Pacific Spirit Children’s Choir (PSCC)
We will be holding our next information /interview sessions for all choirs in early June. Please email us at office@pschildrenschoir.ca to book a 10 minute interview or to learn more.
We are the North Shore’s premier children’s choir serving the needs of children of North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
The choir’s goal is to teach each child how to sing in a way that nurtures the artist within themselves, and helps them perform with joyful confidence, working together as a team. We approach rehearsals as group singing lessons for children, nurturing the individual voice and establishing voice lesson techniques that build life-long habits of healthy, joyful singing.
The PSCC is led by Janelle Claudio and Kiyomi Hori, graduates of the classical voice program at Vancouver Community College, and esteemed teachers and singers throughout the North Shore and the lower mainland. Gerald Van Wyck, former conductor of the British Columbia Boys Choir, and noted Canadian authority on choral music, is mentor and advisor for the choir.
We’re Growing! In each of our five years of existence we’ve expanded our numbers hugely; we’re now organized into Three Choirs that rehearse from September to May:
We perform our own shows twice per year, in addition to participation in community events in both North Vancouver and West Vancouver. We love to hear kids and youth singing a wide variety of repertoire, from traditional to popular music, in a variety of different locations and venues. In past seasons we have sung with Andre Rieu at Roger’s Arena, and presented a fund-raising concerts for a children’s orphanage in Quillota, Chile, for the North Shore Homeless Shelter, and for St. Paul’s Music Academy in the downtown East Side of Vancouver.
We are the North Shore’s premier children’s choir serving the needs of children of North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
The choir’s goal is to teach each child how to sing in a way that nurtures the artist within themselves, and helps them perform with joyful confidence, working together as a team. We approach rehearsals as group singing lessons for children, nurturing the individual voice and establishing voice lesson techniques that build life-long habits of healthy, joyful singing.
The PSCC is led by Janelle Claudio and Kiyomi Hori, graduates of the classical voice program at Vancouver Community College, and esteemed teachers and singers throughout the North Shore and the lower mainland. Gerald Van Wyck, former conductor of the British Columbia Boys Choir, and noted Canadian authority on choral music, is mentor and advisor for the choir.
We’re Growing! In each of our five years of existence we’ve expanded our numbers hugely; we’re now organized into Three Choirs that rehearse from September to May:
- Arbutus Choir, Grades 1-2, rehearse on Thursday afternoons from 4-5pm
- Cedar Choir, Grades 3-4, rehearse on Thursday afternoons from 4-5pm
- Fir Choir, Grades 5 and up, rehearse on Tuesday afternoons from 4-5:15pm
We perform our own shows twice per year, in addition to participation in community events in both North Vancouver and West Vancouver. We love to hear kids and youth singing a wide variety of repertoire, from traditional to popular music, in a variety of different locations and venues. In past seasons we have sung with Andre Rieu at Roger’s Arena, and presented a fund-raising concerts for a children’s orphanage in Quillota, Chile, for the North Shore Homeless Shelter, and for St. Paul’s Music Academy in the downtown East Side of Vancouver.