Mount Royal Choirs

The Mount Royal Conservatory choral program accommodates choristers aged five to adult, providing singers from Calgary and area an exceptionally high standard of training and performance. Regular weekly rehearsals using a broad range of challenging repertoire are supplemented with workshops given by directors and guest conductors.

A variety of performances culminate the training, including invitational appearances within the community, festival appearances and concerts featuring individual choirs, or various combinations of choirs. Tours to provincial, national or international destinations appropriate to the age and accomplishments of the individual choirs are also undertaken.

Join our choirs! Please contact the Program Coordinator, Choral Programs at 403.440.6832 for details.

Mount Royal Choirs*
Children's Choir
Annie Han-Jeon

• ages 8 – 12
• 1.5 hours per week (Wednesdays, 6 – 7:30 p.m.)

Youth Choir
Jean-Louis Bleau

• ages 13 – 19
• 2 hours per week (Wednesdays, 7 – 9 p.m.)
• open rehearsals with audition/voice check on Jan. 11, 18 & 25, 2012

* Member choirs of the Mount Royal Choral Association.

Auditions for the Mount Royal Choirs are held throughout the performance season. To schedule an audition, call 403.440.6832. For more information, e-mail the Program Coordinator, Choral Programs.

Mount Royal Kantorei**
David Ferguson, Director

• mixed chorus of auditioned adult voices
• 2.5 hours per week (Tuesdays, 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.)
• committed to strengthening musical and vocal skills within a challenging choral context
• repertoire includes choral masterworks from all eras (Renaissance to Contemporary)
• major emphasis on works of Canadian composers
• major performance and recording opportunities
• auditions on Fridays, Jan. 13 and 20, 2012. Call 403.440.6832

Interested new singers, particularly basses and tenors, are welcome to audition for Mount Royal Kantorei. We invite you to attend one of our rehearsals to find out what we do, and how we sound. We meet Tuesdays evenings from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., September to May, in the Jenkins Theatre at Mount Royal University. Contact David Ferguson to arrange a visit.

Kantorei auditions are generally held in May, June, and again in late August through early September, however, auditions at other times may be arranged.

To schedule an audition for the Kantorei, contact the Program Coordinator, Choral Programs, at 403.440.6832 Auditions take approximately 30 minutes. A prepared solo is not required.

** Members of the Kantorei Choral Society.

Calgary Boys Choirs***
Young Singers
Léane Mercier-Tardif

• ages 5 – 7
• 1.25 hours per week (Tuesdays, 5 – 6:15 p.m.)
• additional workshops in November, December, January, February, March and April
  development of fundamental choral techniques, musicianship and performance confidence
• mostly unison singing with some canons and partner songs
• two to four performances per year
• one year minimum stay

Intermediate Choir
MacKenzie Fraser

• ages: 7 – 9
• 1.75 hours per week (Tuesdays, 5 – 6:45 p.m.)
• additional workshops in November, December, January, February, March and April
  further development of choral techniques, musicianship and performance confidence
• unison and two part singing
• two to four performances per year
• one year minimum stay

Touring Choir
Paul Grindlay

• age: 10 until voice change
• 2 hours per week (Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.)
• additional workshops in November, December, January, February, March and April, plus travel and touring opportunities
• advanced development of choral and vocal techniques, musicianship and performance skills
• unison, two and three part singing
• six to ten performances per year
• one year minimum stay

To register, or for more information on the Calgary Boys Choir at Mount Royal Conservatory, call 403.440.6832 or email the Program Coordinator, Choral Programs.

 ***Members of the Calgary Boys Choirs Society.