BC Youth Choir

The BC Youth Choir is unique across Canada, as we are the only provincial youth choir organized entirely by youth!

We meet one weekend each May to rehearse and sing at the BC Choral Federation's annual Chorfest choral conference. Participants come from all over the province, and enjoy a fun-filled time making great music! Singers are selected by audition tape, and the choir is open to all singers aged 17 to 24.

This year, we're heading to Surrey on the weekend of May 4th - 6th, 2012 to work with Peter Taylor.

Peter Taylor taught choir at Carson Graham Secondary from 1974 to 1990 and also taught for ten years at Vancouver Community College, where he started Canada's first post secondary jazz choir.  Peter, recently retired, lives in Powell River, where he has been an instructor at the Powell River Academy of Music and the Powell River Malaspina University College music programs for 16 years.  Peter is one of the co-founders of the BC Vocal Jazz Festival among many other festivals.  In 2006, he received the Professional Music Educator's Award for lifetime achievement from the British Columbia Music Educators Association and has recieved numerous other awards at the regional, national, and international levels.

The BCYC weekend includes: