FEATURE PERFORMANCE

THE CHOIRS YYJ PRESENTS:

The Choir YYJr Inaugural Concert with guests The Mini-Choir!

MAY 10, 2025 AT 7PM   |   THE UNITED COMMONS – 932 BALMORAL RD (FORMERLY FIRST MET UNITED CHURCH)

The Choirs YYJ is thrilled to announce the first ever concert by The Choir YYJr, with guests The Mini Choir!

The Choir YYJ was born out of the idea that young people who love to sing fun pop songs with friends might not find those opportunities at school or in more traditional choirs. It is a non-audition community choir co-directed by Brooke Gallupe and Alison Whelan. https://thechoirsyyj.com/junior/

The Mini-Choir is an 18-voice auditioned group directed by The Choirs YYJ Director Marc Jenksin, and accompanied by Layten Kramer on guitar. https://thechoirsyyj.com/oursingers/

Entrance is by donation, and we are proud to donate all net ticket proceeds to Arts Calibre Academy, a local arts-focused school for students from preschool through middle school. www.artscalibre.ca

Adults: $25 (INCLUDING SERVICE FEE)
Kids under age 12: $5 (INCLUDING SERVICE FEE

For box-office tickets, visit the UVic Ticket Office at 3800 Finnerty Rd or call 250-721-8480

Net proceeds from ticket sales to benefit 1UP Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre: www.singleparentvictoria.ca

PERFORMANCE

THE CHOIRS YYJ SPRING CONCERT WITH STEPHEN FEARING

MAY 31, 2025 AT 7:30PM   |   THE FARQUHAR AUDITORIUM AT UVIC

We are so excited to announce our Spring Concert – The Choir, The Chorus, Sound Dragon and The Mini-Choir all look forward to sharing our original choral and piano arrangements of songs by Chappell Roan, The Pointer Sisters, R.E.M., Crosby, Stills and Nash, Gillian Welch, Queen and David Bowie, and more! We’re honored to be sharing the stage with Juno-winning singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing!

Doors at 7:00pm, show 7:30pm – 9:30pm-ish.

We are proud to donate all net proceeds from ticket sales to:
PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ – Practicing land-based education & ecosystem restoration.

We hope to share the importance of native ecosystems and the network of embedded relations. They support greater biodiversity and their healthy populations work to mitigate climate change.

It is our responsibility to protect native ecosystems, and to share our knowledge and teachings about restoration practices. PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ hopes to inspire community members to take an ecological approach to return native plants across the W̱SÁNEĆ homelands.
pepakenhautw.com


More about Stephen Fearing:

Stephen Fearing was born in 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew up in Dublin, Ireland where his schoolmates included future members of U2. In 1981, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and immersed himself in the music scene, learning the fundamentals of song writing and performing, while washing dishes to stay alive.

By 1984 he was back in Vancouver, determined to become a professional musician. In the years since, he’s been named as one of the finest songwriters in Canada and has built a national – and international – audience for his music, doing it old school through countless performances at intimate venues and on the concert stages of festivals and theatres across Canada, the US, the UK, and Europe, with appearances at major events like the Reading Festival and WOMAD, to name just a few.

stephenfearing.ca

Adults: $25 (INCLUDING SERVICE FEE)
Kids under age 12: $5 (INCLUDING SERVICE FEE

For box-office tickets, visit the UVic Ticket Office at 3800 Finnerty Rd or call 250-721-8480

Net proceeds from ticket sales to benefit 1UP Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre: www.singleparentvictoria.ca

DROP-IN AND SING!

all together now nights

During our monthly drop-in nights, you get to sing one of our pop-choral songs along with a bunch of friendly strangers. 

We’re all here to have fun – no experience required, just bring your gusto!

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