Canterbury Youth Choruses
AUDITIONS will be held in August, 2010
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Canterbury Youth Choruses  (CYC) exist to provide children who love to sing, a comprehensive, music education through choral instruction and performance. Our purpose is to nurture positive youth development, further each child’s personal and artistic growth and foster cross-cultural understanding through choral singing, an art form that creates an aesthetic experience for its members and also builds and supports positive personal and community values.

Canterbury Youth Choruses (CYC), the youth choral program of the Canterbury Choral Society, enters its twelfth year with the 2009-2010 season.  Through its diverse choral curriculum, which explores the world through classical and world music of all cultures, CYC enhances the singing skills and musical literacy of children who love to sing with vocal music training and performance opportunities, while striving to deepen each child’s understanding of life and culture through ensemble singing.  Children attending public, private and parochial schools, as well as those who are home schooled make new friends, while experiencing the joy of music in a supportive and nurturing environment. 

CYC has a distinguished record of achievement, which has put it at the center of many major cultural and civic events in the central Oklahoma metropolitan region. Highlights of the 2008-2009 season included a performance at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association and also with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, as well as regional and metropolitan concert tours. In addition to its own concert season, CYC performs with the Canterbury Choral Society and is part of the choral music education partnership with Oklahoma City University.  All rehearsals and several concerts each season take place in the dynamic Wanda L. Bass Music Center on the campus of Oklahoma City University, where rehearsals are also held each Tuesday evening from 6-7:30PM.  Summer Choral Camp is held annually the second week of June.

CYC offers three choruses, by audition, for children of all backgrounds as well as musicianship classes to strengthen musical skills. Apprentice Choir (grade range 2-6) focuses on building vocal techniques and expanding musical literacy.   Chorale, (grade ranges 6-10) works to refine and expand musical and vocal skills while learning more sophisticated music for treble voices. The Young Men’s Chorus trains adolescent boys for ensemble performance during their voice change.

ANNOUNCING NEW PLANS!!!!!!

The new 2-Year Education Vision plan will begin in Fall, 2010.  Revision will occur in the Youth Choruses through launching a pilot satellite, staff restructuring, increasing from three to four choruses, and national touring in addition to regional touring already achieved.  

Thank you to our generous Sponsors:

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY

RAPP FOUNDATION

KIMRAY

GAYLORD FOUNDATION 

AMERICAN FIDELITY FOUNDATION

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