Led by Artistic Director Kari Turunen, the Vancouver Chamber Choir is Canada’s longest running professional choir. Jon Washburn founded the choir in 1971 and it has become an amazing success story, ranking with a handful of North America’s best professional choruses and noted for its diverse repertoire and performing excellence. The choir has presented concerts to audiences at home in Vancouver, and on tour across Canada. International excursions have taken them to the USA, Mexico, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Finland, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine.

Honoured with the Margaret Hills Award for Choral Excellence by Chorus America, the choir has performed countless concerts and broadcasts, released 36 recordings, and received numerous awards. Foremost supporters of Canadian music, the choir has sung over 4000 performances of works by Canadian composers over the years, in addition to their extensive international repertoire.

The choir’s award winning educational programs include the Conductor’s Symposium for advanced choral conductors, Focus professional development program for student singers, OnSite visitations for school choirs, the biennial Young Composers’ Competition, and many on-tour workshops and residencies.