| 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 |
| 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 |
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
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."
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Patricia Young - 2007
Enjoy Festival photos here.