Coastal Sound
Coastal Sound
Coquiltlam, BC
This choir
program began over 24 years ago as an honour choir for students, and has now
evolved into a choral music program with 6 choirs, offering opportunities to
everyone from pre-school to adult.
The program
includes quality early childhood music education, sight-singing and music
theory training, vocal coaching, and choreography.
Artistic Team
Diana Clark-
Artistic Director
Carrie Tennant-
Associate Artistic Director
Morna Edmundson-
Interim Youth Choir Director
Tia Turner- Con
Bella Director
Angie Lundin-
Sources Early Childhood Music Education specialist
Kelly Proznick-
De Coro Director
Deanna Gestrin-
Con Brio 1 director
Mission
Vision: to be an innovative and creative, joyful
community of singers striving for excellence
Mission: to enrich lives through choral music
Choirs
Sources: ages 4 & 5 no audition
Con Brio: boys and girls ages 6 & up
(placement evaluation)
Con Bella: girls ages 8 & up (placement
evaluation)
Children's
Choir: unchanged voices
ages 10-16 (audition & interview)
Youth Choir: ages 15-22 (audition & interview)
De Coro: adult singers (interview, no audition)
- Both
children’s choir and youth choir tour and perform professionally.
Awards and Achievements
2013 – Youth
Choir won First Place in the “Mixed Voice Youth Choir” category in the
Association of Canadian Choral Communities’ National Competition for Amateur
Choirs
2013- Children's
Choir performed with Michael Bublé on his Holiday TV Special
2012 – Youth
Choir won National Festival as well as overall Grand Prize for top choir.
2011– Children’s
Choir, Youth Choir and Women’s Choirs won Provincial Festival
Repertoire
I am the Great
Sun- Jussi Chydenius
-
Sections
require precise articulation, good diction exercise, textured writing,
beautiful build
Prairie Lullaby-
Stephen Chapman
-
Canadian
representation, solo singing, dynamic control
Bogoróditse Djévo- Arvo Part
-
Introduces challenging
pronunciations, allows choir to develop musicality
The Gift To Be Simple- Bob Chilcott
-
layered voices, tuning
The Ground- Ola Gjeilo
- dynamic contrast, large build
- Find
more information at: http://coastalsoundmusic.com
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