About Us: The Surrey Children's Choir family represents 3 choirs, a Junior Training Choir, an Intermediate Training Choir, and the Senior Surrey Children's Choir. The "family" also includes older levels, a treble chamber choir, a mixed young adult chorus... moreThe Surrey Children's Choir family represents 3 choirs, a Junior Training Choir, an Intermediate Training Choir, and the Senior Surrey Children's Choir. The "family" also includes older levels, a treble chamber choir, a mixed young adult chorus, and a community adult chorus.
The Junior and Intermediate Training Choirs (JTC and ITC) provide a program of sequentially developed skills which prepare choristers for admission into the Surrey Children's Choir. The training choirs perform annually at the Family Christmas Concert and Year End concert (held in May of each year). They also often compete at the Fraser Valley Kiwanis Music Festival, always with great results. The training choirs may also perform at various events in the community.
The SCC, a treble-voice choir of boys and girls aged 12-18 is a consistent gold medal winner at local festivals, hailed by Gerald Van Wyck, Vancouver Community College professor as "one of the best children's choirs in Canada". These exuberant young voices are heard at the annual Christmas Concert, Spring Orchestra Concert and Year End Concert, as well as at civic and community events throughout the year.
In 2009, the choir travelled to the UK to perform in stunning acoustic spaces such as St. Paul's and Salisbury Cathedral in London, and to compete at the International Choral Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. The Senior Choir performed extremely well, placing 4th in their category.
The choir performed at many cultural events during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. These included: singing the world premiere of Canadian musician Doug Johnson's (of Loverboy fame) original work "From My Home" at the Surrey Torch Lighting Ceremony, and performing concerts at Livecity Yaletown and Livecity Surrey. The SCC, a treble-voice choir of boys and girls aged 12-18 is a consistent gold medal winner at local festivals, hailed by Gerald Van Wyck, Vancouver Community College professor as "one of the best children's choirs in Canada". These exuberant young voices are heard at the annual Christmas Concert, Spring Orchestra Concert and Year End Concert, as well as at civic and community events throughout the year.
In 2009, the choir travelled to the UK to perform in stunning acoustic spaces such as St. Paul's and Salisbury Cathedral in London, and to compete at the International Choral Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. The Senior Choir performed extremely well, placing 4th in their category.
The choir performed at many cultural events during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. These included: singing the world premiere of Canadian musician Doug Johnson's (of Loverboy fame) original work "From My Home" at the Surrey Torch Lighting Ceremony, and performing concerts at Livecity Yaletown and Livecity Surrey.
Director Stephen Horning, B. Mus., Ed. Dip. graduated from the University of Victoria in 1978, majoring in composition, piano, and choral studies and subsequently has taken master classes in choral conducting with Eric Erickson, Bruce Pullan, John Tuttle, Doreen Rao, Jean Ashworth Bartle and Sir David Willcocks. Founder and director of the award winning Surrey CHildren's Choir family of choirs since 1992, Mr. Horning taught twelve years in the Campbell River School District where he founded the Campbell River Children's Choir and conducted the North Island Choral Society. Since moving to the lower mainland in 1989 to teach in the Surrey School District, Stephen has directed the Surrey Honour Children's Choir (1991, 1997, 2002), has represented Greater Vancouver Schools on the board of the BC Choral Federation (BCCF), and is a member of the President's Advisory Council of the BCCF. Stephen was a co-recipient of the 1999 Willan Award for Outstanding Service to the BCCF. In September of 2008, Stephen received a Surrey Civic Treasure Award for his contribution to the enhancement of Surrey as the Cultural Capital of Canada. less
Location: 12550 20th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada [map]
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