Vancouver Bach Choir
304 - 3102 Main Street V5T3G7 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Raise your hand if you miss making music with others? While we can't meet regularly for rehearsals these days, our Sarabande choir was fortunate enough to join with the City of Vancouver - Local Government for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony. We were socially distanced, at a separate location, wearing masks, but we got to sing together. The wartime melody, "We'll Meet Again," take on fresh meaning in our current socially distant world. "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day." Until a sunnier day when we can all sing together again! #yvrmusic #vanbachchoirs #vanchoir #yvrsing

Our choirs have been involved in the Lights of Hope for several years and we were delighted to be able to contribute this year to their virtual celebration. You can catch it tomorrow at 6pm on their site!

What a wonderful weekend, with wonderful musicians, and a wonderful project.

ICYMI - our Sarabande choir was part of the annual City of Vancouver - Local Government ceremony once again this year. Although things looked a little different, the meaning and impact was the same. You can hear the choir at the 11 and 46 minute mark. Vancouver Bach Children's Chorus and Youth Choirs

Our choirs will be part of two separate Remebrance Day events this year. You can catch our Sarabande Choir on GlobalTV for the City of Vancouver official ceremony. Our adult choir was fortunate to work with Little Chamber Music on WW75 - a project focused on the forgotten stories of 75 enlisted women. You can view this piece and the full Mountain View Cemetery event at the link below starting at 10:45 tomorrow.

You might notice City Hall, Burrard Bridge or Queen Elizabeth Theatre lit up in red tonight in support of live event workers throughout Canada, and the arts and culture sector.

We're looking forward to honouring Remembrance Day with a couple performances in the coming days! You can catch the adult choir at pop up performances this weekend, or online Nov 11th, with Little Chamber Music for WW75.

Our latest talkBach is live to read over on our website. This week we chatted with VBCC Music Director Marisa Gaetanne about her early years in music and her many inspirations.

Come and work for the Vancouver Bach Choir! We are hiring four vocal section leads for our adult choir beginning in September. One more week to get your application in! https://vancouverbachchoir.com/about/opportunities/

We would like to congratulate Lavinia Kell Parker for being selected the winner of our 3rd annual Choral Composition Competition. Her piece "There Shall be Christmas" was selected from nearly 30 submissions. Ms Parker receives cash prize of $2000 and a virtual premiere of her work in December 2020. Congratulations and we can't wait to start working on your piece! You can learn more about Ms Parker at our website. https://vancouverbachchoir.com/announcing-the-winner-of-ou/

A reminder that submissions to our Composition Competition are due on August 31st. Winners receive a $2000 prize and a virtual choir premiere in December 2020. Head over to https://vancouverbachchoir.com/competition/ for all the details and to apply today! #vanbachchoirs #YVRarts #choralcomposers #cancon

The VBC is hiring! We are now accepting applications for Vocal Section Leads for the adult choir for the 2020-21 season. Use the link below to read all the details. https://vancouverbachchoir.com//Section-Leads-2020-21-Post

ICYMI - our latest talkBach post was with Youth Choir and Sarabande conductor Shane Raman. You can read it now at https://vancouverbachchoir.com/talkbach-shane-raman/ #vanbachchoirs #talkBach #vanchoirs #YVRarts

We're 90! Our 90th anniversary season won't look exactly how we imagined it, but we're still excited for what's to come. Read the full post on our website. #diamondanniversary https://vancouverbachchoir.com/?p=4006

Wishing all our friends a Happy Canada Day! Thanks to our colleagues at Surrey City Orchestra for putting together this great video!

Thanks to the BC Choral Federation (BCCF) for hosting these great town halls over the past few weeks. Catch our Executive Director, Nina Horvath, on the next panel focused on organizational and financial management in COVID-19 times. Free to attend but space is limited!

A great resource for choral organizations. We've got more listening to do!

talkBach this week is all about our fabulous pianist Stephen Smith! He's selected a few favourite pieces and provided his own recollections of each. Check it out at http://ow.ly/9xKb50zZlNQ

One small step in allyship we can take right away is to highlight and learn more about the amazing voices of BIPOC artists and composers. Check out the playlist we've put together of choral music by BIPOC composers. Many of these artists are still living, so you can continue to support them by listening and exploring even more of their music.

We're excited to join @Muzewest on Tuesday, June 9 for a conversation with several of Canada's leading choral conductors, including our music director, Leslie Dala. You can find all the info at http://ow.ly/PTyo50zZfpM