Caroling – 20131214
Caroling at ‘Olde Fashioned Christmas’ in Thornbury, Dec 14. c-c-cold! but fun. (Minus 14 plus wind chill on Bruce Street in Thornbury)
The Icing On The Cake
Following the wonderful performance of Handel’s Messiah on December 7th, an extra celebration of the Georgian Bay Concert Choir’s 40th anniversary was enjoyed …
Christmas Carolling Adventure, 2013
Several members of the choir took part in a Carolling Adventure during Owen Sound’s Downtown Christmas Open House on Sunday November 24, 2013. Much joyful music ensued. [photos courtesy Anton van Dijk]
New Twitter Account
You can now follow the Georgian Bay Concert Choir on Twitter as well as on Facebook. Just click on the links at the foot of every page on this website to follow us, or use the links below …
Calling all Tenors and Basses
The Georgian Bay Concert Choir, with funding from the Trillium Foundation of Ontario, has engaged the services of baritone, Matt Cassils who was a soloist with us last season. He is an up and coming professional singer and will come to the Harmony Centre to offer free lessons starting Monday October 21st from 3-7pm for …
The 5th Annual Owen Sound Cultural Awards
Nominations for the 5th Annual Owen Sound Cultural Awards are now open. The City invites residents of the Owen Sound area to nominate their favourite artist, event, or organization for one of the nine awards to be presented at a reception at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in February 2014. The awards include: Outstanding Group, …
1st Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night
The First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night, aka the “thanks a million” party took place on April 23rd at the Harmony Centre. It was a great time, this “back-room” volunteer thoroughly enjoyed chatting with real live singers! It wouldn’t be a choir party without some music, and we were treated to a performance by the “Trillium …
York Regional Police Male Choir Concert
Dan Lenz, who is providing choral music training to male singers in Grey and Bruce counties courtesy of a Trillium grant to the Georgian Bay Concert Choir, is bringing the York Regional Police Male Choir to Geneva Presbyterian Church in Chesley this Saturday. Why not come out and support them?
A Christmas Festival 2012 Pictures
Some pictures from the Christmas concert have been posted on the choir’s Facebook page [link] – I’ll be adding higher resolution pictures to this website when they arrive in a few days.
Choir receives OTF Grant
On Tuesday evening, MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, Bill Walker, joined members of the Georgian Bay Concert Choir to share some wonderful news. This past June, the choir was awarded a two-year, $40,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to support an exciting new endeavor. Over the next two years, the funding will allow the …