Past Festivals

2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 1999 1997
2009 Guest Artists \| (back)	2009 Participating Choirs \| (back)
Ac•Rock – United States Ysaye Barnwell - United States Club for Five - Finland Laurier Fagnan - Canada Owain Arwel Hughes - United Kingdom Avner Itai - Israel Michael McMahon - Canada Wendy Nielsen - Canada Imant Raminsh - Latvia/Canada Soila Sariola - Finland Fred Sjöberg - Sweden André Thomas - United States	Boston City Singers – USA Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir – Canada Cawtrha Park Secondary School Chamber Choir – Canada Fort Wayne Children's Choir - Concert Choir – USA Fort Wayne Children's Choir - Youth Chorale – USA Gallery Choir, Saint Mary Magdalene Church – Canada Lady Cove Women's Choir – Canada Les Ms. – Canada Memorial University Chamber Choir – Canada Minnetonka Chamber Choir – USA Newman Sound – Canada North American Choral Company – USA The Once – Canada Ottawa Children's Chamber Choir – Canada Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra – Canada Prince of Wales Collegiate Chamber Choir – Canada Quintessential Vocal Ensemble – Canada The Richmond Singers – Canada SHALLAWAY - Newfoundland & Labrador Youth in Chorus – Canada Six Vocal Ensemble – Canada St. Bonaventure's College Choir – Canada University of Redlands Madrigal Singers – USA
2007 Guest Artists \| (back)	2007 Participating Choirs \| (back)
Ac•Rock – United States Anùna – Ireland Celso Antunes – Brazil Anthony Barresi – United States Anita Best – Canada Margaret Bennett – Scotland Javier Busto – Spain Robert Cooper – Canada Iwan Edwards – Canada Mary Lou Fallis – Canada Stephen Hatfield – Canada Jing Ling-Tam – United States Michael McGlynn – Ireland Alice Parker – United States Peter Tiefenbach – Canada Sanna Valvanne – Finland/United States Dale Warland – United States Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers – Canada Lyn Williams – Australia	Accent – Canada (Western Region Festival) The Arviat Imngitingit – Canada Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde – USA Calgary Girls Choir – Canada Calgary Philharmonic Chorus – Canada Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir – Canada The Chorale – Canada (Western Region Festival) The Duchess’s High School Choir – UK Elektra Women’s Choir – Canada The English Montreal School Board Chorale – Canada Forest Ridge School Choir – USA Gondwana Voices – Australia Happy Valley Goose Bay Community Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) High Park Choirs of Toronto – Canada Hillsborough Alumni Choir – Canada Honours Concert Choir of Southeast Minnesota – USA Immaculate Heart of Mary School Chamber Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Junior Amabile Singers – Canada La Ceilagh Chamber Singers – Canada Lady Cove Women’s Choir – Canada Les Ms. – Canada Linden Singers of Victoria – Canada Mealy Mountain Collegiate Vocal Ensemble – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Moravian Church Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Mornington Singers – Ireland Newman Sound Men’s Choir – Canada Niños Cantores de la Escuela Nacional de Música – Mexico Nova Voce Men’s Choir – Canada Oulainen Youth Choir – Finland Pasadena Elementary Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Pembina Trails Voices – Canada Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra – Canada Queen of Peace Middle School Senior Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Quintessential Vocal Ensemble – Canada Salvation Army Worship Team – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Saskatoon Children’s Choir – Canada Shallaway – Newfoundland and Labrador Youth in Chorus (Jubilate) – Canada St. Andrews Church Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) The St. Bonaventure’s College Elementary Chamber Choir – Canada Swift Current Comprehensive Chamber Singers – Canada TOWER New Zealand Youth Choir – New Zealand
2005 Guest Artists \| (back)	2005 Participating Choirs \| (back)
Peggy Bennett – United States Martin Bernheimer – United States Kevin Blackmore – Canada Ana Beatriz Fernández de Briones – Argentina Eleanor Daley – Canada De Boca En Boca – Argentina Melanie DeMore – United States Miyako Furiya – Japan Alberto Grau – Venezuela Jocelyne Guilbault – United States Maria Guinand – Venezuela Juan Tony Guzmán – United States Tõnu Kaljuste – Estonia Serge Lacasse - Canada Carmen Acevedo Lucio – Puerto Rico Madrigaïa – Canada Victoria Moon Joyce – Canada Scott Leithead – Canada Louise Pascale – United States Rajaton – Finland Doreen Rao – United States Catherine Robbin – Canada Karmina Šilec – Slovenia	Albion Pro Choral – USA Alumnae Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Apollo Male Chorus of Minnesota – USA Arabesque – Algeria The Arviat Imngitingit – Canada BOK Singers – Canada (Western Region Festival) Cantabile Women’s Chorus – Canada Cantarte – Venezuela Cantiamo Chamber Ensemble – Canada Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa – Canada Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir – Canada Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir – Canada Carroll Festival Choir – USA Centennial Singers – Canada Convivio – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Corner Brook Community Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Coro De Concierto – Puerto Rico Coro de Niños y Jóvenes Ars Nova – Argentina Crystal Children’s Choir – USA Festiva – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Hamilton Children’s Choir – Canada Humber Elementary School Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Hunter Singer – Australia Immaculate Heart of Mary School Choir – Canada Lady Cove Women’s Choir – Canada La Camerata de la Nueva España - Mexico Les Ms. - Canada McGill Conservatory Youth Choir – Canada Mealy Mountain Collegiate Vocal Ensemble – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Mealy Mountain Collegiate Senior High Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Mealy Mountain Vocal Ensemble – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Mobile Central High School Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Moravian Church Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Memorial University of Newfoundland Chamber Choir – Canada Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir – Canada Northern Mosaic – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Northwest Girlchoir – USA Òran – Canada ORIANA Women’s Choir – Canada Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra – Canada Queen of Peace Middle School Senior Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Queens County Girls Choir – Canada Quintessential Vocal Ensemble – Canada Sacred Heart Canossian College Choir – China Salvation Army Timbrels – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Schola Cantorum de Caracas – Venezuela Seraph – Canada Shiroishi Girls’ Choir and Alumni – Japan Take Note (Jazz Choir) - Canada University Choir of Pardubice (VUS) – Czech Republic University of Guelph Chamber Singers – Canada Voorhees Women’s Choir – USA
2003 Guest Artists \| (back)	2003 Participating Choirs \| (back)
Kevin Blackmore – Canada Brainerd Blyden-Taylor – Canada Horace Clarence Boyer – United States Patricia Shehan Campbell – United States Maria Guinand – Venezuela Stephen Hatfield – Canada Valerie Long – Canada Ludumo Magangame – South Africa Chifuru Matsubara – Japan Bobby McFerrin – United States Jessye Norman – United States Erkki Pohjola – Finland Rajaton – Finland Imant Raminsh – Canada Leon Thurman – United States Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir – United States Sanna Valvanne – Finland/United States	A Cappella Chamber Choir – Canada Alumna Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) The Arviat Imngitingit – Canada BOK Singers – Canada (Western Region Festival) Bonisudumo Choristers – South Africa Calgary Boys Choir – Canada Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir – Canada CC Loughlin Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Celebration Gospel Quartet – Canada Children’s Community Choir – Canada Coastal Sound Music Academy Children’s Concert Choir – Canada Concerto Della Donna – Canada Convivio – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Corner Brook Community Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Darbazi – Canada Effusion – Canada The English Montreal School Board Chorale – Canada Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus – USA Goose High School Vocal Ensemble – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Goose High School Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Herdman Collegiate/G.C. Rowe Junior High School Combined Choral Groups – Canada (Western Region Festival) High Park Choirs of Toronto – Canada Holy Heart of Mary Chamber Choir – Canada House Blend – Canada Humber Elementary Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Immaculate Heart of Mary School Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) “Inner Voices” – University of Calgary Vocal Jazz Ensemble – Canada Les Ms. – Canada Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Ladies’ Choir - Canada Minnetonka Chamber Choir – USA Mississauga Children’s Choir – Canada Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Northern Mosaic – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra – Canada Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir – Canada Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Peninsula Women’s Chorus – USA Princeton Girlchoir – USA Queensland Youth Choir – Australia Quintessential Vocal Ensemble – Canada Regina High School Choir – Canada Richard Eaton Singers – Canada Romanian Radio Children’s Choir – Romania St. Michael’s School Junior High Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Tallinn Boys Choir – Estonia Toronto Children’s Chorus – Canada Touchdown – The Netherlands Tutsiatingit – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) VuVu Gospel Songs – Angola Wild Mountain Thyme – USA
2001 Guest Artists \| (back)	2001 Participating Choirs \| (back)
Lydia Adams – Canada Horace Clarence Boyer – United States Bob Chilcott – United Kingdom Robert Cooper – Canada Elmer Iseler Singers – Canada Richard Gill – Australia Stephen Hatfield – Canada Warren Jones – United States Libby Larsen – United States Valerie Long – Canada Diane Loomer – Canada Errki Pohjola – Finland Regula Qureshi – Canada Nancy Telfer – Canada Rajaton – Finland The Real Group – Sweden Sir David Willcocks – United Kingdom	Ad Dominum – Sweden The Amabile Boys Choirs – Canada Amos Comenius Festival Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Amos Comenius School Band – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Aurora Women’s Choir – Canada The Bach’s Children’s Chorus – Canada The Base Choir – “5 Wing Goose Bay” – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) The Bay St. George Songsters – Canada (Western Region Festival) The Bel Canto Singers of Grand Falls Windsor – Canada Belle Canto – Canada Cantare-Cantilena Ensemble – Canada Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir – Canada Choral Altivoz – Brazil The Corner Brook Community Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Coro Infantil de la Universidad del Cauca – Columbia Daughter of the Baltic – Finland Daughters of the Rock – Canada Domino – Czech Republic The Dolces – Canada (Western Region Festival) Ensemble Vocal Joseph-Françoise-Perrault – Canada Estacy – Canada (Western Region Festival) G.C. Rowe School Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Gary and Friends – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Goose High School Vocal Ensemble – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Happy Valley Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Harmonia-Polyphonic Chamber Choir – Albania Herdman Chamber Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Hopedale Drum Dancers – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Humber Elementary Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Kuang Ching Chorus – Taiwan Labrador West Community Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Mark and the Moonlighters – Canada Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir – Canada Northern Harmony – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Northern Mosaic – Canada The Oakville Children’s Choir - Canada Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra – Canada Polokwane Choral Society – South Africa The Prince of Wales Collegiate Chamber Choir – Canada Quintessential Vocal Ensemble – Canada Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir – UK The St. John’s Choir – Canada Touchdown – Canada The Victoria Young Company Singers – Canada The Young People’s Chorus of New York City – USA Young Voices of Melbourne – Australia
1999 Guest Artists \| (back)	1999 Participating Choirs \| (back)
Horace Clarence Boyer – United States Chanticleer – United States Bob Chilcott – United Kingdom Gerald Fagan – Canada Grupo Vocal Olisipo – Portugal Luc Guilloré – France Diane Loomer – Canada National Youth Choir – Canada R. Murray Schafer – Canada Johan Sundberg – Sweden Nancy Telfer – Canada Bramwell Tovey – Canada Vancouver Chamber Choir – Canada Village Harmony – United States Jon Washburn - Canada	Amos Comenius Memorial School Festival Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) British Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Cantar Youth Community Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir – Canada COCEVAL – Angola Coral Cantus Firmus – Brazil The Corner Brook Community Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) ECCO Youth Choir – USA G.C. Rowe Junior High Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Georgian Bay Children’s Choir – Canada Halifax Camerata Singers – Canada Happy Valley Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Happy Valley Salvation Army Timbrels – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Herdman Collegiate Chamber Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Humber Elementary Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Makkovik Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Mount Pearl Chorale – Canada Nain Inuit Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) National Experimental Chorus – China Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir – Canada Northern Harmony – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Northern Mosaic – Canada Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra – Canada Piedmont Children’s Choir – USA The Prince of Wales Collegiate Chamber Choir – Canada Saskatoon Greystone Singers – Canada Seshego Choral Society – Africa St. Mary’s Children’s Choir – Canada The St. John’s Choir – Canada Village Harmony – USA Voices Unlimited – South Africa VuVu Gospel Songs – Angola
1997 Guest Artists \| (back)	1997 Participating Choirs \| (back)
Anthony Barresi – United States Bob Chilcott – United Kingdom Elmer Iseler Singers – Canada Exaudi Chamber Choir – Cuba Gerald Fagan – Canada Mary Goetze – United States Jane Hounsell - Canada The King’s Singers – United Kingdom Diane Loomer – Canada Kevin McMillan – Canada Maria Felicia Perez - Cuba Erkki Pohjola – Finland Doreen Rao – United States Wayne Riddell – Canada Leon Thurman – United States Bramwell Tovey – United Kingdom/Canada	Campbell Collegiate Chamber Choir – Canada Cantus Firmus – Brazil Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir – Canada Chor Leoni – Canada Corner Brook Community Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Coro Niños Cantores de Mendoza – Argentina Filton Male Voice Choir – UK First United Church Senior Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) G.C. Rowe Junior High School Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Goose High School Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Groupe Bakalowa – Gabon Grupo Vocal Ad Libitum – Portugal Happy Valley Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Herdman Collegiate Chorale – Canada (Western Region Festival) Hillsborough Girls Choir – Canada Humber Elementary Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Jens Haven Memorial School Band – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Labrador West Community Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Les Jeunes Chanteur d’Acadie – Canada Makkovik Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Memorial University of Newfoundland Chamber Choir – Canada Minnetonka Chamber Choir – USA Municipal Choir of Yekaterinburg – Russia Nain Inuit Moravian Choir – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Newfound Sound Barbershop Chorus - Canada Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir – Canada Northern Harmony – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Northshore Elementary Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Northwest River Ringers and Singers – Canada (Labrador Region Festival) Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra – Canada Pretoria Youth Choir – South Africa Quintessential Vocal Ensemble – Canada Regina Presentation Chamber Choir – Canada (Western Region Festival) Rothesay-Kings Rotary Girls’ Choir – Canada The St. John’s Choir – Canada Stetson University Children’s Choir – USA Uxbridge Chamber Choir – Canada Vesninka Choir – Ukraine Woodpecker Singers – Taiwan The Windsor Symphony Chorus – Canada Il Coro Italiano di Windsor - Canada

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