The Coastal Sound Music Academy is a Canadian choral organization based in

Coquitlam Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the List of cities in British Columbia, sixth-largest city in the province, with an estimated population of 174,248 in 2024, and one of th ...

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. It began as a children's choir within the Coquitlam school district in 1989; this was transitioned into the Coastal Sound Music Academy in 2003. Today, the academy offers several different children's choirs, a youth choir, and a 60-voice adult choir. The flagship of the Academy is the ''Children's Touring Concert Choir'', an auditioned choir for children 8–15 years old with unchanged voices from throughout in the

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area. The choir has toured extensively through Europe, Cuba and China, and has produced two CDs. The CTCC has been the "children's choir in residence" at the

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since 2001. The founding artistic director, Donna Otto, retired in 2009 after over twenty years with the Academy and was replaced by Diana Clark. The Coastal Sound Music Academy is the production partner for the ''Coastal Sound International Choral Festival'', a non-competitive biennial international choral festival introduced in 2005. The festival runs mainly at

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with satellite concerts around the

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. The 2009 festival will feature ten choirs from Canada, the United States, and the Czech Republic.Coastal Sound International Choral Festival
2009
Retrieved on 20 May 2009

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Coastal Sound Music AcademyCoastal Sound International Choral Festival
{{Authority control Canadian choirs Musical groups from British Columbia Coquitlam Musical groups established in 1975 1975 establishments in British Columbia