National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs Winners 2010
The Association of Canadian
Choral Communities is pleased to announce the winners in
the National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs, 2010
as selected by the final jury. Members of the jury were
Jean Ashworth-Bartle, Diane Loomer, C.M., Lenord Ratzlaff,
Wayne Riddell and Ivars Taurins.
Category 1: Children’s Choirs
1st Place:
Mississauga Children’s Choir, Toronto, ON (Thomas Bell)
2nd Place:
Edmonton Children’s Choir, Edmonton, AB (John Wiebe)
Category 2: Youth Choirs | Upper Voices
(SA)
1st Place:
Cantilon Chamber Choir, Edmonton, AB (Heather Johnson)
Category 4: Youth Choirs | Mixed Voices
1st Place:
Canterbury High School Chamber Chorus, Ottawa, ON (Laurie
Hamilton)
2nd Place:
Cantiamo Chamber Choir, Kitchener, ON (Nancy Tanguay)
Category 5: Mixed-Voice Community-Based Adult
Choirs
1st Place:
Spiritus Chamber Choir, Calgary, AB (Timothy Shantz)
2nd Place:
Choeur Anima Musica, Montreal, QC (Geneviève Boulanger)
Category 6: Mixed Voice
Collegiate Choirs
1st Place:
Memorial University of Newfoundland Chamber Choir, St.
John’s, NL (Douglas Dunsmore assisted by Darryl Cremasco)
2nd Place:
University of Saskatchewan Greystone Singers , Saskatoon,
SK (Gerald Langner)
Category 7: Mixed Voice
Chamber Choirs
1st Place:
Halifax Camerata Singers, Halifax, NS (Jeff Joudrey)
2nd Place:
L’Ensemble Vocal Ste-Anne Singers, Ste-Anne-de-Bellvue, QC
(Margo Keenan)
Category 8: Equal-Voice Men’s Choirs
1st Place:
No Award Given
2nd Place:
The Victoria Scholars Men’s Choral Ensemble, Mississauga,
ON (Jerzy Cichocki)
Category 9: Equal-Voice Women’s Choirs
1st Place:
Elektra Women’s Choir, Vancouver, BC (Morna Edmundson)
2nd Place: (tie)
Belle Canto, Edmonton, AB (Heather Johnson)
Concerto Della Donna, Montréal, QC (Iwan Edwards)
Category 10: Liturgical Choirs
1st Place:
St. Barnabas Anglican Church Choir, Ottawa, ON (Wesley R.
Warren)
Category 11: Pan-Cultural
Choirs
1st Place:
No Award Given
2nd Place:
Megobrebi, Toronto, ON (Samantha Hirst)
Category 12: Contemporary Music
1st Place:
Vancouver Cantata Singers, Burnaby, BC (Eric Hannan)
2nd Place: (tie)
Concerto Della Donna, Montréal, QC (Iwan Edwards)
Quintessential Vocal Ensemble, St. John’s, NL (Susan Quinn)
Healey Willan Prize
To Be Announced by Canada Council
For more information, please contact amateur.choirs@choralcanada.org or call
902-442-7054.