Our Vision

A Canada that embraces a cappella harmony.

Our Mission

Sing Canada Harmony raises funds and provides scholarships to individuals and ensembles for a cappella harmony education.

 

The 2023-2024 Sing Canada Harmony Scholarship Fund Board.

Back row: John Wilkie, Trinda Ernst, Fran Thorson, Patricia Cassidy, Cynthia Feltrin, John Simpson
Front row: Gordon Billows, Murray Phillips, Sean Huston, Bill Coulthard
Absent: Digger MacDougall, Robert Ross and Dave Perry

Our Purpose

The Sing Canada Harmony Scholarship Fund was created to assist Canadians by providing financial assistance for educational and training opportunities in vocal music performance, vocal music leadership, vocal music administration and vocal music composition, arrangement, adjudication and staging. The intent is to provide funding for learning opportunities for Canadian men and women, particularly youth and children to gain expertise and experience in the field of singing a cappella vocal music harmony in quartets and choruses.

Opportunities Supported

• Youth a cappella music education programs
• Harmony University and associated colleges
• Leadership Academies (LA)
• International Education Symposiums (IES)
• Chorus / Choir coaching, workshops and retreats
• Other programs, seminars, courses and training in vocal a cappella music

Our Leadership

Board

Our Board of Directors is comprised of Canadians from the Barbershop Harmony Society, Harmony, Incorporated, and Sweet Adelines International, who are committed to supporting vocal music in Canadian schools and communities.

Murray Phillips
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

CHAIR, CEO

BHS | NED

Bill Coulthard
Regina, Saskatchewan

BHS | LOL

Cynthia Feltrin
Ajax, Ontario

VICE CHAIR

SAI | REGION 16

 

Patricia Cassidy
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

HI | AREA 5

Gordon Billows
Winnipeg, Manitoba

BHS | LOL

 

Trinda Ernst
Berwick, Nova Scotia

HI | AREA 1

 

Sean Hustin
Port Coquitlam, BC

BHS | EVG

 

Fran Thorson
Calgary, Alberta

SAI | REGION 26

J.R. Digger MacDougall, BA, MCPSYCH, CD, CHRP
Rockland, Ontario

FOUNDING CHAIR

BHS | ONT

John Wilkie
Guelph, Ontario

BHS | ONT

Robert Ross
London, Ontario

BHS | ONT

Dave Perry
Cambridge, Nova Scotia

TREASURER

Legal Counsel – Ted Manthorp, LLB, (ONT) Ottawa, Ontario