Bach Children’s Chorus is an award-winning organization of three performance-oriented treble choirs (ages 7-16), one mixed-voice choir (Bach Chamber Youth Choir – see separate listing), and a preparatory choir (ages 5-7).

BCC members experience a positive and focussed learning environment as they explore a broad range of musical styles. BCC proudly continues to set the highest standards of musical literacy and education for community choirs across Canada with private vocal coaching, sight-singing groups, and a choral-focussed theory curriculum.

BCC rehearses once per week in Scarborough, performs as a company-in-residence at the Toronto Centre for the Arts and appears regularly at Toronto events. Each choir participates in retreats, festivals, workshops and concerts with other youth choirs and world-renowned clinicians.

Jane Greenwood
416-431-0790
jane@bachchildrenschorus.ca
www.bachchildrenschorus.ca

The Bach Elgar Choir is the leading symphonic choir in the Hamilton region and the second-oldest choral organization in Canada. It performed its first concert in 1905 and has several firsts to its credit, including the North American premiere of Verdi’s Requiem. The BEC presents classical works for choir and orchestra, its cherished annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah and programs of varied vocal repertoire from opera to folksong. Featuring the very best Canadian soloists and working together with top orchestras, including the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the BEC has a reputation for excellence. Now entering its 113th year, the Bach Elgar Choir invites interested singers from all sections to come and join us under the leadership of our artistic director Alexander Cann.

Alexander Cann
905-527-5995
bachelgar@gmail.com
www.bachelgar.com

BCS is an auditioned community choir with singers of various ages and abilities. Members share a love of choral singing and welcome and enjoy the challenges of a widely varied repertoire including Broadway show tunes, folk songs, spirituals, opera choruses and, yes, rock. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings at St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. Performances are held twice a year at Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd. Scarborough, at seniors’ homes and other churches. We also support the worthy Kids Help Phone charity.

BCS is a non-profit organization financed by ticket sales and annual membership fees. Friendships and fun are woven through all of our activities. We hold an annual workshop for improving our singing skills and also hold a number of social events such as our annual banquet.

Edwin Perrin
416-265-7586
laured@sympatico.ca
www.belcantosingers.ca

The Elora Singers, a professional, Grammy- and JUNO-nominated chamber choir, was founded in 1980. Since 1997, the choir has been the core of the large-scale Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and is the ensemble-in-residence of the Elora Festival for three weeks each July. Through regular concert series, recordings, and touring, the Elora Singers has a reputation as one of the finest chamber choirs in Canada. With over twelve releases on NAXOS The Elora Singers is known for its rich, warm sound and clarity of texture. The choir is also renowned for its diverse styles, for its commitment to Canadian repertoire, its collaborations with other Canadian artists, and its education and outreach work. Mark Vuorinen is the Interim Artistic Director of The Elora Singers and The Elora Festival.

Chris Sharpe
519-846-0331
chris@elorafestival.com
www.elorasingers.ca

The London-based Canadian Celtic Choir has been making music since 1996. We won the “Best Classical Vocal Group” at the London Music Awards in 2008, 2009, and 2010. In 2010 the CCC was inducted into the London Music Awards Hall of Fame. In 2012 we were nominated for the “Most Popular Classical Choir” at the 2012 Jack Richardson London Music Awards and won the award in 2015. We have released five CDs, Here’s To Song (2001), Christmas Remembered (2004) and We Rise Again (2007) which are all out of print. Our two most recent CDs are: A Celtic Noel (2013), and Celtic Inspiration (2014) and are available for purchase from our website and at our concerts.

Ian Davies
519-319-5847
celticchoir@iandavies.com
www.celticchoir.ca