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Edmonton, April 23, 2021 Dear Subscriber First Name, It has been one year since Pro Coro Canada had to cancel the first concert due to the global pandemic. Our Good Friday concert is an annual tradition for decades, and it was an overwhelmingly heartbreaking decision last April to inform all our patrons, and our singers, that the concert could not go ahead. It was the first in a string of cancellations, and it took us several months to re-structure our operations to work within the restrictions. Now, one year later in April 2021, we have learned lots, pivoted often and achieved much. As a professional choral organization we are taking our cues from similar groups across the country and in Europe, in assessing how we measure our successes. Of course, each province, and each nation has a different approach to supporting the performing arts sector during the pandemic. The range - to use a musical metaphor - goes from tacet (silent) to sempre forte (always loud). In some countries, namely in Scandinavia, the Baltic Countries and Germany/Switzerland, professional choirs and orchestras are rehearsing and performing regularly - a sempre forte scenario.
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