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Pacific Spirit Children’s Choir (PSCC)

Happily, no snow today: Rehearsal for Thursday January 19th is a go! See you at 4:00 pm (Juniors) and 5:00 pm (Seniors)

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 Gerald van Wyck, former conductor of the British Columbia Boy’s Choir, and noted Canadian authority on choral music. Karen Mang, popular Vancouver singer and conductor, is Assistant Conductor.

Our choral group is organized into two singing groups that rehearse from September to May:

  • Junior Choir, for ages 5 to 7 (Kindergarten to Grade Two) rehearses on Thursday afternoons from 4:00 to 4:50 pm.
  • Senior Choir, for ages 8 to 16(Grades Three through Ten) rehearses on Thursday afternoons from 5:00 to 6:20 pm.

Rehearsals for both choirs take place at West Vancouver United Church, 21st and Marine Drive in West Vancouver.

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, in a variety of different locations and venues. This past season we have sung with Andre Rieu at Roger’s Arena, and presented a fund-raising concert for a children’s orphanage in Quillota, Chile.

Auditions/interviews for the Pacific Spirit Children’s Choir are ongoing: We are currently accepting new members for January, 2012. Please call Gerald van Wyck at 604 808-5231 or email him at  office@pschildrenschoir.ca to arrange a time, or for any further information.

Our first rehearsal is on Thursday January 12th: 4:00 to 4:50 pm for Junior Choir; 5:00 to 6:20 pm for Senior Choir. See you there!