正面思維及克服無聊。

Audition is required to be admitted to TTS. If interested, please send email to [email protected] stating your name, contact number, your child’s name, age and gender. Parents are welcome to accompany their child in the audition.
有興趣加入TTS，請發電郵至 [email protected] ，電郵中請寫上家長姓名、聯絡方法，子女姓名、性別及年齡報名試音。TTS 歡迎家長陪同子女參加試音。


Artistic Director 藝術總監
Rosaline Pi 畢永琴
Miss Pi graduated from McGill University (Montreal) in B.Music (voice). She was one of the most actively performing sopranos in Hong Kong for the past thirty years. Pi taught voice for over twenty years in the music department of Hong Kong’s Academy for Performing Arts, Chinese University and Baptist University. She co-founded the Hong Kong Chamber Choir whose concerts were regularly presented by the Arts Development Council and Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong.
畢業於加拿大滿地可麥基爾大學音樂學士（主修聲樂）。過去30年為香港最活躍女高音歌唱家之一。於香港演藝學院、浸會大學、中文大學音樂系任教聲樂20多年。在港曾合創香港雅詠團，該合唱團經常性受康文處邀請演出，並長期屢獲藝展處資助演出。

05/16/2025

Domine Deus | Toronto Treble Singers
“Domine Deus” from Gloria
Music: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Soloist: Elam Chan

Antonio Vivaldi wrote three Gloria’s, settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo. The most popular one is RV589. It is a vocal composition for choir with two sopranos, one mezzo soprano and one alto soloists. The soprano solo “Domine Deus” is number six of the twelve songs in RV589.

Domine Deus, Rex coelestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe.
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.

English translation:
Lord God, King of Heaven,
God the Father Almighty.
Lord only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.
(translation © Pamela Dellal, courtesy Emmanuel Music Inc.)

05/12/2025

Canon of Peace | Toronto Treble Singers
Canon of Peace
Music: Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Arranged and Latin text setting by: Patrick M. Liebergen

The melody is taken from Pachelbel’s Canon in D. The tune is arranged into a duet for two voices by Patrick M. Liebergen. The Latin setting of the text is also by Liebergen.

There is only one line of text in the entire song: “Dona nobis pacem” (Latin for “Grant us peace”). “Dona nobis pacem” is a phrase from the Angus Dei section of the mass.

05/09/2025

Ave Maria | Toronto Treble Singers
Ave Maria
Music: Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
Arranged by Nick Ingman
Soloist: Lucius Lo

The melody of the song was written by Caccini. The lyrics contain only the word “Ave Maria”. The arrangement of the song sung here is by Mick Ingman.

05/05/2025

Jerusalem | Toronto Treble Singers
Jerusalem
Music: Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
Lyrics: William Blake (1757-1827)

“And did those feet in ancient time” is a poem by William Blake (printed in 1808). This poem is best known today by the name “Jerusalem” when Hubert Parry set the poem to the song “Jerusalem” in 1916.

And did those feet in ancient time
walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
on England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
among those dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant Land.

The Toronto Treble Singers (TTS) is holding our 2025 Spring Concert on May-31 (Saturday) at 6:30pm In Rm101 of 105 Gibso...
05/05/2025

The Toronto Treble Singers (TTS) is holding our 2025 Spring Concert on May-31 (Saturday) at 6:30pm In Rm101 of 105 Gibson Centre.

Tickets (@$15 each) are open for sale to the public now. First-come-first served. If interested, please send email to [email protected] stating your name, contact number and number of tickets wanted.

In this Concert, we are singing the following traditional songs and famous songs by classical composers:
Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
Some folks (Foster)
Camptown races (Foster)
Sweet nightingale (traditional)
Early one morning (traditional)
kyrie Eleison (Dvorák)
Da unten im Tale (Brahms)
Simple Gifts (traditional)
Silent worship (Handel)
Greensleeves (traditional)
Where the bee sucks (Arne)

Almost half of the songs are sung in two parts. Two-part singing is a big challenge for the young singers. But the process of learning to sing in harmony with another part is enjoyable and rewarding.

Hope to see you in our concert!!

Rosaline Pi
(Artistic Director/ Founder)
May-2-2025

12/16/2024

Edelweiss | Toronto Treble Singers

Edelweiss

Edelweiss...
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever...

Edelweiss...
Bless my homeland forever...

12/09/2024

My Favorite Things | Toronto Treble Singers

My Favorite Things

Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings...
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudles,
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles,
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings...
These are a few of my favorite things.

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes,
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes,
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad...
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

The Toronto Treble Singers (TTS) is now recruiting new singers for our 2024/25 Spring Term (January to May/2025).*******...
12/05/2024

The Toronto Treble Singers (TTS) is now recruiting new singers for our 2024/25 Spring Term (January to May/2025).

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About the Toronto Treble Singers (TTS):

TTS is a group of young singers between age 8 and 14. The Music Director, Rosaline Pi, is a professional classical singer (soprano) who has over thirty years of experiences in public performances.

Besides teaching the singers pieces from the classical vocal repertoire, Ms Pi focuses a lot on (bel canto) vocal training on the singers of all her choirs including the Treble Singers. 30 minutes of the 90 minutes of the rehearsals are used to vocally and musically train the children singers. They are individually guided to sing up to the very high note of high-C.
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TTS 2024/25 Spring Term (Jan to May/2025)
Location:
Gibson Centre Room 106B
105 Gibson Drive, Markham

Rehearsals:
Jan-11 to May-31-2025 inclusively (no lesson on April-19)
Saturdays 4:30 to 6pm
Spring Concert on May-31
Choir fee: C$500 (for all 20 lessons)

Audition starting from the month of Dec-2024
Gibson Center Room 106B
Audition fee: C$10
Audition is required for new applicants

Please email to [email protected]
(Stating your child’s name, age, gender, your contact number)
to request for an audition.

12/02/2024

So Long, Farewell | Toronto Treble Singers

So Long, Farewell

There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "cuckoo"
Regretfully they tell us
But firmly they compel us
To say goodbye to you.

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
(Marta:) I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
(Kurt:) Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen
(Liesl:) I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
(Friedrich:) I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye, goodbye
(Brigitta:) I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
(Louisa: ) I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
(Gretl:) The sun has gone to bed and so must I
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye…

Toronto Treble Singers’ 2024 Christmas Concert ====================================December 21st 2024 (Saturday) 6:30pmG...
11/21/2024

Toronto Treble Singers’ 2024 Christmas Concert
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December 21st 2024 (Saturday) 6:30pm
Gibson Centre Room 101
105 Gibson Drive, Markham
Tickets: C$12
The Concert is open to the public starting from Nov-21-2024.
For ticket request, please send email to [email protected]
State your name, contact number and number of tickets you want.
Enquiries
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Please send email to [email protected]
Program
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Alleluia (Mozart)
Ave Maria (Caccini)
Pie Jesu (Fauré)
Domine Deus (Vivaldi)
Pachelbel’s Canon of Peace
Gesù Bambino (P. A. Yon)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach)
Jerusalem (H. Parry)
Christmas Carols from England, Germany, France, Wales
多首動聽古典聖誕名曲及世界各地聖𧩙頌歌
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08/19/2024

The Sound of Music | Toronto Treble Singers

The Sound of Music
My day in the hills has come to an end, I know.
A star has come out to tell me it’s time to go.
But deep in the dark green shadows are voices that urge me to stay,
So I pause and I wait and I listen for one more sound,
For one more lovely thing that the hills might say.

The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
That rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
From a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
Stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more


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The Toronto Treble Singers is inviting young singers to join our 2024/25 Fall Term (Sept to Dec/2024)
Location 地點: Gibson Center, 105 Markham Drive, Markham, Room 106(B)
Rehearsals 排練 : Sept-7 to Dec-21-2024 inclusively (Saturdays 4:30 - 6:00pm) (no lesson on Oct-5)
(Christmas Concert on Dec-21)
Monthly fee: C$375 (for all 15 lessons)
Audition fee:C$10
(Audition is required for new applicants)
Please email to [email protected] or use QR code in the attached promotion leaflet to arrange for an audition
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/exT2HDer7kMa6GP4/?mibextid=CTbP7E

08/12/2024

Where is Love? | Toronto Treble Singers

1. Where is love?
Does it fall from skies above?
Is it underneath the willow tree
That I've been dreaming of?
Where is she
Who I close my eyes to see?
Will I ever know the sweet hello
That's meant for only me?

2. Who can say where she may hide?
Must I travel far and wide?
'Til I am beside the someone who
I can mean something to
Where, where is love?

3. Every night I kneel and pray,
Let tomorrow be the day,
When I see the face of someone
Who I can mean something to?
Where, where is love?


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The Toronto Treble Singers is inviting young singers to join our 2024/25 Fall Term (Sept to Dec/2024)
Location 地點: Gibson Center, 105 Markham Drive, Markham, Room 106(B)
Rehearsals 排練 : Sept-7 to Dec-21-2024 inclusively (Saturdays 4:30 - 6:00pm) (no lesson on Oct-5)
(Christmas Concert on Dec-21)
Monthly fee: C$375 (for all 15 lessons)
Audition fee:C$10
(Audition is required for new applicants)
Please email to [email protected] or use QR code in the attached promotion leaflet to arrange for an audition
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/exT2HDer7kMa6GP4/?mibextid=CTbP7E

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