What is it?

Imagine a choir that mixes into a crowded metro corridor one morning and begins singing “Slow down, you’re moving too fast; you’ve got to make the morning last.”

Imagine a choir that shows up at an immigration office and sings “We are the World” while seated among the newly arriving immigrants.

Imagine a choir that sings “We live in a Beautiful World” while riding bikes along the Lachine canal.

Definition: Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes, raids, etc.) to combat a larger and less mobile formal army.

Guerrilla Choir would be a strike force for good, for love, for inclusion, for healing, for the earth.

If you are interested in making this happen then join the group.

If your interested in playing a role in shaping what Guerrilla Choir looks like, send me an email and I’ll tell you about an upcoming brainstorming. info @ guerrillachoir . com

Besides guerrilla singers we will need-

• Instrumentalists-guitarist, djembéist and percussionists, other melodic instrumentalists-violin, flute, recorder, etc Update: We’ve got 2 great guitarist and a percussionist
• Creatives-who can dream up more great ideas on where, what and to whom we sing
• Legal consultant-to keep us and to get us out of trouble.
• French consultant-we want to be bilingual, we need help thinking of French songs as well as translating information
• Documentary makers-why not make a documentary of this? Update: FOUND
• Party organizer-so we can have lots of fun

There is room for a lot of people in Guerrilla choir – since we will be singing in weird places at weird times, it is assumed that not everyone will sing at every performance.

We will sing songs…

• That you probably already know or that we can quickly learn
• That have been arranged with simple harmony
• That are accompanied by guitar, percussion and another melodic instrument
• That have a specific message for the location

Scheming to commit Goodness,
David Brazzeal

The Guerrilla Choir is not a normal choir. It doesn’t sing in churches or concert halls. Instead it sings unannounced on the streets, in the metro, in office buildings, in emergency rooms, in immigration offices, you get the idea.

The Guerrilla Choir is not elitist. It doesn’t sing difficult pieces from other eras in other languages. Instead it sings arrangements of recent songs that you perhaps already know.

Most importantly is what the Guerrilla Choir sings about. It sings songs of peace, justice, love, goodness, hope, encouragement, healing, wholeness, etc. In this simple way of showing up in random places and singing these kinds of songs, the Guerrilla Choirs hopes to be a powerful force for good in the city of Montreal.

Right now it is just an idea…we need your help to “flesh it out”. Drop an email to info @ guerrillachoir.com if you are interested in collaborating in the creation of GC.