We are so excited to announce our Winter Concert! The Choir, The Chorus, Sound Dragon and The Mini-Choir look forward to sharing our original choral and piano arrangements of songs by Heart, Blur, Enya, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Neko Case and more. We’re so honored to be sharing the stage with Jay Malinowski and Stephanie Cadman!

All of our seasons concerts are fundraisers for local non-profit groups. We are proud to donate all net proceeds from ticket sales from this show to Island Sexual Health.

Click here to livestream the concert!

More about Jay Malinowski:

Jay Malinowski is a Canadian singer, songwriter, visual artist and writer. He is best known as the vocalist and guitarist for reggae group Bedouin Soundclash. 2026 sees the release of his solo album “Under A Landslide of Stars” on Dine Alone Records, which features The Choirs YYJ on several songs.

More about Stephanie Cadman:

Stephanie Cadman is that rare, extraordinary thing: a quadruple threat. A world-renowned dancer, an accomplished actress of stage and screen, a celebrated violinist, and a great singer, Stephanie’s talents know no bounds. Maintaining a busy touring schedule as a Canadian Folk Award-nominated solo musician. Stephanie has rocked audiences across North America and beyond.

More about The The Choirs YYJ

For over a decade, this vibrant community of 200+ singers has reimagined pop, indie, and folk music alongside bold, joyful original choral arrangements.

Before we were four ensembles (The Choir, The Chorus, Mini-Choir and Sound Dragon), we were a motley group of people who gathered in local music shop in 2013 to sing well-known and not-so-well-known songs for fun. (Still our first love.) In those early days, we had no idea that so many of our friends and neighbours were eager to belt out a song!

Today, our group has multiplied in size, notoriety, and music-making activities. Collectively, our non-auditioned ensembles, “The Choirs YYJ,” includes people of all ages, genders, experiences, vocal abilities and musical tastes. The Mini-Choir is an auditioned chamber group performing similar yet more challenging repertoire.

The Choirs are Directed by Marc Jenkins, and accompanied on piano by Erin Gray, and sometimes on guitar by Layten Kramer.

The Choirs YYJ rehearse and perform, and are guests on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) and SENĆOŦEN-speaking (W̱SÁNEĆ/Saanich) peoples, known today as Xwsepsum, Songhees and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations.