Tour News – Canadian Chamber Choir

Sep 09, 2018

Meet the CCC’s first Apprentice Singer: Anna-Marie Ryan

The CCC is celebrating an exciting new chapter in its history with the development of a mentorship program for young singers from coast to coast. We have invited British Columbia-based soprano Anna-Marie Ryan to join us as our first-ever Apprentice Singer, participating in the upcoming tour of Manitoba (September 21-29) and assisting our Artistic Team in shaping the parameters of this program as we head into a busy 2019 season of touring and recording. We are thrilled to welcome Anna-Marie to the CCC family, and in an effort to get to know her a little better we’ve asked her 10 questions about…

Aug 03, 2018

CCC announces Manitoba tour this fall

The Canadian Chamber Choir is excited to announce its upcoming tour of Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba this September 21 through 29. Previous visits to the province were made in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2009, the latter of which featured the recording sessions for our debut album, In Good Company. After nearly 10 years, it’s time to come back! “The CCC is delighted to be returning to Manitoba,” says Artistic Director Dr. Julia Davids. “Many of us remember fondly our very first concert, held in Brandon seventeen years ago! We’re excited to be reconnecting with good friends and fans from previous tours.”…

Oct 08, 2017

#CCCChicago Tour: Day 1

Welcome to the CCC blog, where we’ll do our darnedest to bring you up to speed on our epic adventures in Chicago this week! We’re only one day in and there’s already so much to tell you, so let’s hop to it. Bright and early, we hit the ground running downtown (metaphorically speaking)… along with 40,000 other people (literally speaking). Pylons were going up and traffic was being diverted for the Chicago Marathon just as we filed into the Fourth Presbyterian sanctuary on the Magnificent Mile. Performing a selection of compositions from our 2016 release, Sacred Reflections, this was our…

Jan 01, 2016

Kicking Off 2016 in Southwestern Ontario – January 10-17

Happy New Year one and all! We are geared up to hit the ground running early in 2016 with a January tour that will take us to some of our favourite places in southwestern Ontario. Two big joint concerts with Prima and Primus of the Amabile Choirs of London, plus the Windsor Classic Chorale are sure to be highlights, and the complete tour itinerary can be found here. We are especially excited about two aspects of this next tour: welcoming a new singer to the CCC family for her first tour; and being able to present our brand new CD…

Sep 12, 2015

Collect All Ten: Newfoundland Tour Completes CCC’s Coast-to-Coast Choir Cred

On September 25th the Canadian Chamber Choir will meet up in the Deer Lake airport to kick off a week-long tour of ‘the Rock’, which will celebrate the choir’s first-ever visit to Newfoundland and Labrador. Under the invitation of Gros Morne Summer Music, the tour begins in Corner Brook with a brief series of community outreach performances dubbed Project Music Rx. This unique program will have CCC singers performing in various senior living residences and palliative care facilities. An public concert on September 26th will feature the CCC share the stage with local choral enthusiasts from the Corner Brook area.…

A founding member of the Canadian Chamber Choir and its Artistic Director since 2003, Dr. Julia Davids has led the ensemble on concert and workshop tours of every province, and conducted four recordings including their Juno-nominated 2015 release, Sacred Reflections. Born in London, Ontario, she grew up singing in the Amabile Youth Singers, the Ontario Youth Choir, and the National Youth Choir, for whom she was the first Apprentice Conductor. She is currently the Stephen J. Hendrickson Professor and Director of Choral Activities at North Park University in Chicago, Illinois. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of choral conductors and committed to giving emerging and established Canadian composers a forum for their work. Read More

Dr. Joel Tranquilla is a conductor and music educator noted for his versatile musicianship and creative programming. Associate Conductor of the Canadian Chamber Choir since 2015, Joel also recently returned home to the Maritimes to assume the positions of Artistic Director of the Halifax Camerata Singers and Chorus Master of Symphony Nova Scotia. Formative choral experiences include touring with the American Boychoir as a boy soprano and singing as a member of the Nova Scotia and National Youth Choirs. He holds degrees from Mount Allison University, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University where his doctoral research was in the area of Canadian choral-orchestral works. Read More

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