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The Choir Alberta Canadian Collection

In celebration of Canada's sesquicentenary, Choir Alberta established the Canadian Collection. Support for this project began with a grant generously provided by the Canada Summer Jobs Program through which a summer student was hired to establish the Collection. As part of the project, a guidebook for 150 of the pieces in the Canada Collection was developed, as were a series of repertoire lists by voicing and genre.

Choir Alberta believes strongly in the importance of including Canadian choral music when programming for any choir. It is our hope that conductors and music educators will be able to use Choir Alberta’s Canadian Collection as a resource to familiarize themselves with and gain access to some of Canada’s greatest choral music!
 
The Collection represents a variety of genres, musical styles, and composers – with everything from older favourites to contemporary works written within the past decade! All pieces listed are available for rental through Choir Alberta’s Lending Library.
 
We hope this resource is helpful to you. and that you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed creating it!
ACCESS THE CANADIAN COLLECTION GUIDEBOOK
The guidebook is available on our Members Only page. If you are currently a member, the password was provided in your membership confirmation email. If you are not currently a member, consider joining us!
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Canadian Collection repertoire lists

These repertoire lists were developed with the assistance of Choir Alberta members to highlight some of the outstanding titles in the Canadian collection. They by no means include all of the titles in the collection, but we hope they will provide some helpful programming ideas.
Beginner & Intermediate Titles for Children's Choir
Titles selected by Carolyn Steeves and Christopher Friesen

Intermediate & Advanced Titles for Children's Choir
Titles selected by Carolyn Steeves and Christopher Friesen

Beginner & Intermediate Titles for Youth Choir
Titles selected by Joel Forth and Christopher Friesen

Advanced Titles for Youth Choir
Titles selected by Joel Forth and Christopher Friesen

Beginner & Intermediate Titles for Non-Auditioned Adult Choir
Titles selected by Dr. Joy Berg and Christopher Friesen

Advanced Titles for Non-Auditioned Adult Choir
Titles selected by Dr. Joy Berg and Christopher Friesen

Beginner & Intermediate Titles for Auditioned Adult Choir
Titles selected by Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff and Christopher Friesen

Advanced Titles for Auditioned Adult Choir
Titles selected by Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff and Christopher Friesen

Raising the voice of choral music.


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  • ABOUT
    • Who we are
    • Leadership >
      • Board of Directors
      • Program Advisory Committee
      • Staff
    • Work With Us
    • Annual Reports
    • Get Involved
    • Strategic Plan
    • Media Kit
    • Key Policies
    • Affiliates
    • History
    • Contact
  • SUPPORT
    • Make a donation
    • Our supporters
    • Advertise with us
    • Volunteer
  • MEMBERS
    • Member Benefits
    • Become a member
    • Manage your membership
  • PROGRAMS
    • Alberta Children's Choir >
      • ACC 2025
      • Recommend Choristers
      • History
    • Alberta Youth Choir >
      • AYC 2024
      • Adopt-A-Chorister
      • History
      • AYC Chorister Page
    • Alberta Treble Choir >
      • ATC History
    • Awards of Distinction
    • Conducting Apprenticeships
    • Pop-Up Choir >
      • Pop-Up Choir Leaders
    • Rocky Mountain Choral Leadership Gathering
    • SongBurst >
      • SongBurst KIDS
      • SongBurst ADULT
    • Workshops & webinars
  • PRINT MUSIC
    • Library
    • Member picks
    • Recent Acquisitions
    • Canadian Collection
    • Choral Music Composed by Canadian Women
    • Musica International
    • Music For Sale
  • CALENDAR
  • COMMUNITY
    • Advocacy >
      • Advocacy toolkit
      • Alberta Music Advocacy Alliance
    • Announcements
    • Clinician directory
    • Alberta composer + arranger profiles >
      • Michalis Andronikou
      • Stuart Beatch
      • D. Geoffrey Bell
      • Allan Bevan
      • Andrew Creaghan
      • Laura Hawley
      • Margaret King
      • Oliver Munar
      • Kathryn Parrotta
      • Erica Phare-Bergh
    • Find a Choir or Singing Group
    • Job Board
    • Resources
    • Seeking singers