Festival 2005 Highlights
The first biennial CSI Choral
Festival, held in 2005, was a resounding success!
This brand new
international choral festival for children and youth at Simon Fraser
University in Burnaby, BC (just outside Vancouver, Canada) was the
beginning of many collaborative partnerships between Coastal Sound
International Choral Festival, Coastal Sound Music Academy, Simon
Fraser University event planners, and many community service
organizations, supportive sponsors, and volunteers.
The SFU location is a beautiful setting overlooking the Greater Vancouver area with the deep sea harbor and surrounding mountains. For more information on the Greater Vancouver area, visit www.tourismvancouver.com
Highlights of the 2005 Festival included:
- Principal clinicans Diane Loomer, musica intima vocal chamber ensemble, and Sanna Valvanne.
- Guest performing artists Anonymous by Choice Ensemble, Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and Sal Ferreras & Friends.
- Host Choirs Coastal Sound Chamber Choir and Coastal Sound Children’s Concert Choir.
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Festival Participants including:
- Festival Youth Chorus, made up of individual SATB youth from throughout BC and Alberta, Canada.
- Northwest Girlchoir ~ Vivace, from Seattle, Washington, USA.
- St. Mary’s Children’s Choir, from St Mary’s, Ontario, Canada.
- Thunder Bay Children’s Chorus, from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
- Young Singers, from Ajax, Ontario, Canada
