Cantaré Children's Choir - Calgary, Canada

CANTIGA SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA TOUR: Dr. Morris Gibson Elementary School (Okotoks); Good Shepherd School (Okotoks); Spitzee Elementary School (High River);AB Daley School (Nanton); Frank J Mitchell Elementary School (Sparwood, B.C.); Horace Allen School (Coleman); Isabelle Sellon School (Blairmore); Crestview Lodge (Pincher Creek); Foothills Community Church (Pincher Creek)

GERMANY CONCERT TOUR
Concerts in: Berlin, Potsdam, Leipzig, Halle, Weimar,and Eisenach.

Performances in: Berlin, Wittenberg, Leipzig, Halle, Erfurt, Arnstadt, Dorheim, and Eisenach.

11TH season 2007-2008
Joint performances: The Song Within, Celebrate the Seasons, I Have a Dream, Give Us Hope
Calgary Opera's Production of The Ballad of Baby Doe and Tosca
Festival Chorus presentation of Missa Gaia
Cantaré / Cantando perform for ACF Choralfest Spotlight Concert
Song for a Mid Winter’s Evening for McDougall United Church
Cantiga performs for Calgary Bach Festival
Cantaré performs for the Estate Planning Council Christmas Event
Cantando performs for the Candlelight Memorial Service at Foster’s Garden Chapel
CBC Blitz Day
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Dinner
Cantiga Winter and Spring School Concert Tours
Release of 2 CD’s: Winter’s Song and Candles and Carols
CANTIGA SOUTHEASTERN ALBERTA TOUR PERFORMANCES Brentwood School (Strathmore); Rosemary School (Rosemary); I.F. Cox Elementary School and Margaret Wooding School (Redcliff); River Heights Elementary School, St. Mary School and St. Michael School (Medicine Hat); Riverview Care Centre, Unity Lutheran Church and St. Paul Lutheran Church (Medicine Hat)
CANTARÉ / CANTANDO NIAGARA TOUR PERFORMANCES Drummond Hill Presbyterian Church (Niagara Falls); Mandeville Theatre, Ridley College (St. Catharine's); Mountainview Christian Reformed Church (Grimsby); Calvary Church (St. Catharine's)

10TH season 2006-2007
Joint performances: The Celebration Begins, Celebrate the Seasons, With Voices United: Celebrating a Decade of Song
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus: Adams Transmigration of the Soul and Beethoven 9 Symphony
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Discovery Series: The Poet Sings Concert
Calgary Opera's Production of Carmen
Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival Stars of the Festival Concert
Anglican Parish of Holy Cross Lenten Recital Series
Temple B'nai Tikvah Service of Celebration
Cantiga School Concert Tours
Kamp Kiwanis Dinner with Olympian Becky Scott
CANTIGA CENTRAL ALBERTA TOUR PERFORMANCES Our Lady Queen of Peace School (Airdrie); Nose Creek Elementary (Airdrie); Olds Elementary School; Plain View Manor Place (Leduc); Peace Hills Lodge (Wetaskiwin); Town & Country Daze (Beaumont); Grace Lutheran Church (Westaskiwin)
CANTARÉ / CANTANDO COASTAL SOUND INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES Sunday worship at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral (Vancouver); Canada Day celebration at Canada Place and broadcast throughout BC on CTV Network; Opening Ceremonies and Concert at Convocation Hall, Simon Fraser University (Burnaby); Gala Performance at Chandos Pattison Auditorium (Surrey); Performance at Port Moody City Hall; Shared Performance at First Christian Reformed Church (Burnaby)

9TH season 2005-2006
Joint performances: Many Voices... One Song, Celebrate the Seasons, A Song to Spring, With Voices United
Calgary Opera's Productions of Turandot, Dead Man Walking, and Magic Flute
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra concert A Traditional Christmas
Cantiga Performs music for a Winter Evening performance with the Corpus Christi Male Chorale
Cantaré Performs for Calgary Foundation Wilson Foundation Launch
Cantiga's Winter and Spring School Concert Tour
Cantando Performs for Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Mother's Day Luncheon at the Fairmont Palliser
ITALY CONCERT TOUR
Sunday noon Mass at the Vatican in St. Peter's Basilica
Concerts in: Como, Padua, Soave, Venice, Foligno, Florence, Assisi, and Rome

8TH season 2004-2005
Joint performances: The Music is in Me, Celebrate the Seasons, With a Song in Your Heart
Alberta Choral Federation Choral Conference, Edmonton
Festival Chorus Performance: Saint Nicholas
CBC / Petro Canada Christmas Performance
Credit Union Central AGM
Cantiga School Concert Tours
Hosting Oregon Repertory Youth Singers
Performance for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Edmonton
CANTIGA TOUR TO SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA AND THE CROWSNEST PASS: Dr. Morris Gibson Elementary School (Okotoks); Spitzee Elementary School (High River); Blackie School (Blackie); Canyon Elementary School (Pincher Creek); Horace Allen School (Coleman); Crestview Lodge (Pincher Creek); Foothills Community Church (Pincher Creek)
CANTARÉ TOUR TO TORONTO to CME New Millennium Festival w/ Dr. Doreen Rao: Opening Concert / Gala Concert w/ Tampa Bay Children's Choir, Stetson Children's Choir

7TH season 2003-2004
Four joint performances: Voices of Angels, Celebrate the Seasons, Choose Something Like a Star, Rhymes from the Nursery
Alberta Choral Federation Choral Conference, Edmonton (Cantiga)
CBC Knox Carolfest
Bishop Grandin High School Band Christmas Concert Holiday Prelude
Calgary Opera's production of Sweeney Todd
Cantiga School Concert Tours
Festival Chorus performance: Joshua
Global Television Breakfast Show
TORONTO SEVEC EXCHANGE TOUR PERFORMANCES
Ontario Legislative Building; Mississauga Children's Choir Festival with Simon Carrington
SAN FRANCISCO TOUR PERFORMANCES
Organization of American Kodaly Educators National Conference Concert; Organization of American Kodaly Educators National Conference Lecture/Demonstration Session

6TH season 2002-2003
Four joint performances: Let the Music Begin, Celebrate the Season, Songburst, The Music Never Ends
Chefs for UNICEF Fundraising Gala
Calgary Opera's Production of Hansel & Gretal
Calgary Opera's Production of Filumena
Laudate Dominum: A Concert with The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer Choir
A Festival of Christmas: A Concert with the Calgary Concert Band
School Concert Tour
The Westview Seniors Residence
Calgary Bach Festival Society Children's Concert
The Calgary Italian Club for Fogolar Fuglan di Calgary
Credit Union Central AGM
Alberta Kodaly Association Conference
SOUTHERN ONTARIO TOUR PERFORMANCES
In Worship at St. Matthew's Church (Kitchener); Heritage Doon Historic Park (Waterloo); In Concert at Lundy Lane United Church (Niagara Falls); Canada Day Celebrations (Stratford); Festival "Sharing Our Songs" (St. Catharines); Festival Gala Concert (Grimsby)

5TH season 2001-2002
Four joint performances: This Is My Home, Celebrate the Seasons, To Music, Listen to the Future
Calgary Opera's production of La Boheme
Calgary Opera's "Dinner on the Set" Fundraising Gala
University of Lethbridge Singers Holiday Festival Concert
Holt Renfrew Fashion Gala in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Kamp Kiwanis 50th Anniversary Celebration
School Concert Tours
Release of 3 CD's: This is My Home, Two Roads to the Heartland, and Listen to the Future
IRELAND TOUR PERFORMANCES
Festival Gala Concert at the National Concert Hall (Dublin); Festival Gala Concert at the National University of Ireland Chapel (Maynooth); St. Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin); Aula Maxima (Maynooth); Glenstal Abbey Chapel (County Murroe); Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

4TH season 2000-2001
Four joint performances: Music Makers, Celebrate the Seasons, Come Ye Makers of Song, Here's to Song
CBC / Knox Carolfest
Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival Grand Concert
Calgary Opera's production of Susannah
Galileo Education Network Awards Ceremony
Kodàly Society of Canada annual conference at the University of Calgary
School Concert Tours

3RD season 1999-2000
Four joint performances: The Time For Singing Has Come, Celebrate the Seasons, From Baroque to Bebop, When Children Sing
CBC / Knox Carolfest
Calgary Bach Society Choral Marathon
Choralfest Spotlight Concert
Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival Grand Concert
School Concert Tours
Grammy Award Winner Bob Carlisle and Orchestra

2ND season 1998-1999
Four joint performances: In Concert, Celebrate the Seasons, Baroque to Bebop, When Children Sing
'A Channel' Big Breakfast Show
Alberta Energy Company Christmas Social
Calgary Bach Festival Society Children's Concert
CBC / Knox Carolfest
Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival Grand Concert
School Concert Tours
Remembrance Day Service at the Museum of the Regiments
Word on the Street Book Festival
OTTAWA TOUR PERFORMANCES

National Arts Centre; Rideau Hall, Centre Block Rotunda, Parliament Hill;
In Concert at Christ Church Cathedral; In Worship at Christ Church Cathedral

INAUGURAL season 1997-1998
Four joint performances: In Concert, Celebrate the Seasons, Path to the Moon, Here's to Song
Banff International Television Festival Awards Ceremony
Expo 2005 Celebration Event at Olympic Plaza
CBC / Knox Carolfest
Calgary Boys Choir 25th Anniversary Concert Gala
Choralfest Spotlight Concert
School Concert Tours

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