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The Canadian Chamber Choir (CCC) is thrilled to announce its return to Saskatchewan Feb. 3-11, 2o18 for a series of engagements in Regina, Marysburg and Saskatoon. In fact, we’ll be there throughout “Choral Week” as designated by the Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport in the province. Previous visits to the Saskatchewan in 2005 and 2010 yielded fruitful collaborations and fond memories. “We are looking forward to collaborating again with Kamala and the Saskatoon Children’s Choir – two organizations that are doing great things for the young people of Saskatchewan,” says CCC artistic director, Dr. Julia Davids. “We were so taken by the work…

The rumours are true! The Canadian Chamber Choir will be heading to the American Midwest October 7-14 for our first international tour. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday than to bring our repertoire of exclusively Canadian composers and arrangers to brand new audiences in the Chicago area! For those who aren’t aware, the Windy City has been CCC artistic director Dr. Julia Davids’ home base since 2002, and we’re eagerly looking forward to meeting and collaborating with several of her local ensembles while we’re there. She writes: “I am so excited to welcome the…

The CCC board is thrilled (and, frankly, quite relieved) to be able to announce that Andy Rice of Vancouver has become the choir’s new General Manager, taking over the ensemble’s administrative responsibilities from outgoing GM Corey Ticknor. The Powell River-born musician, copywriter and arts administrator has enjoyed decades of involvement in the Canadian choral scene, volunteering and participating in every instalment of International Choral Kathaumixw from 1998 to 2016. Andy holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies (Piano) from Capilano University, where he spent three seasons performing and touring with NiteCap, in addition to serving as publisher of The Capilano Courier newspaper.…

Drumroll please….! The winner of the CCC’s Canada 150 Composition Competition is up-and-coming Calgary composer Garrett Krause, for his beautiful new piece entitled “The Maple”. The competition received 28 choral compositions from across Canada, and narrowing such a high-calibre field was a challenging task for the CCC artistic team and panel of guest judges. However a winning composition was finally chosen and the CCC congratulates Garrett on his outstanding submission. “Garrett’s composition is a piece that offers moving imagery and a rewarding musical challenge for choirs,” says artistic director Julia Davids. “We’re excited to have it published by Cypress Choral Music as…

The CCC is kicking off its 2017 touring duties with a 9-day trip to the Lower Mainland of BC, which will feature a numerous school and community choir workshops, as well as performances in Vancouver, Surrey, Abbotsford, and Squamish. An exciting collaboration is underway for this tour, as the choir will be joined on stage by VSO principal cellist Ariel Barnes for a number of concerts. Barnes, an avid chamber musician and soloist whose incredible playing is admired around the world, will perform with the CCC on pieces by Jocelyn Morlock, Jeffrey Ryan, and Imant Raminsh. This tour features several public concerts,…

Canada’s 150th birthday takes place July 1st, 2017, and the CCC has decided to celebrate in style! The CCC is sponsoring the Canada 150 Composition Competition which will select a new choral work by a Canadian composer to be premiered and recorded by the CCC, as well as published through Cypress Choral Music. A $1000 cash prize will also go to the winning entrant which will be announced June 1st, 2017. The competition is now open and the submission deadline of January 31st, 2017 is coming up fast, so we encourage all composers to submit their single-movement SATB piece no longer than 6…

The Canadian Chamber Choir’s latest tour takes the ensemble to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island for 10 music-filled days in August. Invited by the Nova Scotia Choral Federation to be the ‘choir-in-residence’ at its annual Adult Summer Camp, the CCC will be working with over 90 choral enthusiasts from August 15th to 19th at a church camp in Berwick, NS. In addition to leading mass choir rehearsals, artistic director Julia Davids and associate conductor Joel Tranquilla will lead workshops for ten participating choral conductors. CCC members will also share their myriad areas of expertise and experience during the week in…