The Whitehorse Community Choir is a non-auditioned choir with a tradition of presenting high quality choral works in Whitehorse and in Yukon communities (Haines Junction and Marsh Lake in 2009-2010). The choir covers a range of music from classical to contemporary.
Over the past 20+ years, the choir has grown from 35 singers to over 100, who sing in a large mixed choir and three smaller groups: the Neptunes (non-auditioned lower register voices for both men and women), the Persephone singers (auditioned women), and the Chamber Choir (auditioned mixed voices), established in 2008. Since 2005, Barbara Chamberlin is the conductor, ably managing all four singing groups. Cheryl Wishart and Barry Kitchen accompany the choirs on the piano or organ.
The choir often commissions new works by Yukon composers. In Spring 2011 the choir performed Mozart’s “Requiem”. That concert is on YouTube is in several videos,starting with the first movement. The Whitehorse Community Choir can also be seen on YouTube performing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”
The choir took part in the celebrations around the Olympic Torch Relay in Whitehorse and Yukon Day for the Olympics. The Persephone singers were selected to compete at Kathaumixw International Choir Festival in Powell River, B.C, July 6-11, 2010.
For more information (including about joining), follow the links to the individual choirs’ pages or email us at info@whitehorsechoir.org
Whitehorse - Madrigal Magic
April 27 and 28, 2012, 8pm
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Whitehorse
Dawson City - Madrigal Magic
May 11 and 12, 2012
Dawson City
Christmas Concert
December 7 and 8, 2012
Yukon Arts Centre
Spring Concert
May 3 and 4, 2013
Contact Us
Suite 242, 108 Elliot Street, Whitehorse Y1A 6C4
(867) 667-4661
email: info@whitehorsechoir.org