ACCC National Choral Awards

A perfect opportunity to give national recognition to an individual or organization in your community that has made an outstanding contribution to the choral art, whether as a conductor, sponsor, administrator or producer. For a complete list of awards visit National Choral Awards and complete the Nomination Form.

Nomination Deadline: February 15, 2012

Prix nationaux de chant choral

Voici la parfaite occasion de porter à l'attention du pays entier un individu ou une association qui a fait une contribution exceptionnelle à l'art choral, qu'il s'agisse de chef de choeur, de parrain, d'administrateur ou de producteur.  Pour une liste complète des prix, veuillez visiter le portail Prix nationaux de chant choral et remplir le Formulaire de nomination.  

Date limite pour poser une candidature: le 15 février 2012

National Youth Choir Conductor Search 2014

ACCC is now accepting nominations for the conductor of the 2014 National Youth Choir.  For details and Nomination Form see Conductor Search.
Deadline for nominations is March 1, 2012

Appel à candidatures pour le poste de chef du Choeur national des jeunes 2014

L'ACCC accueille à présent les candidatures pour le poste de chef pour le Choeur national de jeunes 2014. Pour de plus amples informations et le formulaire de nomination voir Directives pour la recherche du chef pour le Choeur national des jeunes.

Date limite pour proposer les candidatures: le 1er mars 2012

Vancouver Chamber Choir Auditions Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Vancouver Chamber Choir is holding auditions for professional-level singers on Saturday, January 28, 2012. All voices (SATB) are invited to audition but, before calling, please visit our website to see if you are eligible.

Contact Catherine for an appointment at catherinelaub@hotmail.com

NSCF Young Composers Competition

As part of the Nova Scotia Youth Choir program, the Nova Scotia Choral Federation is announcing it’s second Choral Composition Competition for young Canadian composers.

Comprised of 35-40 talented singers aged 16 to 25 auditioned from around the province, the NSYC youth are provided a challenging opportunity to work, develop and perform choral music together under the leadership of talented local educators and accomplished Canadian conductors. The 2012 guest conductor of the Nova Scotia Youth Choir will be Elroy Friesen.

The composition competition applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 30. The winner will receive a monetary prize of $1000.00 as well as two premiere performances of the work by the NSYC, conducted by Elroy Friesen, on September 29 and 30th, 2012.

Visit NSCF Young Composers Competition for details. Submission deadline : March 30, 2012

Interplay: Interactive Workshops for Canadian Choral Composers

Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir will deliver the award winning Interplay: Interactive Workshops for Canadian Choral Composers March 9, 2012 in Wolfville, NS and April 11, 2012 in Vancouver, BC.

During this program, composers are allotted individual rehearsal time (usually 30-45 minutes) with the professional chorus and conductor. This time may be used to test a completed work and/or try out new concepts. Choir, conductor and composer dialogue about musical and technical features, strengths, flaws, textures, colours, notations and many other aspects of successful choral writing. Each workshop is closely tailored to the needs and interests of the individual composer.

A cross-section of composers, ranging from full professionals to university composition students and representing varied musical styles from avant garde, concert and church music to school and educational repertoire are chosen to participate in the Interplay workshops.

Composers are also welcome to attend the workshops as observers.

There is no charge to composers for this workshop, thanks to the generous support of the SOCAN Foundation.  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 20, 2012
The application form is available here.

Choral Concert with host Peter Togni, January 8, 2012 9:00 - 11:00 am, (9:30 - 11:30 NL) on CBC Radio 2

The Huelgas Ensemble in Concert

This Sunday Peter Togni brings you one of the world’s truly great choral ensembles, the Huelgas ensemble conducted by Paul van Nevel. Not only do they have total mastery over pitch, style and rhythm – but they also have a unique sound that is very rich in the mid range, producing a gloriously deep tone. This is the kind of "total immersion" music you could listen to forever.

Based in Switzerland, this group started off as specialists in contemporary music and over the years have become more and more focused on Renaissance and Medieval music. They take their name from a Gregorian Chant manuscript based in Burgos, Spain called the “Codex Las Huelgas”.  

In this concert from Lunenburg, Germany you will hear music by Renaissance and Medieval masters Agricola, Rossi, Clemens non Pappa, Orlando de Lasso and with a jump ahead into the 1700’s, you will also hear the great baroque master J.S.Bach.

World Youth Choir 2012 Canadian National Auditions – Call for Applications

Calling Young Canadian singers!

If you’re between the ages of 17 and 26 and an enthusiastic, experienced choral singer, the Association of Canadian Choral Communities invites you to audition for a chance to represent Canada in the World Youth Choir 2012! To be eligible to audition for the World Youth Choir, you must be between the ages of 17 and 26 as of July 1, 2012. Candidates must submit an application package and audition recording to the ACCC on or before February 1, 2012. The full details, audition requirements and application forms can be downloaded from the ACCC website.

Choeur Mondial des Jeunes 2012 Auditions nationales canadiennes -- Appel de candidatures

Appel aux jeunes choristes!

Si vous êtes un choriste passionné et expérimenté de 17 à 26 ans, l'Association des communautés chorales canadiennes vous invite à passer une audition en vue de représenter le Canada comme membre du Choeur mondial des jeunes 2012! Tout candidat aux auditions pour le Choeur mondial des jeunes aura de 17 à 26 ans le 1er juillet 2012. Les candidats sont invités à soumettre leur dossier de demande et l'enregistrement de leur audition à l'ACCC le 1er février 2012 au plus tard.   De plus amples renseignements ainsi que les conditions d'audition et les formulaires de demande peuvent être téléchargés depuis le site internet de l'ACCC.

Le Chant des Oyseaux Choral Workshops in France

We wish you a Happy New Year and hope we can share choral music in our upcoming summer workshops. Feel free to talk about them with your best friends !

http://le.chant.des.oyseaux.monsite-orange.fr

Le Chant des Oyseaux Stages de chant choral

Nous vous présentons nos meilleurs voeux pour 2012 et espérons que le programme de nos stages de chant choral vous donnera envie d'y participer ou d'en parler à vos meilleurs amis chanteurs.

http://le.chant.des.oyseaux.monsite-orange.fr