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Vocal

The Vocal Program at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts offers multi-disciplinary training for students in Grades 7 to 12 in both choral and solo singing across various genres. Students build high-level performance skills and receive a comprehensive curriculum in music theory, history, and ear training. Students continually refine and hone their craft while guided by esteemed industry professionals in masterclasses, workshops, and collaborative concerts.

Each year, students participate in a diverse range of performances, from regular concerts to interdisciplinary collaborations. Recent highlights include a collaboration between CCAA and St. Michael's Choir School, attended by His Eminence Cardinal Leo. Students have also performed Duruflé's Requiem with the Brampton Symphony Orchestra and presented sacred concerts with the Elmer Iseler Singers. In addition, they participated in Winter/Halley’s Missa Gaia, which was broadcast nationally on CBC and from Parliament Hill, and performed in Canada Day celebrations with the National Arts Orchestra.

In the past thirty years, the choirs of Cardinal Carter have earned an enviable place in local festivals such as the Kiwanis Music Festival and Heritage Music Festival, establishing a standard of consistent excellence in performance.

There are approximately 120 students in the program.