Connecting with Other Cultures

Shallaway Youth Choir has consciously sought to connect with other cultures. Through this cultural embrace, the choir has developed an active program of intercultural outreach and exchange. These links have built cultural bridges throughout Canada, in North and South America, Africa, Britain and Europe, and particularly Scandinavia.

The creation and publication of new artworks by Canadian and international composers is a regular vehicle through which Shallaway Youth Choir seeks to fulfill its cultural mandate. Each season, the choir presents, in national and international venues, world premieres of works it has commissioned.

 Annual Camerata Tours

  • 2023 Ireland

  • 2023 Portugal

  • 2022 Havana, Cuba

  • 2022 Toronto, Canada

  • 2018 Italy & New York

  • 2017 South Africa

  • 2016 Ottawa, Canada (Unisong)

  • 2015 Havana, Cuba

  • 2014 Costa Rica and Nicaragua

  • 2013 Coimbra, Porto and Lisbon - Portugal

  • 2012 Hungary & Austria

  • 2011 Paris & Amiens - France, Bruges - Belgium & Amsterdam - The Netherlands

  • 2010 Beijing, Xi'an & Shanghai - China

  • 2009 Havana, Cuba

  • 2008 Holstebro & Copenhagen - Denmark & Cork & Waterford - Ireland

  • 2007 Ottawa, St. Catharines & Toronto, Ontario – Canada & Washington, DC – USA

  • 2005 Basque Country – Spain & France

  • 2005 Argentina

  • 2004 Ireland

  • 2003 New York City, New York – USA

  • 2002 Toronto, Ontario – Canada

  • 2001 England

  • 2001 Vancouver, British Columbia – Canada

  • 2000 Edmonton, Alberta & L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland – Canada

  • 1999 Iceland & Finland

  • 1998 British Columbia – Canada

  • 1997 Quebec & Ontario – Canada

  • 1996 England