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Dates as of March 7, 2023
2022-2023 Season
- September 13, 2022 – Start of Youth Choir rehearsals and open house
- Apprentice Choir (K-Grade 3): Tuesdays 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
- Concert Choir (Grades 4 & up): Tuesdays 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- Chamber Choir (to age 18): Tuesdays 6:45 PM – 8:30 PM
- September 14, 2022 – Start of Bel Canto Community Choir rehearsals and open house
- Bel Canto Community Choir: Wednesdays 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM
at R.D. Bell Choral Hall, Brandon University School of Music
- Bel Canto Community Choir: Wednesdays 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM
- October 4, 2022 – Information night for new & returning choir families, and AGM in the BU School of Music Faculty Lounge
- Tuesday, November 8, 2022 – Donor Thank-You Performance, Lorne Watson Recital Hall (LWRH), BU School of Music. The new grand piano in our rehearsal hall was funded by donations. This concert was to show gratitude to those donors, who were the invited guests.
- Saturday, November 19, 2022 – ChoralFest Winnipeg. Concert & Chamber Choirs performed in Winnipeg, worked with clinicians & heard other community choirs.
- Saturday, December 10 – BCC Christmas Concert, First Presbyterian Church (339 – 12th Street, Brandon)
- Tuesday, December 13 – BCC Christmas Party and WSO Rehearsal
- Sunday, December 18 – Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert (all Youth Choirs), Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium (WMCA). The youth choirs were invited to perform with the WSO as part of their Holiday Concert Tour.
- Tuesday, January 10, 2023 – BCC Youth Choir resumes
- Wednesday, January 11, 2023 – BCC Adult Choir resumes
- Monday, March 6, 2023 – Brandon Festival of the Arts – First Presbyterian Church Brandon; all Youth Choirs & Bel Canto.
- Tuesday, March 7th – NO rehearsal
- Tuesday, March 14th & 21st – Regular rehearsals for all Youth Choirs.
- Tuesday, March 27 – NO rehearsals during Spring Break
- Wednesday April 12, 2023 – BCC School Choir Tour (all Youth Choirs)
- 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
- A bus has been chartered to take choristers to schools in Neepawa, Minnedosa & Brandon.
- Tour itinerary & details were e-mailed to chorister families. Consent forms were sent home.
- Saturday, April 22, 2023 – BCC Spring Sing Concert, First Presbyterian Church Brandon (Year-end Concert with BCC Families & Alumni – Celebrating 40 Years!)
- 1:00 PM – approximate call time for all BCC choirs.
- 3:00 PM – Performance (Doors open 2:30 PM)
- Poster at: https://www.brandonu.ca/bcc/files/BCC_Spring_Sing_Poster_2023.jpg
- Save the date – Sept 8 to 10, 2023 – Chamber Choir Camp; Lake Metigoshe
