BC Teen Choir

What

A choral experience for full choirs, partial choirs, developing choirs and individuals. This weekend workshop is intended to give students and directors a big, musical “leg up!” BC Teen Choir 2024 will be under the direction of Coastal Sound Youth Choir conductor and Coastal Sound Associate Artistic Director, Will de Sousa.

Only 150 spots are available, so don’t delay in signing up for this great opportunity – particularly if you are planning to bring a large group.

When

Friday, May 24 & Saturday May 25, 2024

Note: The BCCF Chorfest 2024 event, including the auditioned BC Youth Choir program, will be happening at the same time in Langley.

Where

Rehearsals at Walnut Grove Lutheran Church
Concert at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Other informal performance locations TBA

How

For Individuals: $75 per singer, due upon registration

—– INDIVIDUALS CLICK HERE to register and pay conveniently online

For Groups & School Classes: $75 per singer. To secure space for your list of singers, a $200 nonrefundable deposit is due upon registration. We recognize that exact numbers may fluctuate slightly between registration and the event date. We are offering a 10% discount for groups whose final numbers/voicing info and full payment are submitted by April 1, 2024.

—– GROUPS CLICK HERE to register and pay your deposit

Note: Individual students and ensembles are responsible for their own transportation, accommodation and supervision. Hotel suggestions will be updated on this page soon.

Who

This opportunity is for full or parts of existing grade 8-12 choirs, teenage community choirs (age 13-18), etc. Perfect for groups that don’t have ideal balance, numbers, experience, repertoire and so forth. This may include:

established choirs that see the educational benefit of this program.
developing ensembles: New program? New Teacher? Small Numbers? Untrained Voices?
choirs that are experiencing a building year.
groups that can’t travel with a full ensemble.
individual singers (likely local students only because of accommodation and supervision considerations)

Clinician: Will de Sousa

Will de Sousa works in the Burnaby School District, currently at Alpha Secondary School, as a choir and band director. Will graduated from both UBC’s School of Education, and School of Music, studying secondary choral and instrumental education. Though percussion was his primary instrument, Will’s strongest passion has always been choral music, and he has sought opportunities to build his skills in this area, and to immerse himself in the choral community. Will believes that making music together is about much more than the actual music making; it’s about the community that is created. There is nothing more powerful than having a group of people come together to make something bigger than themselves, and that is why Will is so passionate about instilling that love of music in others. Before becoming Conductor of the Youth Choir, Will sang with the group for six years, and served as Assistant Conductor for 2 years. This makes his role all the more meaningful to him, as he gets to help provide the same opportunities that helped shape him into the person he is today.

Student Experience

10+ hours of rehearsing repertoire with a skilled director
A focus on vocal technique and musicianship skills.
Repertoire that’s interesting, diverse and technically appropriate for young voices
The opportunity to “rub shoulders” with the BC Youth Choir
- Sing for each other
- Share a song at rehearsal and/or a performance
- Attend a BCYC performance.
Perform as part of a gala concert
Social events and interaction with other teens

Choir Director Opportunities

Observe the Chorfest Mass Teen Choir Rehearsals
Observe BCYC rehearsals
Gather new Repertoire and a tonne of new musical information for their individual programs!