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MCC Concert Choir wins 1st place in 2010 National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs
The Mississauga Children’s Choir has won 1st place in the 2010 National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs – Children’s Category.  Many choirs submitted entries and showed heartfelt commitment to singing, the pursuit of excellence and capable leadership.   Winners were announced at the 2010 biennial conference of the Association of Canadian Choral Communities held in Saskatoon Victoria Day weekend.   The following morning on CBC Radio 2’s Choral Concert with host Peter Togni, music of the winners were featured.   “This is fantastic achievement, one that brings recognition to the choir as a whole, says Artistic Director, Thomas Bell. “I have every confidence that this success will be built on and developed by successive generations of MCC choristers!”

The 4th Biennial Mississauga Choral Festival 2010: A Showcase of Superb Choral Singing
Bob Chilcott, one of the world's premier composers and choral conductors in Britain today, did an excellent job as our special guest conductor in the fourth Mississauga Choral Festival held on February 26-27, 2010. Various music workshops were held througout the day and the final concert was held on Saturday evening. The singing was superb, both the massed choral singing and the six individual choirs from Ontario and Alberta, including our very own Intermediate and Concert Choirs. A very educational and enriching musical experience indeed!

MCC Receives $20,000 Operating Grant from City of Mississauga
For the third consecutive year, MCC was awarded an operating grant by the City of Mississauga's Arts and Culture Program to assist in the costs of general operations and program delivery, specifically artistic fees and salaries, office administrative assistant salaries, and purchase of music pieces.

MCC's Austria Tour 2009: A Resounding Success

The Concert Choir's Austrian Tour was a success. Click here for more details.