A word from Our President

For many people, being a professional vocalist is not always the most financially stable career to choose.

I have been a professional vocalist for most of my life, but I always had the financial support of my husband to balance things out when times were tough.

 There were times in my career when well-paying gigs were plentiful and times when they were not. During the lean seasons, I was grateful that I could rely on my husband’s income. However, throughout my career I observed that many other vocalists were not as fortunate as I was.

 This realization was the catalyst that prompted me to create the British Columbia Vocalist Society. I wanted to create an organization whose entire purpose was to support professional vocalists who have fallen into difficult financial times. 

You always hear the phrase, "children are our future". I believe this to be true and have developed a genuine passion for helping young, emerging talent "find their voice" on the professional stage. A program that is currently under development with the British Columbia Vocalist Society is a Youth Scholarship Program designed to offer financial aid to deserving young vocalists. 

The British Columbia Vocalist Society is also developing a Vocal Workshop program which we hope to unveil by mid year 2023.

Finally, we designed the British Columbia Vocalist Society to benefit the health and welfare of professional singers, and we are privileged to offer emergency assistance and other human services/resources to those in acute need. 

I am thrilled to be a part of this mission.

Workshop

This program is designed with the singer in mind. We have a widespread of workshop presenters who are professional teachers and professional singers/musicians in the music industry. With their combined experience and expertise, the workshop program will support and educate vocalist to improve their craft and help them step farther into the industry, or whatever their next step might be. This program will also help to support some of the fundraising aspects for the BCVS.
(Stay tuned for more information in the near future)