Making the Words Sing

199025 min 32 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Malca Gillson

Production: Malca GillsonTerry FulmerBarry CowlingSami Fareed Ahmed

Script: Barry Cowling

Co-produced by Gloucester Films Limited and Citadel Communications Limited in association with the NFB and with the financial assistance of Telefilm Canada and the Ontario Film Development Corporation.

Children's choirs from all over the world were among the singers heard during the First International Choral Festival in Toronto in 1989. Three of them appear in this close-up look at the process of making choral music: the Tapiola Children's Choir from Finland, the Toronto Children's Choirs, and the Monserrat Boys' Choir from Spain. Behind the scenes, dedicated music teachers coach and cajole the young voices, striving for excellence, even in simple song.

Subject categories

  • Children and Youth > Arts ActivitiesYouth of the World
  • Music > Children and MusicChoral Music
  • Foreign Countries > ScandinaviaSpain and Portugal

Credits

director
Malca Gillson
producer
Malca Gillson
Terry Fulmer
executive producer
Barry Cowling
Sami Fareed Ahmed
script
Barry Cowling
cinematography
Richard A. Stringer
Kent Nason
Andreas Poulsson
sound
John Martin
Sandy Towse
editing
Malca Gillson
Rex Tasker
re-recording
Hans Peter Strobl
narrator
Iris Quinn