JANET STACHOW CORREIA
Janet Stachow Correia is a choral musician, pianist, and educator based in the Toronto area. Her lifelong engagement with choral music began at a young age as a singer in her church choir, and later expanded to include accompanying high school vocal ensembles, singing and assistant conducting university choirs, and singing in community and semi-professional choirs travelling internationally. Her drive to create led her to minor in composition at the University of Toronto, where she earned both a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Education. With over 25 years of professional experience, Janet maintains an active career as a music educator, collaborative pianist, choral conductor, and church musician. She serves as Music Director at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Palermo, and runs a full private classical piano studio in Oakville, Ontario.
Canadian Folk Medley
by Janet Stachow Correia
SA with piano – LMS 182 – duration 4:51
A Canadian Folk Medley is a collection of three folk songs from across Canada arranged for treble voices and piano.
1. “Log Driver’s Waltz” is a famous folk song written by Wade Hemsworth (1916-2002). It is about the profession of log driving in the lumber industry that involves “birling” – to rotate a floating log by treading on it. The workers would birl felled logs to take them downstream. The confidence and finesse with which the men walk and run on these logs leaves the impression they would be great partners for dancing!
2. “Red River Valley” is a folk/cowboy song that originated from Western Canada in the late 1800’s. it is about the sorrow a woman feels as her love prepares to leave.
3. “The Kelligrews Soiree” is a high-spirited Newfoundland folk song written by Johnny Burke (1851-1930). This song celebrates the great variety of food, drink and guests at a party. This song requires excellent diction to deliver the unique text at a very quick tempo.
Definitions to some of the words:
jowls – meat from a pig’s jaw
cavalancesa – type of small bean
crackiea – a small, noisy dog
Kelligrews is a community that is part of the town of Conception Bay South.
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