The Vancouver Chinese Choir Association (VCCA) was founded in 1984 to promote Chinese choral music to the local community, contribute to Canadian multicultural mosaic and enhance its members’ musical experience. It is an amateur non-profit organization registered under the Society Act of British Columbia with 132 members and is an active member of the B.C. Choral Federation.
To fulfill its goals, VCCA stages public concerts annually and performs at community and multicultural events, care homes, hospitals, and other institutions. It has also participated in fundraising concerts - Flood and Earthquake Relief in China, Earthquake Relief in Taiwan, Worldvision Canada, B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, B.C. Women’s Hospital, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver, Chinese Mental Health Association of Canada, Tzu Chi Foundation, the Rotary Club, the Lions Club and others. Outside Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, VCCA has delighted audiences in Duncan, Kelowna, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Salzburg, Prague, Vienna, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Helsinki, and Hamburg.
VCCA also enjoys working with other choirs and musical groups and held joint performances with the Duncan Choral Society, the Regina Chinese Singers, the Newcombe Singers of Victoria, the Kelowna International Choir Society, the Vancouver Chinese Singers Society, the Amabilis Singers, the Huang He Chinese Women’s Chorus of Yokohama, Japan, the Richmond Chorus, the Harmonic Chorus of South San Francisco, the Rong Rong Chinese Folk Choir of Seattle, Vancouver Oratorio Society, Vancouver Formosan Oratorio Society, the Canadian Chinese Choir of Toronto, the San Jose Chinese Choir, the Seremban Chung Hua Alumni Choir of Kuala Lumpur, the Perak Hokkien Society Choir of Ipoh, the Singapore Press Holdings Chinese Choir, the B.C. Chinese Orchestra, the Red Maple Music Association of Edmonton, the Morning Star Singers, the Hwa Sheng Chorus of Sydney, the Charis Singers of Melbourne, the Shanghai Women Journalists’ Choir, the Xujiahui Choir of Shanghai and Guangzhou Yuexiu District’s Ai Yue Choir, Veteran Actors’ Choir, Shanghai European and American Alumni Association Choir, Chicago Yellow River Art Troupe, Xuhui District Senior University Wang Ji Art Choir, Shanghai Xingling Orchestra, Nankai University Student Choir and Vancouver Chamber Choir.
溫哥華國韻合唱團 三十九年來一直致力推廣中國合唱歌曲，使之融入加拿大多元文化社會。現有一百三十二位團員，屬卑詩省合唱團聯會會員，也是一個業餘性的非牟利團體。
國韻每年都舉辦音樂會。此外，也參與許多社區性及多元文化活動，前往護理院，醫院和其他機構演唱。曾參與多個社團和賑災的籌款活動，例如：中國水災及地震、台灣大地震、加拿大世界宣明會、卑詩省兒童醫院、陽光山兒童康復中心、卑詩婦女醫院、大溫哥華中華文化中心、加拿大華人情緒健康協會、慈濟基金會、扶輪社、獅子會及其他組織。出埠表演地點計有：鄧肯、基隆拿、維多利亞、卡加利、愛民頓、多倫多、三藩市灣區、洛杉機、西雅圖、馬來西亞、新加坡、香港、悉尼、墨爾本、上海、天津、廣州、薩爾茨堡、布拉格、維也納、莫斯科、聖彼得堡、塔林、赫爾辛基、和漢堡等地。
國韻曾與下列合唱團合作演出。計有：鄧肯市合唱團、沙省雷城華聲合唱團、域多利亞市紐甘巴合唱團、基隆拿市國際合唱團、溫哥華遠道合唱團、二埠亞瑪比里斯合唱團、日本橫濱市黃河女聲合唱團、列治文市合唱團、三藩市海盟合唱團、西雅圖融融合唱團、溫哥華聖樂團、溫哥華台灣聖樂團、加拿大英才中樂團、多倫多華人合唱團、加洲聖賀西合唱團、吉隆坡芙中雪隆校友會合唱團、怡保霹靂福建公會合唱團、新加坡報業控股華人合唱團、卑詩中樂團、愛民頓紅楓音樂藝術團、溫哥華曉星合唱團、悉尼華聲合唱團、墨爾本愛心歌社、上海女記者合唱團、上海徐家匯合唱團、廣州越秀區愛樂合唱團、廣州越秀區老演員合唱團、上海市歐美同學會合唱團、美國芝加哥黃河藝術團、徐匯區老年大學王逑藝術合唱團、上海幸靈管弦樂團、南開大學學生合唱團及溫哥華室內合唱團。
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