Welcome to the Choral Canada Student Chapter!

Each Branch will have its own set of goals and activities.  The overall benefit for each Branch is offering an incentive for students to share their passion. This way, students will become more committed to the art of choral music and group singing during their educational formative years. Benefits can also include learning opportunities beyond the classroom/rehearsal, the development of leadership skills, providing professional development opportunities, and contributing supportive services to the choral area and music department.

You can choose how little or how much organization you want.  A successful Branch will be one in which the students determine how they want to function, seeking out guidance from their Branch Advisor, if applicable. Ideally the Branch would provide encouragement and opportunity to students outside the classroom and choral rehearsal that directly relates to, but is not in competition with, the choral program or other music programs.

It depends on the goals and activities that you choose to do, and how you choose to do them. 

1. Organizing activities and sessions at the local level that engage in the training and experience of student choral musicians.

2. Encouraging student attendance and involvement at Choral Canada’s national biennial conference—Podium—through applying for student oriented programs and opportunities, and through attending the conference.

3. Encouraging and stimulating student membership and involvement in Choral Canada’s programs and projects that are relevant to the students at the local, provincial and national levels.

4. Promoting and recognizing the involvement of Student Chapter Branches on post-secondary campuses.

1. Student workshops and symposia

2. Conducting masterclasses

3. Reading sessions

4. Submitting articles for consideration in Choral Canada’s journal Anacrusis

5. Network/social events with other choral programs/groups in community and/or post secondary schools

6. Community engagement activities (e.g. singing in hospitals, workshops in elementary schools)

7. Organizing activities and sessions at a provincial choral association’s events (e.g. conference) that directly relate to the training and experience of student choral musicians

8. Other professional development and educational opportunities

The Chair/Co-Chairs of each Branch are required to send an annual report to the Choral Canada Student Chapter Executive Committee’s email address ([email protected]) by June 1 each year.

1. Discuss interest in starting a Choral Canada Student Chapter Branch with fellow students and/or a choral conductor/professor at your post-secondary institution. If applicable, identify a faculty member (likely the choral conductor/professor) who will be willing to be the Branch Advisor.

2. Review the goals of the choral program at your post-secondary institution and determine the advantages of forming a Choral Canada Student Chapter Branch, and potential goals and activities of the Branch that would support the program studies.

3. Encourage students to join Choral Canada and your CCSC Branch.  Choral Canada Student Membership annual fees are $35 plus tax (2023-24) and start on the day of purchase. If the membership is a financial barrier, Choral Canada does offer a “Pay-What-You-Can” option. Membership can be done online through the Choral Canada website (choralcanada.org). 

4. Obtain any required approval from your post-secondary institution officials to become a recognized student organization on your campus.

5. Send completed Choral Canada Student Chapter Branch Application Form to the Student Chapter Executive Committee email address ([email protected]).