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Enjoy the Season with GYS!

All GYS families have already purchased 2 adult concert tickets to Snow Squall with their registration. To reserve your tickets call the River Run Box Office: 519-763-3000 and ask for the GYS Family ticket list. Your names will be on the list for 2 tickets. We ask you to reserve your tickets ahead of time so we can have an accurate count of concert attendees prior to selling tickets at the door. Extra tickets can be purchased through the River Run Box Office.

Congratulations to Linda Beaupré
Founding artistic director and conductor, Linda Beaupré, nurtured and developed the choir for 22 years, from 1991 until her retirement in June 2013, establishing Guelph Youth Singers as a high-profile representative of the City of Guelph in the field of choral music. See news below!

Choirs Ontario News

Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt and Linda Beaupré receive 2018 Presidents Leadership Award 

Choirs Ontario is proud to present this year’s award to Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt and Linda Beaupré in recognition of their remarkable contribution to the promotion and advancement of choral music in the province. The jury panel commended recipients’ outstanding impact on choral education and larger arts community in this province.

Linda Beaupré, through her amazing career, has changed the lives of thousands of young singers through her two exceptional organizations, The Bach Children’s Chorus/Bach Chamber Youth Choir and the Guelph Youth Singers. With her joyous approach to music making, and her unstinting dedication to excellence, Linda Beaupré is truly one of the foremost conductors in this country.

Ms. Beaupré is a musical force of nature who exemplifies the very best of humanity. Through her inspired leadership in her exemplary career, and with her excellence, inspiration, vision and artistry, her dedication and integrity, she has made a truly positive difference in Ontario and the world to thousands of children, creating and nourishing, over 30 years, organizations that count themselves among the very best internationally. Linda’s outstanding career as a conductor, educator, adjudicator, arranger, author and editor has positively inspired thousands of children and children’s choir conductors in Ontario and internationally. 

 Read the full story: https://choirsontario.org/2018/10/dr-hilary-apfelstadt-and-linda-beaupre-receive-2018-presidents-leadership-award/

 

GYS Wine Raffle:
Draw Dec.1, 2018
Back by popular demand, GYS is raffling off a wine cooler filled with 36 bottles of wine! Danby has generously donated the wine cooler. Raffle tickets have been distributed and they are already selling quickly. Let Cathy know if you need more tickets. Only 1000 tickets have been printed.
$5/ticket or $10/3 tickets.

Please help us sell out the raffle!
NEW CHORISTERS WANTED! 
 

GYS is  booking auditions for January 2019. If you know a child who loves to sing...we have the choir for them!  
Ask about our reduced rate for university/college students.  
Call for details and to book an audition.

GYS in the community

Christmas Village Caroling (Old Quebec Street Mall)
Sunday, December 9, 1:30 -2:30 pm

Caroling for Seniors
Wednesday, December 12, 5:00 – 8:00 pm.

Holiday Classics with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra
December 9, 2018, 3 pm

 

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