Junior Amabile Singers
The most recent tour the JAS took to England and France where they performed massed choir concerts in Canterbury Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral, London under the direction of David Flood and Henry Leck, as well as a solo performance at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
Previous Concerts
California, 2012: The Golden Gate International Children’s and Youth Choir Festival
- 2 Golden Awards: First Folk, Second Historical
Hawaii, 2009: Pacific Rim Children’s Choir Festival
St. John’s Newfoundland in 2007: Festival 500
France, Belgium and Germany, 2004: 3rd Choir Olympics; Bremen Germany
- Gold, 5th place
British Columbia, 2002: 10th Choral Kathamumixw, Powell River
Austria, Czech Republic, 2000: 1st Choir Olympics; Linz, Austria
- Gold, 5th place
England, Scotland and Wales, 1997; Llangollen International Eisteddfodd, Wales
Iowa, 1995: Des Moines Children’s Choral Festival
The choir has been named national finalists in two CBC Biennial Competitions for Amateur Choirs, placing 2nd in 2000.
Amabile Youth Singers
The choir has won 11 national competitions, including the 2000 CBC National Competition for the Amateur Choirs Youth Category and the Best Performance of a Canadian Work.
They also won the Youth Category Award for Let the Peoples Sing which is the European International Choral Festival.
In 2005, the AYS were awarded the London Music Award for the Best Classical Ensemble and in 2007, 2011 and 2014 were the recipients of the Jack Richardson Music Award.
While on tours, the AYS have won 5 international competitions. Most recently, they received 2 gold medals and were nominated as the Best Overall Choir in the International Choral Competition in Preveza, Greece in 2013.
Amabile Young Women’s Ensemble
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Amabile Youth Singers hosted a reunion concert on May 31st 2015, featuring 71 present and 76 past choristers. AYWE premiered a new composition honouring this occasion written by Matthew Emery, an Amabile Alumni and Amabile Composer-in-residence in 2014, 2015. In the summer of 2016, the AMYE toured Prague, Vienna, Salzburg and Budapest, where they sang in beautiful venues such as St. Nicholas Church in Prague, Dome in Linz Austria, and St. Stephan’s Cathedral in Vienna.