ChoralFest 2025 Volunteer
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| Organization Name: | Manitoba Choral Association |
| Address: | OL1-500 Shaftesbury Blvd. Winnipeg MB R3P 2N2 |
| Website: | http://www.mbchoralassociation.ca |
| Organizational Description: | Manitoba Choral Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting, strengthening, and promoting the choral arts in Manitoba. We do this by providing resources for choral singers, groups, and leaders of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities; supporting and celebrating choral musicians and contributors through awards and scholarships; advocating on behalf of the Manitoba choral community; fostering provincial, national, and international connections and cooperation; presenting high-quality artistic, cultural, and educational programs and events; promoting members' concerts and events within the Manitoba choral community; encouraging the composition of choral music by Manitoba composers; and providing opportunities for all Manitobans to experience and enjoy choral music. MCA runs two flagship programs annually: Provincial Honour Choirs, where three choirs take part in an intensive choral training workshop with accomplished conductors; and ChoralFest, a non-competitive festival designed to provide an educational space for choirs of all ages. MCA also provides professional development opportunities, such as choral music reading sessions for conductors and choral skills workshops. In addition to our many activities, MCA maintains an extensive choral music lending library of over 5,000 titles for our members, and publishes the biweekly eNotes to share choral news, events, and information to the choral community. We also offer various awards and competitions for future and current choral leaders, and support an Endowment Fund to ensure that MCA may continue to keep Manitoba singing for many years to come with a voice for every choir, and a choir for every voice. |
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| Volunteer Opportunity Details | |
| Volunteer Opportunity ID: | 6072 |
| Description of Duties: | MCA's ChoralFest is an annual two-week, non-competitive festival that provides choirs and conductors an opportunity to work with choral specialists from across the continent. The festival invites all levels and styles of choral singing, including vocal jazz. Approximately 100 choirs and 4,500 singers participate each year. This year's ChoralFest will run November 13-25, 2025, at Prairie Spirit United Church (PSUC) and Centre culturel franco-manitobain (CCFM). We are currently seeking volunteers for the following roles: CHOIR HOST: Guide choirs through their entire ChoralFest experience, through arrival, warm-up, performance, clinics, and departure. BOX OFFICE & MERCH: Sell admission and MCA merchandise to audience members and/or participants. CLINICIAN RUNNER: Support MCA clinicians, staff and volunteers by delivering and restocking clinic materials, supplies, and hospitality items. GREETER: Welcome people as they arrive and direct them to the appropriate location. DRIVER: Transporting clinicians and equipment using own vehicle. MANUAL LABOUR: Helping with the heavy lifting! Assist with venue setup and tear down. |
| Skills Required: | Volunteers may request roles based on their skills and interests. Each role requires different skillsets. We are looking for volunteers who have any or all of the following skills/qualities: |
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| Age: | 16-17, 18-30, 31-54, 55+ |
| Time Commitment: | Daytime , Evening , Weekend |
| Location of volunteer opportunity: | Winnipeg - St. Boniface |
| Does opportunity require a criminal record check? | No |
| Does opportunity require a child abuse registry check? | No |
| Opportunity is available to candidates that: | Group - small, family and friends Group - large, corporate and schools Fulfilling volunteer hours for school credit Are able to attend with a support person Uses a mobility device French speaking / Bilingual (French and English) |
| Organization will provide: | A letter of reference Supervision Training/Orientation Lunch is provided for volunteers who work all day. |
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| Closing Date: | Nov 1, 2025 |
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