LOVE to SING?
No Auditions and No Sight Reading

"Shout Sister!" is a women's choir with Ontario chapters in Kingston, Picton, Brockville, Belleville, Ottawa West, Ottawa Centre, Northumberland, Durham and Haliburton. Our newest addition is Peterborough Chapter.

We also have an Ottawa Chapter of
"Shout BROTHER Choir"

Kingston's favorite blues and jazz lady, Juno nominee Georgette Fry formed the first female choir in Kingston in September 2002. Our family has now grown to 10 Shout Sister! Chapters and one Shout Brother! Chapter. Our weekly practices focus on the joyful love of singing. These choirs' shows exude the same joy and love, only with the increased intensity one experiences in performance. The choirs sing a wide range of popular music.

Public performance was not an original intention for the choirs, but demand has taken them to a number of venues. They have appeared on the Vinyl Café's Christmas show in Kingston, for Stephen Lewis during his speaking tour, for Tom Jackson's food bank tour, they have opened for the world famous "Nylons" and performed on Parliament Hill. They take their practices to area senior's facilities throughout the year. This is in addition to their annual charity fundraiser each spring.

This is no ordinary choir - this is a celebration of life in song. Unlike many choirs, members are not required to read music or audition. Georgette provides recordings of the various musical parts and the women learn their parts and sing straight from the heart. This choir fills a need for inexperienced singers. Being allowed to sing with a choir for the first time is very powerful and joyful. Experienced singers find the relaxed atmosphere and repertoire of popular music a welcome change. In an interview Georgette said, "I can appreciate the beauty and intricacy of a reading choir and its virtuosity. But I think there is room for a choir with real people singing from their hearts." "Shout Sister" and their audiences couldn't agree more.