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Previous Guest Artists

Ac•Rock United States 2009, 2007, Western 2007, Labrador 2007
Alberto Grau Venezuela 2005
Alice Parker United States 2007
Ana Beatriz Fernández de Briones Argentina 2005
André Thomas United States 2009
Anita Best Canada 2007
Anthony Barresi United States 2007, Western 2007, 1997
Anùna Ireland 2007
Avner Itai Israel, 2009
Bob Chilcott United Kingdom 2001, 1999, Western 1999, 1997
Bobby McFerrin United States 2003
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor Canada 2003
Bramwell Tovey Canada 1999, 1997
Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers Canada 2007
Carmen Acevedo Lucio Puerto Rico 2005
Catherine Robbin Canada 2005
Celso Antunes Brazil 2007
Chanticleer United States 1999
Chifuru Matsubara Japan 2003
Club for Five Finland 2009
Dale Warland United States 2007
De Boca En Boca Argentina 2005
Diane Loomer Canada 2001, 1999, 1997
Doreen Rao Canada 2005, 1997, Western 1997
Douglas Dunsmore Canada Labrador 2009, Western 2003
Eleanor Daley Canada 2005
Elmer Iseler † Canada Western 1997
Elmer Iseler Singers Canada 2001, Western 2001, 1997, Western 1997
Erkki Pohjola † Finland 2003, 2001, 1997
Exaudi Chamber Choir Cuba 1997, Labrador 1997
Fred Sjöberg Sweden 2009
Gerald Fagan Canada 1999, 1997
Grupo Vocal Olisipo Portugal 1999, Labrador 1999
Horace Clarence Boyer † United States 2003, 2001, Labrador 2001, 1999
Imant Raminsh Latvia/Canada 2009, 2003
Iwan Edwards Canada 2007
Jane Hounsell Canada 1997
Javier Busto Spain 2007
Jing Ling-Tam United States 2007
Jocelyne Guilbault United States 2005
Johan Sundberg Sweden 1999
Jon Washburn Canada 1999, Western 1999
Juan Tony Guzmán Domican Republic/United States Western 2009, 2005
Karmina Šilec Slovenica 2005
Kellie Walsh Canada Labrador 2009
Kevin Blackmore Canada 2005, 2003
Kevin McMillan Canada 1997
Ki Adams Canada Western 2007
Laurier Fagnan Canada 2009
Leon Thurman United States 2003, 1997, Labrador 1997
Libby Larsen United States 2001
Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir United States Western 2009, 2003
Louise Pascale United States 2005
Luc Guilloré France 1999
Ludumo Magangame South Africa 2003
Lydia Adams Canada 2001 , Western 2001
Lyn Williams Australia 2007
Madrigaïa Canada 2005, Western 2005, Labrador 2005
Margaret Bennett Scotland 2007
Maria Felicia Perez Cuba 1997
Maria Guinand Venezuela 2005, 2003
Martin Bernheimer United States 2005
Mary Goetze United States 1997, Labrador 1997
Mary Lou Fallis Canada 2007
Melanie DeMore United States 2005
Michael McGlynn Ireland 2007
Michael McMahon Canada 2009
Miyako Furiya Japan 2005
Nancy Telfer Canada 2001, Western 2001, 1999
National Youth Choir Canada 1999
Newman Sound Men's Choir Canada Labrador 2009
Owain Arwel Hughes United Kingdom 2009
Patricia Shehan Campbell United States 2003
Peggy Bennett United States 2005
Peter Tiefenbach Canada 2007
R. Murray Schafer Canada 1999
Rajaton Finland 2005, 2003, Western 2003, Labrador 2003, 2001
Regula Qureshi Canada 2001
Richard Gill Australia 2001
Robert Cooper Canada 2007, 2001
Sanna Valvanne Finland/United States Western 2009, 2007, 2003
Scott Leithead Canada 2005
Serge Lacasse Canada 2005
Shirley Verrett United States 2003
Sir David Willcocks United Kingdom 2001
Soila Sariola Finland 2009
Stephen Hatfield Canada 2007, 2003, 2001
Susan Knight Canada Western 2005
The King's Singers United Kingdom 1997
The Real Group Sweden 2001
Tõnu Kaljuste Estonia 2005
Touchdown Canada Labrador 2001
Valerie Long Canada 2003, Western 2003, 2001
Vancouver Chamber Choir Canada 1999, Western 1999
Victoria Moon Joyce Canada 2005
Warren Jones United States 2001
Wayne Riddell Canada 1997
Wendy Nielsen Canada 2009
Ysaye Barnwell United States 2009

Previous Participating Choirs

Acabella Canada Western 2007
A Cappella Chamber Choir Canada 2003
Accent Canada Western 2007
Ad Dominum Sweden 2001
Albion Pro Choral United States 2005
Alumnae Choir Canada Western 2005, Western 2003
Amos Comenius Memorial School Canada Labrador 2009
Amos Comenius Memorial School Festival Choir Canada Labrador 2001, Labrador 1999
Amos Comenius School Band Canada Labrador 2001
Anglican Church Choir Canada Labrador 2009
Apollo Male Chorus of Minnesota United States 2005
Arabesque Algeria 2005
Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde United States 2007
Aurora Women's Choir Canada 2001
Belle Canto Canada 2001
BOK Singers Canada Western 2005, Western 2003
Bonisudumo Choristers South Africa 2003
Boston City Singers United States 2009
British Choir Canada Labrador 1999
Calgary Boys Choir Canada 2003
Calgary Girls Choir Canada 2007
Calgary Philharmonic Chorus Canada 2007
Campbell Collegiate Chamber Choir Canada 1997
Cantabile Women's Chorus Canada 2005
Cantar Youth Community Choir Canada Labrador 1999
Cantare-Cantilena Ensemble Canada 2001
Cantarte Venezuela 2005
Cantiamo Chamber Ensemble Canada 2005
Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa Canada 2005
Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Canada 2005
Cantus Firmus Brazil 1997
Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir Canada 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997
Carroll Festival Choir United States 2005
Cawtrha Park Secondary School Chamber Choir Canada 2009
CC Loughlin Choir Canada Western 2003
Celebration Gospel Quartet Canada 2003
Centennial Singers Canada 2005
Celebration Gospel Quartet Canada 2003
Children's Community Choir Canada 2003
Chor Leoni Canada 1997
Choral Altivoz Brazil 2001
Coastal Sound Music Academy Children's Concert Choir Canada 2003
COCEVAL Angola 1999
Collegiate Chamber Choir Canada 1997
Concerto Della Donna Canada 2003
Convivio Canada Labrador 2005, Labrador 2003
Coral Cantus Firmus Brazil 1999
Corner Brook Community Choir Canada Western 2009, Western 2005, Western 2003, Western 2001, Western 1999, Western 1997
Corner Brook Regional High Choir Canada Western 2009
Coro De Concierto Puerto Rico 2005
Coro de Niños y Jóvenes Ars Nova Argentina 2005
Coro Infantil de la Universidad del Cauca Columbia 2001
Coro Niños Cantores de Mendoza Argentina 1997
Crystal Children's Choir United States 2005
Darbazi Canada 2003
Daughter of the Baltic Finland 2001
Daughters of the Rock Canada 2001
Domino Czech Republic 2001
ECCO Youth Choir United States 1999
Effusion Canada 2003
Elektra Women's Choir Canada 2007
Ensemble Vocal Joseph-Françoise-Perrault Canada 2001
Estacy Canada Western 2003
Festiva Canada Labrador 2005
Filton Male Voice Choir United Kingdom 1997
First United Church Senior Choir Canada Western Festival 1997
Forest Ridge School Choir United States 2007
Fort Wayne Children's Choir - Concert Choir United States 2009
Fort Wayne Children's Choir - Youth Chorale United States 2009
G.C. Rowe Junior High Choir Canada Western 1999, Western 1997
G.C. Rowe School Choir Canada Western 2003
Gallery Choir Saint Mary Magdalene Church Canada 2009
Gary and Friends Canada Labrador 2001
Georgian Bay Children's Choir Canada 1999
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus United States 2001
Gondwana Voices Australia 2007
Goose High School Choir Canada Labrador 2003, Labrador 1997
Goose High School Vocal Ensemble Canada Labrador 2003, Labrador 2001
Groupe Bakalowa Gabon 1997
Grupo Vocal Ad Libitum Portugal 1997
Halifax Camerata Singers Canada 1999
Hamilton Children's Choir Canada 2005
Happy Valley Goose Bay Community Choir Canada Labrador 2009, Labrador 2007
Happy Valley Moravian Choir Canada Labrador 2001, Labrador 1999, Labrador 1997
Happy Valley Salvation Army Timbrels Canada Labrador 1999
Harmonia-Polyphonic Chamber Choir Albania 2001
Herdman Chamber Choir Canada Western 2001, Western 1999
Herdman Collegiate Chorale Canada Western 1997
Herdman Collegiate/G.C. Rowe Junior High School Combined Choral Groups Canada Western 2003
High Park Choirs of Toronto Canada 2007, 2003
Hillsborough Alumni Choir Canada 2007
Hillsborough Girls Choir Canada
Holy Heart of Mary Chamber Choir Canada 2003
Honours Concert Choir of Southeast Minnesota United States 2007
Hopedale Drum Dancers Canada Labrador 2001
House Blend Canada 2003
Humber Elementary School Choir Canada Western 2009, Western 2005, Western 2003, Western 2001, Western 1999, Western 1997
Hunter Singer Australia 2005
il Coro Italiano di Windsor Canada 1997
Immaculate Heart of Mary School Chamber Choir Canada Western 2007, Western 2003
Immaculate Heart of Mary School Choir Canada 2005
"Inner Voices" University of Calgary Vocal Jazz Ensemble Canada 2003
J.C Erhardt Memorial School Canada Labrador 2009
J.J. Curling School Choir Canada Western 2009
Jens Haven Memorial School Canada Labrador 2009
Jens Haven Memorial School Band Canada Labrador 1997
Junior Amabile Singers Canada 2007
Kuang Ching Chorus Taiwan 2001
La Camerata de la Nueva España Mexico 2005
La Ceilagh Chamber Singers Canada 2007
Labrador West Community Choir Canada Labrador 2001, Labrador 1997
Lady Cove Women's Choir Canada 2009, 2007, 2005
Lake Melville School Canada Labrador 2009
Les Jeunes Chanteur d'Acadie Canada 1997
Les Ms. Canada 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003
Linden Singers of Victoria Canada 2007
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Ladies' Choir Canada 2003
Makkovik Moravian Choir Canada Labrador 1999, Labrador 1997
Mark and the Moonlighters Canada 2001
McGill Conservatory Youth Choir Canada 2005
Mealy Mountain Collegiate Canada Labrador 2009
Mealy Mountain Collegiate Senior High Choir Canada Labrador 2005
Mealy Mountain Collegiate Vocal Ensemble Canada Labrador 2007, Labrador 2005
Memorial University Chamber Choir Canada 2009, Western 2009, 2005, 1997
Menihek High School Canada Labrador 2009
Minnetonka Chamber Choir United States 2009, 2003, 1997
Mississauga Children's Choir Canada 2003
Mobile Central High School Choir Canada Western 2005
Moravian Choir Canada Labrador 2003
Moravian Church Choir Canada Labrador 2009, Labrador 2007, Labrador 2005
Mornington Singers Ireland 2007
Mount Pearl Chorale Canada 1999
Municipal Choir of Yekaterinburg Russia 1997
Mushua Innu Natuashish School Canada Labrador 2009
Nain Inuit Moravian Choir Canada Labrador 1999, Labrador 1997
National Experimental Chorus China 1999
Newfound Sound Barbershop Chorus Canada 1997
Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir Canada 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997
Newman Sound Men's Choir Canada 2009, 2007
Niños Cantores de la Escuela Nacional de Música Mexico 2007
North American Choral Company United States 2009
Northern Harmony Canada Labrador 2001, Labrador 1999, Labrador 1997
Northern Mosaic Canada Labrador 2005, Labrador 2003, 2001, 1999
Northshore Elementary Choir Canada Western 1997
Northwest Girlchoir United States 2005
Northwest River Ringers and Singers Canada Labrador 1997
Nova Voce Men's Choir Canada 2007
Òran Canada 2005
ORIANA Women's Choir Canada 2005
Oulainen Youth Choir Finland 2007
Ottawa Children's Chamber Choir Canada 2009
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Choir Canada Labrador 2005, Labrador 2003
Pasadena Academy Choir Canada Western 2009
Pasadena Elementary Choir Canada Western 2009, Western 2007
Pembina Trails Voices Canada 2007
Peninsula Women's Chorus United States 2003
Penticostal Church Choir Canada Labrador 2009
Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Canada 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997
Piedmont Children's Choir United States 1999
Polokwane Choral Society South Africa 2001
Pretoria Youth Choir South Africa 1997
Prince of Wales Collegiate Chamber Choir Canada 2009, Western 2009, 2001, 1999
Queen of Peace Middle School Canada Labrador 2009, Labrador 2007, Labrador 2005
Queens County Girls Choir Canada 2005
Queensland Youth Choir Australia 2003
Quintessential Vocal Ensemble Canada 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1997
R.C. Church Choir Canada Labrador 2009
Regina High School Choir Canada 2003
Regina Presentation Chamber Choir Canada Western 1997
Richard Eaton Singers Canada 2003
Romanian Radio Children's Choir Romania 2003
Rothesay-Kings Rotary Girls' Choir Canada 1997
Sacred Heart Canossian College Choir China 2005
Sacred Heart School Choir Canada Western 2009
Salvation Army Timbrels Canada Labrador 2005
Salvation Army Worship Team Canada Labrador 2007
Saskatoon Children's Choir Canada 2007
Saskatoon Greystone Singers Canada 1999
Schola Cantorum de Caracas Venezuela 2005
Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir United Kingdom 2001
Seraph Canada 2005
Seshego Choral Society Africa 1999
Shallaway- Newfoundland & Labrador Youth in Chorus Canada 2009, 2007
Shiroishi Girls' Choir and Alumni Japan 2005
Six Vocal Ensemble Canada 2009
St. Andrews Church Choir Canada Labrador 2007
The St. Bonaventure's College Elementary Chamber Choir >Canada 2009, 2007
St. Gerard's Elementary School Canada Western 2009
St. Mary's Children's Choir Canada 1999
St. Michael's School Junior High Choir Canada Labrador2003
Stetson University Children's Choir United States 1997
Swift Current Comprehensive Chamber Singers Canada 2007
Take Note (Jazz Choir) Canada 2005
Tallinn Boys Choir Estonia 2003
The Amabile Boys Choirs Canada 2001
The Arviat Imngitingit Canada 2007, 2005, 2003
The Bach's Children's Chorus Canada 2001
The Base Choir - "5 Wing Goose Bay " Canada Labrador 2001
The Bay St. George Songsters Canada Western 2001
The Bel Canto Singers of Grand Falls Windsor Canada 2001
The Chorale Canada Western 2009, Western 2007
The Dolces Canada Western 2001
The Duchess's High School Choir United Kingdom 2007
The English Montreal School Board Chorale Canada 2007, 2003
The Oakville Children's Choir Canada 2001
The Once Canada 2009
The Richmond Singers Canada 2009
The St. John's Choir Canada 2001,1999,1997
The Victoria Young Company Singers Canada 2001
The Windsor Symphony Chorus Canada 1997
The Young People's Chorus of New York City United States 2001
Toronto Children's Chorus Canada 2003
Touchdown - The Netherlands The Netherlands 2003
TOWER New Zealand Youth Choir New Zealand 2007
Tutsiatingit Canada Labrador 2003
United Church Choir Canada Labrador 2009
University Choir of Pardubice (VUS) Czech Republic 2005
University of Guelph Chamber Singers Canada 2005
University of Redlands Madrigal Singers United States 2009
Uxbridge Chamber Choir Canada 1997
Vesninka Choir Ukraine 1997
Village Harmony United States 1999
Voices Unlimited South Africa 1999
Voorhees Women's Choir United States 2005
VuVu Gospel Songs Angola 2003, 1999
Wild Mountain Thyme United States 2003
Woodpecker Singers Taiwan 1997
Xavier Junior High School Choir Canada Western 2009
Young Voices of Melbourne Australia 2001

Commissions


Frequently Festival 500 will commission choral pieces for premiere during the Festival.  Previous commissions include:

Empowered by Song, Festival 500 Choral Fanfare, composed by Imant Raminsh, text by Tom Gordon, 2009

Over the Edge , composed by Stephen Hatfield, 2007

Feller From Fortune , traditional Newfoundland folksong, arranged by Bob Chilcott, 2001

The Swallow , traditional Newfoundland folksong, arranged by Bob Chilcott, 1999

Crossings, composed by Gary Kulesha, 1997

 

Awards


Cultural Tourism Award

Cultural Tourism Award

 

In 2009, the Festival's contribution as a major revenue source for the province and as an inspiration for the local choral community was honoured with the Cultural Tourism Award from the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation in partnership with the Department of Canadian Heritage and Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador. This prestigious award is "presented to an individual or organization that recognizes and promotes the pursuit of cultural expression within the tourism industry."

 

Outstanding Choral Event


In 1998, Festival 500 was awarded the Outstanding Choral Event distinction by the Association of Canadian Choral Communities.

 

 

Builder Award



Festival 500, from time to time presents a Builder Award to recognize an individual or group who has made a significant contribution to the success of the Festival.  Previous recipients of the Builder Award include:

 

Angus Bruneau and John Baker

Angus Bruneau & John Baker - 2005

Erkki Pohjola

Erkki Pohjola - 2003

Bob Chilcott

Bob Chilcott - 2001

Ambassador Award


Festival 500, from time to time presents an Ambassador Award to recognize an individual or group who promotes the Festival in a significant way.  Previous recipients of the Ambassador Award include:

Rajaton

Rajaton - 2009

Patricia Abbott

Patricia Abbott - 2007

Appreciation Award



Festival 500, from time to time presents an Appreciation Award to recognize a volunteer who has made a significant personal commitment to the success of the Festival.  Previous recipients of the Appreciation Award include:

 

Patricia Young - 2007


Photo Gallery

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