National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs Finalists
The Association of Canadian
Choral Communities is pleased to announce that the
following choirs have been selected as finalists in the
National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs, 2010.
Category 1: Children’s Choirs
Edmonton Children’s Choir (40 Voices), Edmonton, AB
Conductor: John Wiebe
Mississauga Children’s Choir (29 Voices), Toronto, ON
Conductor: Thomas Bell
Category 2: Youth Choirs | Upper Voices
(SA)
Cantilon Chamber Choir (45 Voices), Edmonton, AB
Conductor: Heather Johnson
Category 4: Youth Choirs | Mixed Voices
Canterbury High School Chamber Chorus (21 Voices) Ottawa,
ON
Conductor: Laurie Hamilton
Cantiamo Chamber Choir (22 Voices) Kitchener, ON
Conductor: Nancy Tanguay
Eric Hamber Secondary Vocal Jazz Ensemble (23 Voices),
Vancouver BC
Conductor: Les Nerling
Medway Madrigal Singers (26 Voices) Arva, ON
Conductors: Jeff Beynon and Kathy McNaughton
Category 5: Mixed-Voice Community-Based Adult
Choirs
Spiritus Chamber Choir (39 Voices), Calgary, AB
Conductor: Timothy Shantz
Choeur Anima Musica (32 Voices), Montreal, QC
Conductor: Geneviève Boulanger
Category 6: Mixed Voice Collegiate Choirs
Memorial University of Newfoundland Chamber Choir (41
Voices) St. John’s, NL
Conductor: Douglas Dunsmore
University of Guelph Chamber Singers (22 Voices) Guelph, ON
Conductor: Marta McCarthy
University of Saskatchewan Greystone Singers (40 Voices)
Saskatoon, SK
Conductor: Gerald Langner
Category 7: Mixed Voice Chamber Choirs
Halifax Camerata Singers (26 Voices) Halifax, NS
Conductor: Jeff Joudrey
L’Ensemble Vocal Ste-Anne Singers (25 Voices)
Ste-Anne-de-Bellvue, QC
Conductor: Margo Keenan
St. Barnabas Anglican Church Choir (20 Voices), Ottawa, ON
Conductor: Wesley R. Warren
Category 8: Equal-Voice Men’s Choirs
The Victoria Scholars Men’s Choral Ensemble (16 Voices),
Mississauga, ON
Conductor: Jerzy Cichocki
Forte – The Toronto Men’s Chorus (23 Voices) Toronto, ON
Conductor: Edward Connell
Category 9: Equal-Voice Women’s Choirs
Belle Canto (24 Voices) Edmonton, AB
Conductor: Heather Johnson
Concerto Della Donna (17 Voices) Montréal, QC
Conductor: Iwan Edwards
Elektra Women’s Choir (40 Voices) Vancouver, BC
Conductor: Morna Edmundson
Category 10: Church or Synagogue Choirs
St. Barnabas Anglican Church Choir (20 Voices), Ottawa, ON
Conductor: Wesley R. Warren
Category 11: Pan-Cultural Choirs
Choeur Wabiza Choir (11 Voices), Montréal, QC
Conductor: M. Sama Veluze
Megobrebi (11 Voices), Toronto, ON
Conductor: Samantha Hirst
Category 12: Contemporary Music
Concerto Della Donna (17 Voice Women’s Choir) Montréal, QC
Conductor: Iwan Edwards
Quintessential Vocal Ensemble (35 Voice SATB Choir) St.
John’s, NL
Conductor: Susan Quinn
Vancouver Cantata Singers (24 Voice SATB Choir) Burnaby, BC
Conductor: Eric Hannan
For more information, please contact amateur.choirs@choralcanada.org or call
416.519.1165.