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The Canadian Chamber Choir is seeking individuals to join its Board of Directors. Connect with choral leaders and arts professionals from coast to coast, share your talents and perspectives, deepen your experience in nonprofit governance and the arts, learn alongside an engaged national team, and become part of a vibrant Canadian choral community – all while helping shape the future of a multi-JUNO-nominated vocal ensemble. The CCC is currently recruiting for two volunteer Board positions: Vice-Chair A leadership role for someone who enjoys strategy, organization, collaboration, and helping people move shared priorities forward. The Vice-Chair works closely with the Chair,…

We’re thrilled and honoured to share that Where Waters Meet has been nominated for Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble) at the 2026 JUNO Awards — exactly a decade after our first JUNO nomination for Sacred Reflections of Canada. This recognition is deeply meaningful to our organization and to our extraordinary collaborator and co-performer Sherryl Sewepagaham, whose works in the Cree language — “Morning Drum Song”, “Kitôhpintin”, “Kitaskinahk”, “Nitohtamok Askîy”, “Heart of the Water”, and “Nipîy” — appear alongside compositions by Hussein Janmohamed (“Sun on Water”) and Carmen Braden (“Where Waters Meet”). Click here to read the full media…

Celebrate 25 Years of the Canadian Chamber Choir! In 2025, the Canadian Chamber Choir (CCC) marks 25 years of celebrating Canadian choral music from coast to coast to coast. Join our “25 for 25 Years“ campaign by giving a gift of $25 (individuals), $250 (choirs), or any multiple of $25 that’s meaningful to you. Your support helps us continue to connect communities, champion Canadian composers, and inspire the next generation of musicians. Perks: 25 for 25 We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary by giving back to you: the singers, conductors, and supporters who make our work possible. Why your gift matters Over the…

The Canadian Chamber Choir is celebrating 25 years of powerful live performance and community-building through choral singing. This August, we’re bringing that celebration to Nova Scotia — the province where it all began, when our founding singers first came together as members of the National Youth Choir of Canada. (And yes — a few of us from that original ensemble will be back on the risers for this tour!) Each setlist will feature choral gems from throughout the Canadian Chamber Choir’s history. The Canadian Chamber Choir is honoured to be joined on this tour by our dear friend and collaborator, Sherryl Sewepagaham — Cree-Dene…

The Canadian Chamber Choir (CCC) is inviting submissions from composers living in or based in Nova Scotia for our Choral Incubator Project, taking place in conjunction with our August 2025 tour of Nova Scotia, commemorating the CCC’s 25th anniversary. This initiative is designed to support works that are in or near completion, offering composers a unique opportunity to refine their music with guidance from CCC Artistic Team and to workshop their composition with a professional choir comprised of singers from coast to coast to coast. We strongly encourage submissions from composers of diverse backgrounds, identities, and musical perspectives. Two composers…

August 23, 2024 – Calgary, AB – The Canadian Chamber Choir (CCC) is excited to announce the worldwide release of their fourth album, Where Waters Meet, on September 6, 2024 – a collaboration with Edmonton-based Cree-Dene singer and composer Sherryl Sewepagaham featuring music by Sewepagaham, Carmen Braden, and Hussein Janmohamed, along with poetry by Yolanda Bonnell. The album borrows its name from a five-movement work the CCC commissioned from Braden back in 2017, which became a pivotal vehicle for learning and connecting with Indigenous artists during the years that followed.  The album’s liner notes explain, “Where Waters Meet is an…