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      • The Return of Hanggai Rock Band
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      • Mulan-Original Ballet
      • CHINA MELODY- CHINESE New Year Concert 2019
    • 2018 >
      • China Disabled People Performing Arts Troupe tours Canada
      • Theatre play Life between Heaven and Earth tours Canada
      • Theatre drama "Stage"
      • 2nd International Choral Festival
      • Sichuan folk artists perform at Parliament Hill
      • Canada China Joint Committee on Culture
      • Film music concerts
    • 2017 >
      • Zhejiang Youth Symphony Orchestra
      • Ballet Wild Grass
      • Golden Lotus Ballet
      • Fusion Spectacular Immortal Chi
      • Legendary film musical celebration
      • Spectacular Variety Show "Embrace China"
      • The Ottawa International Choral Festival
    • 2016 >
      • China National Academy of Painting Artists
      • “Beauty of Chinese Calligraphy” - Cui Renhui Exhibition
      • “Enchanting China” Concerts
      • Theatre Play “Tea House”
      • Guo Degang Comedy Night
      • Little Friends Song and Dance Troupe
      • Peking Opera Hamlet
      • Meet In Beijing Arts Festival
      • VOICE OF MISS SUPER
      • Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra tours Canada
      • Classic Dance Opera Worrior Canadian
      • Cultures of China Variety Show
      • Chinese New Year Flash Mop - 2016
      • Montreal en Lumiere
    • 2015 >
      • East Meets West Concert
      • Hee-Ha Comedy Troupe tours Canada
      • Amazing Acrobats from Hebei China
      • ​Golden Sail Art Troupe Tours Canada
      • The National Chinese Acrobats
      • China Central Conservatory of Music Orchestra
      • Canada-China culture exchange year
      • Carnival China 2015
    • 2014 >
      • Chinese Comedy Night
      • Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition
      • "China Family" Troupe
      • ​Ottawa City Hall Flag Raising Ceremony
      • Five Continental Celebration of Spring"Variety Show
      • Montreal "Chinese Culture Month"
    • 2013 >
      • ​Global IELTS Presents "Continental Comedy Gala"
      • Beijing Golden Sail Performing Arts Troupe
      • Five Continents Celebrate Spring Festival
    • 2012 >
      • My Dream Troupe Performs for Charity
      • Joint Performance of Hunan Acrobats & Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New year
    • 2011 >
      • "Embrace China - Beautiful Sichuan" Arts Troupe
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New Year
      • ​“Festival Chinese New Year”, Beijing Golden Sail Performing Arts Troupe
    • 2010 >
      • ​Grand Dance Drama “Dream of the Red Chamber”
      • Golden Sail Arts Troupe
      • “Vibrant Colored Guizhou” Songs and Dances Troupe
      • “Spring Melody” Chinese Music Concert
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New Year
    • 2009 >
      • Hang Gai Rock Band Performs on Earth Day
      • Artists of China Federation of Cultures
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New year Gala
    • 2008 >
      • ​Chinese Folk Artists
    • 2007 >
      • Hubei Performing Arts Troupe
      • ​Beijing All-Star Troupe
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      • 北京全明星艺术团

CANADA INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL RETURNS TO TORONTO
LAUNCHES THE 1ST SINO-CANADA INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL


Time flies! The big date of the 3rd Canada International Choral Festival (CICF 2019) and the 1st Sino-Canada International Choral Festival is approaching on July 26-28, 2019!

Preparations are well underway and the festival team is pleased to share the following details.

The 2019 lineup features a diverse range of choirs and vocal groups, spanning genres like music of Canada, Mexico, Africa, China and more. The returning artists include crowd favorites, such as Cadence, the Glisten Quartet, and the Mexican Mariachi Band with tenor Romulo Delgado. Together, they will demonstrate their vocal and choral skills on the last evening Exchange Concert at the Markham P.C.C Auditorium, 22 Esna Park Drive, Markham, ON L3R 1E1. Also, the first-time participant, the Neema Children’s Choir, will perform for this concert besides their showcase in the opening and the competition.

Back for a second year are the Canadian-Chinese choirs from Montreal, Ottawa, Waterloo, and Toronto, whose fusion of Chinese culture and Canadian music kept the audience exhilarated all day long at last year’s fest. They are the Breeze of Harmony Choir, the Montreal Hua Xia Philharmonic Choir, the Yangtze River Performing Arts, the Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts, the Tsinghua Alumni Performing Arts Group, the Red Maple Sunset Glow Cultural Association, and the Waterloo Chinese Philharmonic Choir.

There are several Chinese newcomers included in the 2019 lineup as well. The Children’s Choir of Beijing Tianqiao, the Star Choir of Guangzhou Middle School, the Guangzhou Opera House Children’s Chorus and the Shenzhen Ruby Art Troupe are all many times world choral competition winners. They will open this year’s festival with several Canadian musicians on July 26, 7:30PM, at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St, North York, ON M2N 6R8.

On the second day, July 27, the tradition continues at the 2019 fest with a “Showcase Concert” night, in which all the choirs will join the performance and a massed choir will sing the Chinese folk song Mo Li Hua. 

Another big tradition includes more Master Classes to be arranged this year on the same day. Competition juries consist of Dr. Lisette Canton, Artistic Director of CICF, Founder and Artistic Director of the Ottawa Bach Choir and Head of Choral Music at York University; Mr. Antonio Llaca, Conductor at the Conservatoire de musique de Gatineau, Carleton University, C5 (Chinese Canadian Children’s Choir of Canada) and Coro Vivo Ottawa; Kathleen Allan, Soprano, Composer and Conductor of the Amadeus Choir of Toronto, as well as Director of Choral Studies at the Vancouver Academy of Music; Vocalist, Composer and Educator Dylan Bell; and Anna Lynn Murphy , Conductor and Choral Educator, who will each give a lecture to the participants. Spaces are limited.

The Competition portion of the festival will take place from 1:00-5:00 PM at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON M4V 1R5. Each choir will sing two pieces to compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates. The top three winners will be invited to perform at the Closing and Award Ceremony on July 28, 2:30PM, at the Markham P.C.C Auditorium, 22 Esna Park Drive, Markham, ON L3R 1E1.

All access passes are now available online and can be purchased for $30 at Eventbrite:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2019-canada-international-choral-festival-cicf-tickets-64137313431

Look forward to seeing you this July!

CICF2019 Schedule
  • ​July 26 Evening 5:00-6:30PM
Choral Leaders Reception (Two seats for each choir)
Evening 7:30PM
Opening Ceremony and Concert of CICF2019
Venue: George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts
Address: 5040 Yonge St, North York, ON M2N 6R8
  • July 27
Morning 9:00AM-12:00PM
Master Classes (Seven classes)
Afternoon 1:00-5:00PM
Competition of CICF2019
Evening 7:30PM
CICF Showcase Concert
Venue: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
Address: 230 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON M4V 1R5
  • July 28
Afternoon 2:30PM
Awards and Closing Ceremony of CICF2019
Evening 7:30PM
Exchange Concert of CICF2019
Venue: Markham P.C.C Auditorium
Address: 22 Esna Park Drive, Markham, ON L3R 1E1
  • General Information:
The 2019 3rd Canada International Choral Festival, and The 1st Sino-Canada International Choral Festival, runs from July 26-28, 2019 in Toronto. Events will be presented at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, and the Markham P.C.C Auditorium.
  • Hosts:
Canada International Choral Festival Committee
China International Choral Festival
China Arts and Entertainment Group
  • Organizers:
Canada-China Cultural Development Association
Canada Performing Artists Networks
  • Co-organizers:
Choirs Ontario
Ottawa Police Chorus
  • Special Sponsor:
Ultron Media
  • Main contact:
Website: www.cicf-ficc.ca
Contact email: cicfottawa@cicf-ficc.ca, info@cpan.ca
Wechat: CICF
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  • Home
  • Our Story
  • 2021 SPECIAL
    • New Year Grand Concert
    • Acrobatics on Ice
    • Lantern Festival Concert
    • Chinese New Year Photo Exhibition
    • Global Livestream Chinese New Year Celebration
    • 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games
    • Harbin Ice & Snow World
    • New Year Culture Videos
  • PAST EVENTS
    • 2020 >
      • 2020 Chinese New Year Concert
    • 2019 >
      • The Return of Hanggai Rock Band
      • Theatre play "One Heart" tour Canada
      • 2019 Canada International Choral Festival
      • Enchanting China USA West coast tour
      • Mulan-Original Ballet
      • CHINA MELODY- CHINESE New Year Concert 2019
    • 2018 >
      • China Disabled People Performing Arts Troupe tours Canada
      • Theatre play Life between Heaven and Earth tours Canada
      • Theatre drama "Stage"
      • 2nd International Choral Festival
      • Sichuan folk artists perform at Parliament Hill
      • Canada China Joint Committee on Culture
      • Film music concerts
    • 2017 >
      • Zhejiang Youth Symphony Orchestra
      • Ballet Wild Grass
      • Golden Lotus Ballet
      • Fusion Spectacular Immortal Chi
      • Legendary film musical celebration
      • Spectacular Variety Show "Embrace China"
      • The Ottawa International Choral Festival
    • 2016 >
      • China National Academy of Painting Artists
      • “Beauty of Chinese Calligraphy” - Cui Renhui Exhibition
      • “Enchanting China” Concerts
      • Theatre Play “Tea House”
      • Guo Degang Comedy Night
      • Little Friends Song and Dance Troupe
      • Peking Opera Hamlet
      • Meet In Beijing Arts Festival
      • VOICE OF MISS SUPER
      • Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra tours Canada
      • Classic Dance Opera Worrior Canadian
      • Cultures of China Variety Show
      • Chinese New Year Flash Mop - 2016
      • Montreal en Lumiere
    • 2015 >
      • East Meets West Concert
      • Hee-Ha Comedy Troupe tours Canada
      • Amazing Acrobats from Hebei China
      • ​Golden Sail Art Troupe Tours Canada
      • The National Chinese Acrobats
      • China Central Conservatory of Music Orchestra
      • Canada-China culture exchange year
      • Carnival China 2015
    • 2014 >
      • Chinese Comedy Night
      • Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition
      • "China Family" Troupe
      • ​Ottawa City Hall Flag Raising Ceremony
      • Five Continental Celebration of Spring"Variety Show
      • Montreal "Chinese Culture Month"
    • 2013 >
      • ​Global IELTS Presents "Continental Comedy Gala"
      • Beijing Golden Sail Performing Arts Troupe
      • Five Continents Celebrate Spring Festival
    • 2012 >
      • My Dream Troupe Performs for Charity
      • Joint Performance of Hunan Acrobats & Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New year
    • 2011 >
      • "Embrace China - Beautiful Sichuan" Arts Troupe
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New Year
      • ​“Festival Chinese New Year”, Beijing Golden Sail Performing Arts Troupe
    • 2010 >
      • ​Grand Dance Drama “Dream of the Red Chamber”
      • Golden Sail Arts Troupe
      • “Vibrant Colored Guizhou” Songs and Dances Troupe
      • “Spring Melody” Chinese Music Concert
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New Year
    • 2009 >
      • Hang Gai Rock Band Performs on Earth Day
      • Artists of China Federation of Cultures
      • Five Continents Celebrate Chinese New year Gala
    • 2008 >
      • ​Chinese Folk Artists
    • 2007 >
      • Hubei Performing Arts Troupe
      • ​Beijing All-Star Troupe
  • 首页
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  • 2021 春节
    • 春节音乐会
    • 冰上杂技
    • 元宵节音乐会
    • 中国春节文化图片展
    • 欢乐春节全球直播
    • 北京冬季奥运会
    • 哈尔滨冰雪节
    • 春节文化视频
  • 历届活动
    • 2020 >
      • 2020年新春交响音乐会
    • 2019 >
      • 杭盖摇滚乐队再次访加
      • 话剧《断金》加拿大巡演
      • 2019加拿大国际合唱节
      • Enchanting China 美国西部巡演
      • 芭蕾舞剧《花木兰》
      • 中国广播民乐团新春音乐会
    • 2018 >
      • ‘我的梦‘残疾人艺术团
      • 中国国家话剧院《人生天地间》在加拿大巡演
      • 陈佩斯话剧《戏台》
      • 加拿大第二届国际合唱节-渥太华
      • 蜀风雅韵国会山首演大获成功
      • 中加文化联委会首次会议
      • 电影交响音乐会
    • 2017 >
      • 浙江青少年交响乐团访加
      • 芭蕾舞“野草“
      • 芭蕾舞“金瓶梅“””
      • 舞台功夫剧“太极星云“
      • 渥太华国际合唱节
      • 电影交响音乐会
      • 亲情中华春节音乐会
    • 2016 >
      • 中国国家画院访加
      • 崔仁辉书法展
      • 魅力中国新民乐
      • ​话剧‘茶馆‘
      • 郭德刚相声表演
      • 中国福利会‘’小伙伴艺术团‘’
      • 京剧‘’哈姆雷特‘’
      • 北京艺术节-加拿大主宾国
      • ‘’快乐女声‘’多伦多站
      • 深圳交响乐团巡演
      • ‘’粉墨春秋‘’舞剧‘访加’
      • ‘’四海同春‘’大型晚会
      • 春节”快闪“
      • 蒙特利尔灯光节-深圳主宾
    • 2015 >
      • “东方遇西方”音乐会
      • ‘’嘻哈包袱铺‘’相声晚会
      • 河北杂技团献艺
      • 金帆艺术团访加拿大
      • 中国国家杂技团访加
      • 中央音乐学院民乐团
      • 加中文化交流年开幕式
      • 五洲同春2015
    • 2014 >
      • 五洲同乐相声晚会
      • 汉字之美书法展
      • ‘亲情中华“文艺晚会
      • 中国国庆渥太华升旗
      • 五洲同春2014
      • 蒙特利尔中国文化月
    • 2013 >
      • 五洲同乐2013
      • 金帆艺术团
      • 五洲同春2013
    • 2012 >
      • ‘我的梦‘残疾人艺术团
      • 湖南杂技团-滑铁卢交响乐团
      • 五洲同春2012
    • 2011 >
      • 亲情中华晚会2012
      • 五洲同春2011
      • 欢乐春节-金帆之夜
    • 2010 >
      • 大型舞剧红楼梦
      • 金帆艺术团2010
      • 多彩贵州歌舞
      • 春天旋律-中加建交40年
      • 五洲同春2010
    • 2009 >
      • 杭盖乐队巡演
      • 中国文联艺术家巡演
      • 五洲同春2009
    • 2008 >
      • 民俗艺术家访加
    • 2007 >
      • 楚风歌舞青年艺术团
      • 北京全明星艺术团