Giving Music a Voice
The North Island Choral Society has been producing classical choral music in the Comox Valley since 1984. We produce two concerts per year, near the beginning of December and near the beginning of April. and perform each concert twice. Each concert involves 13 to 14 weeks of rehearsals, extra sectional practices, and choral education workshops. North Island Choral Society rehearses at Comox Valley Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8:30. We have an average of 63 singers per season. There is no audition or age restriction to be a singer. The cost per singer per term is approximately $100. We have a volunteer orchestra, and soloists from the Comox Valley and beyond.
We are a BC non profit society with charitable status, which means donations are tax deductible.
Our next concert
… will be in early December 2025:
Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Saint-Saens: Oratorio de Noel, op. 12
Palestrina: O Magnum Mysterium
Fankhauser: A ‘Risky’ Encore
Paul Colthorpe – Artistic Director
Paul arrived in the Comox Valley in 1991 with his Bachelor of Music degree and a Master of Education (U. Vic.), He has taught secondary school band and choir and elementary classroom music. He is also Director of Music Ministries at Comox United Church. His mantra of “music by and for the community” has served him well. He has been the Artistic Director of the North Island Choral Society since 1995, almost 30 years and is proud of the choir’s many accomplishments and continued growth.
Julie Matthews – Collaborative Pianist
Somewhat of an enthusiastic keener about most parts of life, when
Julie is not teaching private music lessons, she can be found playing,
composing, arranging, accompanying and recording music, as well
as continuing to take music lessons herself. She has spent time as a
recording artist and studio musician, and she has played and written
for film. When not living and breathing music, she can be found
passionately growing food, fermenting vegetables, making cheese,
quilting, and tending her many beehives.
Mary Gray – President
Joyce Falkowski – Secretary
Ruth Hibberson – Membership
Deirdre Rennie – Member at Large
Unfilled- Vice President
Maureen May – Librarian
Jo-Anne Preston – Publicity
Erika Hannan, Member at Large
Unfilled – Treasurer