Guelph Youth Singers

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Guelph Youth Singers (GYS), now in its 16th season, has become a high profile representative of the City of Guelph in the field of choral music. Founded in 1991 as Guelph Children Singers, this organization was formed to provide children and youth with an opportunity to experience a professional level of musicianship. The three treble choirs in the organization are: Choir I, a training choir of children aged 6 and up; Choir II, a more advanced training choir of children and youth aged 9 and up; and Choir III, a choir for singers who have superior singing and music reading skills, aged 11 and up. A Chamber Choir has been incorporated as a part of Choir III, and is an advanced ensemble for young women aged 16 and up. GYS offers a seasonal boys' choir, rehearsing in January and February, to prepare for entrance in the Guelph Kiwanis Festival, and to sing in the annual spring concert. Weekly instruction includes vocal technique, theory and sight singing, and is augmented with workshops by guest clinicians in drama, movement and voice throughout the year. GYS performs up to five major concerts per season as well as workshop, festival, corporate, community and guest performances. GYS has released two solo CDs: Bird In The Nest (1998) and Wind in Our Sails (2002). GYS has also performed on CDs with Guelph Chamber Choir (On Christmas Night, 1995); for the Canadian Literacy Association (Notable Canadian Choirs Sing Christmas Carols, 1996); with the Guelph folk ensemble, Tamarack...

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