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Support the Ross Street Singers Community Choir
The Ross Street Singers is a barrier-free, drop-in community choir that is FREE to attend and participate; no audition, ability, or experience needed!
This program helps build foundational life skills and musical education, creating positive and effective relationships with peers and partners in song, incorporating presentation skills, self-advocacy, self-confidence as individuals and as learners. Students explore themselves as individuals and as group members through this choral music setting, growing their leadership skills and self-actualization, as well as friendship bonds that continue outside the classroom. Building confidence, making connections, and being heard establishes confidence when advocating for personal needs, through both the learning process and in daily life.
Sessions take place every Wednesday next door to the Red Deer Arts Council Office and are facilitated by former Red Deer College and MacEwan University music professor Dr. Danica Hoffart.
The sense of community, collaboration and emotional lift are just some of the many benefits that choral singing gives. An accessible community choir can give everyone an opportunity to experience the fun of choral singing!
Your donation will help fund supplies, facility rental fees and professional fees.
Help Support Creative Red Deer!
We are the Red Deer Arts
Council; a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to
promoting local creativity and culture throughout Red Deer and Central
Alberta. For nearly 50 years, we have been running events and
promoting literary, performing and visual arts. With our new expanded
office downtown, we are now able to host Arts Council related events
such as poetry readings, art exhibits, concerts, and much, much more.
Imagine a day without arts and culture.
No music in your headphones, no concerts to attend, no decorations in your office or any stylish graphic t-shirts. No architecture, video games, storytelling, books, logos, no music ... The list of creative outlets we'd lose each day goes on. It would be devastating to our humanity.
The arts are integral to our daily lives and communities. They are the backbone of our identities and our individual cultures. Art creates inclusivity; it creates a voice for all people. These voices need to be heard.
Help keep arts and culture alive in Red Deer!
In order to keep art alive, the community has to step in. Without a space to encourage the development of art, we risk the loss of culture and of opportunities to create impactful art to breathe life into our communities. Over the course of our nearly 50 years of operations, we have continuously worked with the City of Red Deer and numerous other associations to display the work of local artists and fund artists' dreams through scholarships and awards.
You can help!
Your contributions toward this campaign will help cover our regular operating costs to continue offering our varied programs. If you would like to donate to a specific Red Deer Arts Council program, our other campaigns are listed below.
Thank you in advance for your support of the Red Deer Arts Council. For more info, visit our website:
The Red Deer Arts Council supports accountable spaces that allow for safety, bravery, and creative freedom. People of all identities, including those from under-represented populations (e.g. BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, neurodiverse and differently abled, etc.) are welcome as a part of our inclusive community.
Listed below are Red Deer Arts Council operated programs in Red Deer and surrounding area. Donations toward certain programs will be pooled accordingly.
