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The Island Consort Chamber Choir is a 20-voice community chamber choir in Nanaimo, BC that first appeared in concert in late April 2007. Repertoire is varied and loosely “classical”, focusing on music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. performed mostly a cappella but with occasional keyboard or strings accompaniment.

This is an auditioned group with considerable musical and choral experience, one that aspires to a higher standard of performance. The members include amateur and professional musicians, choir directors and music educators.

The choir plays active part in the Nanaimo Sings! festivals as well as a few other community choral events. In the spring of 2010 the Island Consort provided the live musical soundtrack to dance company Dancers Dancing’s performance of “Voices in Motion, bodies that Sing” at the Port Theatre, Nanaimo. In November, 2014, the choir joined to sing Mozart’s Requiem with the Vancouver Island Symphony, under Pierre Simard.

Directors
2007 - Present: Bruce Farquharson