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Guelph's Award Winning Choir
Mission Statement:
The objective of the Guelph Children Singers is
to provide a children's choir for instruction, practice and
performance of choral music. We also aim to educate and promote
the public appreciation for the aesthetic arts by providing
choral music performances. We are committed to providing
educational forums like choral workshops for choir members,
enhancing their musical appreciation and education.
A Brief History of the Guelph Children Singers.
Guelph Children Singers has become a high profile
representative for the City of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, in the
field of choral music. This charitable organisation was founded
in 1991 by the Guelph Arts Council to provide children from 8
through 18 with an opportunity to experience a professional level
of musicianship. The muscial ability of over 100 members who are
the Guelph Children Singers has been noted in the Guelph Kiwanis
Festival where they have received the City of Guelph Trophy every
year of their existence. Weekly instruction includes vocal
technique, theory and sight singing. This is augmented with
workshops by guest clinicians in drama and movement. Guelph
Children Singers will perform up to ten major concerts this
season in addition to workshops, festival, corporate, community
and guest performances. Membership is by audition.
Upcoming Performance Dates:
- Spirit of Christmas, Sunday December 15, 1996 at 3pm at
KNOX Presbyterian Church , Guelph, Ontario; Features a
selection of sacred and secular seasonal music
- Guelph Children Singers and Guelph Chamber Choir in
Concert, Sunday, March 2, 1997, at 3pm at Holy Rosary
Roman Catholic Church, Guelph, Ont. Hosted by Peter
Togni, CBC FM Host
- Guelph Children Singers and Yokohama Girl's and Boy's
Choir in Concert, Saturday, March 29, 1997, at 7:30 pm.
Location to be announced
- Stratford Kiwanis Festival, Guelph Children Singers
perform solo and with other children's choirs, Saturday
evening, April 12, 1997 at KNOX Presbyterian Church in
Stratford, Ontario
- Music in Schools, Guelph Children Singers perform in a
local Guelph school for school children Thursday Morning,
April 24, 1997
- Guelph Children Singers and Bach Children's Choir,
Saturday, May 9,1997 at 7:30 pm at the Ford Centre for
Perfroming Arts, North York, Ontario
- Guelph Children Singers Spring Concert, Thursday, May 15,
1997 at 7:30 pm. Location to be announced. Guest Artist:
Kathy Armstrong will lead the choir in African drumming
and dancing
Past Performance Milestones:
- Choir I won first in the National Music Festival, Choral
category for Singers 10 and under , August 1996
- Choir II placed second in the National Music Festival,
Choral Category for singers 14 and under, August 1996
- Choir I and II placed first in the Ontario Provincial
Music Festival, May 1996
- "Podium" Guest artist of the Association of
Canadian Choral Conductors at their biennial conference,
Quebec City, May 1996
- "Thernody" (R. Murray Shaffer) co-prodcued with
the Guelph Youth Orchestra, 1995
- "On Christmas Night", CD produced jointly with
the Guelph Chamber Choir, 1994
- Guelph Children Singers Facts
- Contact e-mail: Alan Viau (vice president) : alan.viau@sympatico.ca
- Contact Phone Number: (519) 821-8574.
- Contact Fax Number: (519) 767-0257.
- Date of Charter: June 3, 1992.
- Number of Charter: 986357
- Charitable License Number: 9033689-22.
- Number of Singers: 91
- Season: 35 weeks
- Rehearsal Hours per Week: 4.25
- Staff:
- Music Director: Linda Beaupre
- Administrator: Mary Pat Mombourquette
- Accompanists: Alison MacNeil, Charmaine Martin.