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The True North Strong and Freakishly Creative!

July 1, 2015 by tprochera Leave a Comment

So, today is July 1st, Canada Day, a day to enjoy time with family and friends and celebrate the great nation into which I was born.

There are many things I love about Canada – the warm, friendly people, the variety of landscapes – no matter what natural experience you want to have, you are sure to find it here – and the cultural diversity. Every August, my city of Winnipeg hosts Folklorama, the largest and longest-running multicultural festival in the world. Always so much fun!

But one thing Canada is known for, even if the rest of the world doesn’t actually know it, is its creative people. I was thinking about this recently while watching the adorable romantic comedy, My Best Friend’s Wedding with Julia Roberts, which featured songs by not only one but two Canadian songstresses, Jann Arden and Amanda Marshall.

Now, many of us claim that it’s because we need something to do during the cold winters but there is such an abundance of artists here that have taken the world by storm over the years, from musicians to actors to authors to filmmakers to comedians.

And here are just a few.

Where would we be without the brilliant Jim Carrey and Martin Short making the whole world laugh hysterically?

Remember the trinity that was Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Victoria, BC’s Nelly Furtado?

The voice of a generation, Joni Mitchell – wishing you lots of love and healing in your recovery!

The stunning Shania Twain – who remains the best-selling female country artist of all time

The Group of Seven

The authors Margaret Atwood and Lucy Maude Montgomery. Seriously, who doesn’t know and love Anne of Green Gables?

Winnipeg’s own The Guess Who

James Cameron – the film director who dreams big and does what others think is impossible

And, of course, there’s the gossip darling, Justin Bieber and his protégé, Carly Rae Jepsen? I mean, if you can get Tom Hanks to feature in your music video, you’re doing all right!

And I could go on and on.

 

What I’m saying is that a lot of amazing talent has come from this country and we need to celebrate it. We have made a global impact in every art form and that’s nothing to sneeze at. Sure, there may be something to be said for humility but it behooves us to be reminded that we have the ability to inspire and entertain people the world over and we owe it to them to do just that.

Because we rock!

Sorry…. but we do!

 

In some Swimming Tigress news, I’m excited to announce that we are finally on Pinterest! So, head on over to check out all sorts of inspirational quotes, videos, music and more! And more great stuff is being added all the time so keep coming back. So get your pinning finger ready!

Have a fabulous day!

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Inspired and Enlightened – What I learned from Creativity, Inc.

June 18, 2015 by tprochera Leave a Comment

creativity inc cover 2Hi guys!

So, I have just finished reading Creativity, Inc. by the president of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation, Ed Catmull. I can’t tell you how much I adored this book! Well, I guess I just did!

Anyway, on the eve of the release of the company’s latest production, Inside Out, which I can’t wait to see tomorrow, I thought I would share with you some insights I took away from it.

Now, if you have read it I’m pretty sure you’ll agree with me how fabulous it is. And if you haven’t, you may be thinking it’s about the history of Pixar. And that is certainly part of it – and that journey is fascinating in its own right – but it’s so much more than that!

Creativity, Inc. is a story about how to make an impact in the world, be financially successful and still maintain your creative integrity. It’s a story about innovation and taking your art form “to infinity and beyond!”. Okay, I had to put that in there! It’s a story about leadership – about taking a group of people who each have their own gifts to offer and drawing the best out of them so that the company prospers and the employees go to sleep at the end of the day feeling like they have been a part of something meaningful and magical.

Who wouldn’t want that, I ask you?

But how did they do it?

They created an environment where people were heard and they felt like their opinions were valued. These days, I have been taking on my first directing gig for a theatrical production and I learned a lot about how directors are encouraged to deal with input from everyone involved in a film. When you feel like you are a valued contributor to a project, you will be more inclined to give your all to it.

They allowed employees to decorate their workspaces however they wished, realizing that one’s surroundings can help or hinder inspiration and creativity.

They created a workplace that encouraged connection and collaboration among people in different departments, acknowledging the fact that being aware of how other people do their jobs can affect how you relate to them when it comes to doing your job.

And one of my favourites, they allowed for, even encouraged, mistakes with an often used phrase being “be wrong as fast as you can” so you can figure out what works and what doesn’t and try something else. There’s an understanding at Pixar that, in order to be innovative and unique, you are going to have some things that don’t turn out so well. That’s part of the deal. If you want a failproof system, you will just end up regurgitating what was successful in the past and you won’t grow or learn from it. To move forward you have to take risks!

These are just a few lessons I took from Creativity, Inc. – there is so much more in there – and I wholeheartedly encourage you to read it if you haven’t already. It’s inspiring and enlightening and you might find you become a better artist because of it.

Okay, that’s it for today! I hope you’re enjoying the download of Ladybug Crossings I posted last time. More to come!

Have a great day!

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Show Me The Money! Why Artists Need To Pay Each Other

June 4, 2015 by tprochera Leave a Comment

Hi guys!

 

So, I know the idea of money and creativity is a contentious issue that has been talked about a lot in various capacities. Whether it’s dealing with the use of existing art or getting someone to work on your project, money comes up a lot and I’d like to put my two cents in. Ha! Get it?

When you’re talking collaboration of some kind, it’s a sticky wicket, for sure. On the one hand, everyone wants to be paid fairly for their work. On the other hand, you may want to start a project that requires the skills of other people that you feel you simply don’t have the money to pay.

I get it. I’ve totally been in that situation where I would love to hire a <insert creative title here> to help bring my project to life but I don’t have the funds. And it’s so tempting to say “Hey! Who’s willing to work for free?” And true, there are situations when you all decide to engage in a project together – like a band – and the money comes from those who hire you to play. That’s different.

I’m bringing this up because I go to a lot of networking events and have heard people say outright, “I’m looking for an <x> and I have no budget so I need someone to do it for free.”

And you might be thinking well, you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

But here’s the thing . It’s a slippery slope, a vicious cycle, if you will.

If I, as a musician, for example, do a bunch of work for no pay – like scoring your film – then either one of two things is the case; either 1) I need to work a regular job to make an income or 2) I have no income.

In the first scenario, if I have to spend most of my time at an unrelated job – I realize that some people prefer it that way but let’s say I want music to be my full-time gig – not only am I less likely to be giving my best to your volunteer project , which affects both my reputation and the quality of your project, but I have less time available to study and practice and get better at my craft.

In the second scenario of having no money, this means I am unable to pay others to orchestrate the score, provide copying services, design an album cover etc.. I can’t afford things like the $200 a month I would need to spend on  lessons to becoming a world-class vocalist or composer or whatever.

Do you see how it keeps coming around? You don’t pay me so I can’t pay anyone else – and by me I mean any creative person, not me specifically! And I might not have the money in my pocket to go see any other movies you might release. Ultimately, the whole industry – and, some would argue, the world – suffers when artists are unable to better themselves and dedicate themselves to their work.

So, my thing is, I get money can be tight. But, if you strongly believe in your project, there may be ways, whether through grants or friends and family or other benefactors, to allow you to provide financial compensation to those who are working with you. Try not to immediately jump to the donation of services until you have exhausted all other possibilities.

Trust me – your project and the creative industry as a whole will be richer for it!

 

So, now to some Swimming Tigress Music News.

Ladybug Crossings is coming along swimmingly and I know I’ve put up a few lyric videos.

But I wanted to share something with you that you can take anywhere – a free download of the title track!

Just click on the little Download button and away you go!

 

Enjoy! And don’t forget to come back or visit www.tiffanyprochera.com for more updates!

 

Have a fabulous day!

 

 

 

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There’s no Competition in Creative Collaboration!

May 19, 2015 by tprochera Leave a Comment

competitionWell, okay, I was trying to put a spin on the classic quote from A League of Their Own, “There’s no crying in baseball.” But I’m not sure if it worked. But anyway….

I bring up this idea of competition because it came up for me recently.

I had just returned home from four days in Vancouver at the Tapestry International Festival For Women’s Choirs. It was an amazing experience where four choirs – Electra from Vancouver, Canzona from California, Cantus from Norway and our Esprit de Choeur from Winnipeg, came together to connect and perform two concerts as individual choirs and as a mass group.

Upon arriving home, I went immediately from the airport to a family event and found out someone had read an article about us in the paper that was printed before we left for the festival. Apparently, the article suggested there was no competition among the members of our group.

And I thought about it and, really, there isn’t – at least not on public display. Solos etc. are handed out and no one says boo about it. And there didn’t appear to be competition at the festival either. There were a couple of solos to audition for but there was no drama around it.

And thinking about the article I wondered why that was and is it the way it should be?

And here’s what came to mind.

There are different levels of competition. Yes, we always want to do our best and maybe get the solo or whatever reward may be presented in front of us but often with the idea of competing comes the hope that the other person doesn’t do as well, that they might fall on their proverbial face.

But when we’re in the process of collaboration, don’t we want everyone to be on their a-game? If you want to put on the best musical performance, wouldn’t you also want to have the best person for the job singing the solo etc. even if it’s not you?

And it’s not necessarily about how fabulous you are – because you are, of course! – but each work has its own vibe, if you will, and certain people are more suited to that vibe than others, that’s all.  It’s just like if you were hiring an graphic artist to create a logo or an illustration for a business. There may be several people who are equally talented artists but you have to go with the one whose style fits with the image you are trying to present.  It’s hard, I know, but when we are working together we have to try and get our egos out of the way if the best result for the audience is to be achieved.

Speaking of egos, I had a part of a small group solo during one of the mass choir songs and, before the final performance we were organizing ourselves into voices on the stage. I was in the front due to my height and there were a few people doing the solo further back in my section. I tried to move further back to join the others but then was unable see the conductor.

So, in front of 150 people she told me I could stay where I was but I had to sing very quietly.

At first I was a little annoyed – if I have to sing very quietly, why should I bother singing at all? – and I felt like I was being singled out as an inconvenience. But I then thought of the group and the end result. I didn’t know what the conductor was hearing from her perspective but if her goal was to achieve a unified sound with a couple of clusters of singers among the group and I was sticking out I had to be willing to reign it in.

So, I did.

And here’s another thing.

When you’re competing, there can be a sense of disconnect, of otherness, of “we” and “they”, and when you’re in that mode you may be blocking out the potential to learn and grow.

While all of the groups at the festival have had their own levels of accomplishment, there was one choir, Cantus, that would probably be considered the celebrities. You see, they performed the opening song in the Disney smash hit, Frozen,  and coming into the festival we were all excited to hear them.

And they were amaaazing! We were in awe, to be frank.

Now, if one was being competitive about it, there would probably be all sorts of thoughts going through one’s head and, beyond the first few notes, not a lot of attention would be paid to the actual music.

But in the spirit of collaboration, not only can you appreciate the beauty of the sound but you can also be more aware of what is happening and learn from it. What is their balance like between sopranos and altos? How are they positioned on the stage? How often do they rehearse? In short, what makes them as good as they are? You begin to notice the elements that make up a great performance and then you can take those elements unto yourself to make you a better artist.

Even in an actual competition, the idea of eliminating the competition aspect of it all can allow you recognize the greatness in the other competitors to help you make your performance better. You don’t hear singers on The Voice bashing each other – at least not on camera. 🙂 They seem to be inspired by each other and they become stronger artists for it.

So, there you go! Maybe you do this already but I invite you, if you’re ever working with other people or competing against them, to step back and appreciate and learn rather than seeing them as the enemy. Who knows? You might even makes some new friends in the process!

Let’s keep the conversation going, shall we? Feel free to add your two cents or a nickel in the comments section below and share this post with your peeps!

 

Have a great day!

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Imaginations Running Wild! Re-imagining The Tools We Use To Create

April 22, 2015 by tprochera Leave a Comment

PleiadesGreetings all!

I would like to talk to you about imagination and the tools we use in the creative process.

I’ve been thinking about it lately and it seems to me that it actually works on both sides.

Sometimes we are struck by a brilliant idea – like the first time they put Peter Pan on the stage and wanted him to fly – and then you try to find a way to make it happen. You look at all of the technology and tools at your disposal and say, what will I/we need to do to actually make that happen? How can we make Peter Pan actually fly?

So you try this and you try that, configuring and reconfiguring your hydraulics, wiring, pully systems and whatnot, and then, next thing you know, you’ve just make a huge development in the area of theatrical technology that can be shared and used for ages to come!

This is the “necessity is the mother of invention” kind of approach and it has been responsible for some amazing things!

And on the flip side, sometimes you see a tool’s potential and you are inspired to find a place for it in your creative process.

I remember going to a Sarah Brightman concert some years back and they had this big mylar screen on stage – it was the first time I had seen such a thing and I didn’t know what it was going to be used for. But I was amazed at how the projections onto the screen placed Sarah in the middle of a pool of water, then in a garden in bloom. I was mesmerized. And then you wonder, did the producers of the show say, “Hmm… they have this technology now. How can we use it in the show?” Or were the asking, ”How can we turn Sarah Brightman into a mermaid?”

A real chicken or the egg kind of thing, isn’t it?

So, that being said, I invite you to be creative with your creativity from both sides. Think about what you might like to achieve – whether it’s a new art project or a new way of connecting with your students – have a look around and see what tools you might already have to assist you. Then, explore all the tools and technology that exist in and out of your field and let you imagination run wild with ways you might be able to apply it to your craft.

You never know what you can come up with!

On that note, I would like to share with you an amazing video by Enra – Motion Picture Performing Arts – you can check out their Youtube channel here. This dance number called Pleiades by Saya Watatani and Maki Yokoyama will blow you away as it makes use of cutting edge technology and has the dancers interacting with objects of light on the screen behind them. Chicken or egg? Who knows? But the results are stunning!

Enjoy!

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And if you would like to add your two cents or a nickel to the conversation and let us know how you’ve found some new tools to use in your craft or discovered a new way to use the tools already in your repertoire don’t hesitate to comment below! It would be great to hear from you!

Have a great day everyone!

 

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The Importance of Choir – An Interview With John Rutter

April 14, 2015 by tprochera 1 Comment

John_RutterHey guys!

 

Have you ever been part of a choir, be it through a church, your school or a maybe you joined a community group?

I have been in a number of choirs throughout the years. I joined my first choir, a youth community group, when I was six and always participated in the school choirs even into university.  In recent years, I have been privileged to be a member of a women’s choir that will soon be heading off to an international conference with world renowned groups. So this topic has been on my mind!

There is something about the experience of choral music, especially as a participant but even as a listener, that creates this sense of connection to the other singers and to the world as a whole. If you’ve ever been singing in a group and allowed yourself to truly be in the experience – trying not to think about what you’re going to make for dinner when the rehearsal is over, etc. – you’ll know what a magical thing it can be. The harmonies take you to another place and you almost wish you could stop singing to absorb it all but you also know that your vibrations mingling with those of the others is part of that magic.

I would like to share with you an interview with the acclaimed British composer, John Rutter, on The Importance of Choir, originally posted on the J.W. Pepper website. In it, he explains the significance choral music has for the individual and society at large.

Enjoy!

So, if you’ve never been in a choir before, you might want to try it and, if it has been a while and you’ve been thinking about singing again, look around and see what groups are in your community and have fun!

And, remember, if you want to add your two cents or a nickel to this topic, post your comments below! I’d love to hear what you think!

 

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Healing Through Singing

April 8, 2015 by tprochera Leave a Comment

singing for health“From the honk of a car horn to kids playing at the park, from the sizzle of an egg cooking to the reports on the daily news, from the myriad radio stations to, perhaps, your own music-making, sound vibrations and frequencies make up our entire world and have from the beginning of time. Even the creation of the universe is thought to have been the result of sound, according to many creation stories and the Big Bang theory.

What effect are all these sounds having on our body, though, and how can we use sound to aid our healing journey?”

I just get chills reading this! Don’t you just want to learn more?

Music is sound. Sound is energy. And energy can heal.

This is the idea behind the brilliant blog post from Angela Winter entitled Singing For Your Health originally posted on the TheCleanYogi.com .  It’ s another testament to the power of music and they ways in which it can benefit our lives.

I am so pleased to be able to share this information with you and I encourage you to check out the complete blog post here  so you can learn more about how sound and vibration can be used to affect the cells in our body to promote healing.

Incredibly powerful stuff!

 

In STM news, we’ve been having fun!

On March 21, I had the pleasure of watching a young man named Nicholas perform Doodley Doo from Bad Moods and Seven Other Super Reasons to Sing a Silly Song in a trophy competition at the Winnipeg Music Festival. He did a fabulous job – he had choreography and everything – and was a runner-up for the trophy!

I’ve also created a couple more lyric videos for songs from the upcoming album, Ladybug Crossings. Check out What to Do? and Mr. Duckworth and Mrs. Bunnington – both originally from my Bad Moods collection – and the brand new Busy, Busy, Busy, Busy Day!

Enjoy!


Well, that’s about all for now!  Have a fabulous day and keep singing!

 

 

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Forget About Your Passion and Be Useful – Say What?

March 24, 2015 by tprochera Leave a Comment

Untitled-1Greetings everyone!

I’m so excited to be posting the first blog on the brand new tiffanyprochera.com site! I’m really pleased with the new digs and I hope you browse around and have some fun here!

So, I was recently reading an article about following your passion can be dangerous – a “nightmare”, in fact. The article, written by Michael McCullough for Canadian Business (you can check out the article for yourself here) suggests that, for most people, their passions are not marketable, they have no value to society and they should instead take a standard job that has a predictable value and outcome and make the best of it and keep the passion to a hobby. The goal is to get over your ego and find out how you can be useful to others.

Well, let’s look at this for a moment, shall we?

To be honest, I don’t necessarily disagree with everything about this notion and, trust me, it’s not the first time I have heard it.

For one, I have met people who feel that doing what they love for a career would put too much pressure on them to deliver results. and they might end up, in fact, falling out of love with the activity. I get that.
There are also those who may not have the skill set to be a professional at something and may not be able or willing to do what it takes to get good enough. At under 4’8”, no matter how much I loved playing basketball , the chances are almost non-existent that I could become a professional player. Heck, I apparently can’t even be a flight attendant because I’ve heard they have a height minimum of 5’2” – I’m assuming that’s so they can effectively deal with the overhead bins. Anyway, there may be some league somewhere that might accommodate someone of my stature but NBA material I am not so I’m better off playing it as a hobby to my heart’s content.

I have also met students who love singing with the radio in the car but when it comes to dedicated practice time, not so much. And that’s what’s required to be a professional performer – the commitment to your craft – so maybe their commitment will change over time or maybe it’s just not going to be their career path and that’s okay.

And there are those whose passion is somewhat unusual and may not have a large market. Even in the realm of music, I once heard someone explain that if you are an out-of-the-box fusion-style artist, you are less likely to get music licenced for film and television because they tend to work within standard genres. So your death metal/funk/country track, as wicked as it may be, is probably not going end up on the next episode of Grey’s Anatomy.
It’s not impossible… and that’s doesn’t mean there isn’t a place for it in the world – just maybe not on a film and television soundtrack.

But here’s the thing. There are also a lot of people who have the skills, are doing something many people could enjoy and benefit from and, to top it all off, it is at the very core of their being. Their passion, their creativity is, in many ways, who they are.

Maybe I’m over-simplifying the message and maybe it just triggered something in me but It’s is thoughts like those presented in this article – the idea that creativity should be relegated to a hobby – that leads to people posting blog comments like, “All music should be public domain”.

Art brings huge value to society – we are surrounded by it every day and cannot help but be affected by it. And I’m not even talking about symphonies and Chekov plays.

You may resist the idea at first, but can you entertain the notion that Zoom zoom zoom is art? That the latest blockbuster movie – heck, even something like The Interview – is art? That the poster that hangs in front of a lingerie store is art?

Because it is. They all use the same skills that have resulted in the most profound sounds, sights and stories ever created.

Yet there are people who believe that, because it’s fun to do it, it has no value and should be free.
Doing what we love, whatever it is, brings us joy. That joy, in turn, radiates to those around us, making the world a happier place.

I’d say that’s pretty useful and valuable – never mind when you add the results of our efforts on top of it!

And, despite what the author of the article and many other people think, different people find joy in different things. Just because you can’t stand doing housework doesn’t mean that someone else doesn’t find absolute fulfillment in coming into a home and putting things in order and making everything sparkle. You can’t just automatically assume that that housekeeper necessarily wants to become an actor or a painter. And wouldn’t the kind of a person who loved cleaning do a better job than someone who begrudges every moment and is just doing it because it’s something they can get paid to do? Just a thought.

But back to the creative pursuits, sometimes it’s a matter of learning how to navigate the business side of things. There are courses that you can take – courses that specifically cater to artists and creative people – that help you hone those skills and make a living from your craft. Maybe, for you, it will be about learning to navigating social media. Maybe your work is awesome but you just need to tweak it a little to appeal to a specific demographic.
You can’t underestimate how important that kind of knowledge is.

You can be the best at whatever you do but you still have to figure out how to get your work out there. Whether it’s learning how to do it yourself or bringing a professional marketing person on board, the two must go hand in hand. Otherwise you end up with a bunch of beautiful paintings stacked up against the wall in your studio or hundreds, or even thousands, of CDs or books sitting in boxes in your garage or storage closet.

How many times have you heard about an album or movie months after its release being publicly declared a flop and you think to yourself, “What? That sounds amazing! I totally would have bought that/gone to see that if I had known it existed.”?

My point is, there are lots of reasons to do or not do something and if you decide not to make a living from your passion, that’s totally okay. And, yes, it behooves us to try and see the best in any situation so we can learn to like where we’re at. But, if you have something you love so much that it is all you want to do, you at least owe it to yourself and the world to set a timeline and make a go of it. Take a look at your obligations, financial and otherwise, and see if you can start off at least part time and make it a side business.

Try investing a little in your passion and see what it gives back to you!

In other Swimming Tigress Music news – as you can see, the new web site is here!

I’m so excited! I love the colours and how it’s all laid out! We’re going to have fun here, people!

I’m currently working on my first children’s album, Ladybug Crossings, to be released under the name Tofaru (see the web page for the 411 on that!) and I’m having a total blast! It’s a combination of songs from my two songbooks, Bad Moods and Brain Freezes and some brand new material and I’m planning on releasing it in June of this year.

But in the meantime, you can check out some lyric videos for the first few songs on the Swimming Tigress Music YouTube Channel.

Oh, and speaking of Bad Moods, this past weekend I had the pleasure of watching a dapper young fellow named Nicholas perform Doodley Doo at a trophy competition during the Winnipeg Music Festival. He did a bang up job! He had moves and everything! I was so pleased and I’m so glad his teacher made aware of the competition so I could check it out! I’ll see if I can get a video of his performance but,in the meantime, you can check out my version of Doodley Doo – soon to appear on Ladybug Crossings – on the STM YouTube below.

Okay, that’s all for now! Have a fabulous, fabulous day!

And if you’d like to add your two cents or a nickel on today’s topic, don’t hesitate to comment below!

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Performances, Performances and More Performances!

November 26, 2012 by tprochera Leave a Comment

Greetings all from STM and NP Land!

We hope all is well in your world and your enjoying the beginning of preparations for the holiday season. We’ve been busy here with lots of exciting stuff to tell you about.

On November 4th, Tiffany competed in the National Association  of Teachers of Singing Manitoba Contemporary Song Competition. She performed Aaron Copeland’s Nature, The Gentlest Mother and Dream Love by Jean Coutlhard – good times and a highly appreciative audience!

On November 18th,  she accompanied a fellow teacher’s student singing her rendition of Purple from Bad Moods and Seven Other Super Reasons to Sing A Silly Song as part of a recital celebrating Canada Music Week. Katherine did an amazing job – dressed head-to-toe in purple to suit the song – and the audience loved it, laughing in all the right places! 

And  …. on November 25th Tiffany was the musical guest at the art show The Lives of Women at the Artlington Gallery in Winnipeg put on by Sharon Cory and other guest artists. It was an inspiring afternoon filled with powerful art and great conversation.

If you’re looking to hear some grea choral music,  The Esprit De Choeur choral group – of which Tiffany is a member – will be performing at St. John’s Chapel at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg on December 8th at 7:00.

And, as the holiday season approaches, you might be looking for gifts for your loved ones. May we make a few suggestions?

A Candle at Both Ends
Tiffany’s debut book and CD collection of inspiring poetry and prose –  Order or Download Your Copy

Tabitha’s Magical Voice
An e-book for young readers about a young girl who doesn’t like her voice but realizes it can be used to save an entire village of little people    – Download Your Copy

Bad Moods and Seven Other Super Reasons To Sing A Silly Song
For the young music lover in your life, this song collection for kids makes learning to sing almost too much fun  –  Order or Download Your Copy

Well, that`s all for us for now.  Stay fabulous, everyone!

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It’s Getting To Be That Time of Year Again

August 13, 2012 by tprochera Leave a Comment

Ah, Fall!  Just a few weeks away!

It’s not to say we haven’t been loving the summer and the chance to mellow out a bit here at STM but fall always feels like a time of resurgence – getting back into the groove, as it were. It’s kind of exciting actually!

Tiffany will be starting the new lesson season in September so if you or someone you love is looking to advance their vocal skills, visit her website to learn more then contact her at [email protected] and book your introductory meeting. Remember, she offers in-person lessons if your in the Winnipeg area or you can study online via Skype from anywhere!

Tiffany’s musical, Mocha and the Moon, is going swimmingly and is just going through some final touch-ups. She will be posting some songs shortly for you to enjoy! 

And we may have some very exciting news to share soon about one of her previous projects which is now in the hands of a major film studio. Fingers crossed!

Tiffany has also been doing a lot of voice-over work for a product training company out of Ontario which has been a lot of fun! If you’re looking for “the voice” for your commercial, narration or animation,  listen to some demos then contact her for more information.

Well, that’s about all from STM!  Enjoy the rest of your summer while it lasts!

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