Sunday, December 14, 2025

Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre

711 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, MB

Show starts at 2:30 PM with doors opening at 2:00 PM for rush seating

Featuring the Chickadees, Rhapsody & Coda from:

Artistic Directors and Music Directors for Coda – Garth and Lisa Rempel

Chickadees Music Director – Mary-Lynn Berti

Rhapsody Music Directors – Jorrel Camuyong & Melanie Spulnick

Accompanist for Coda – Jonathan Alexiuk

Accompanist for Rhapsody – Melody Koop

Accompanist for Chickadees – Hudson Thiessen

Choral Assistant – Chelsea Hertzog

Drums – David Rozgonyi

Drums – Chris Berti

The Winnipeg Youth Chorus acknowledges that we are gathered on ancestral lands, treaty 1 territory, traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis people. We respect the spirit and intent of Treaties and Treaty Making and remain committed to working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in the spirit of truth, reconciliation, and collaboration.

The Winnipeg Youth Chorus

The Winnipeg Youth Chorus Inc. (WYC) strives to provide an opportunity for young singers aged 7 to 25 from Winnipeg and the surrounding area to develop:  choral skills, choreography skills, dramatic skills, and performance skills.

They provide a variety of performance opportunities for the singers from performances within Winnipeg to performances outside of Canada, recording, special small group performances and many other opportunities.

Most importantly, the WYC is here to provide a positive experience for singers to develop their self-concept and self-esteem.  Friendships, family involvement, commitment and hard work are stressed at all times within a structure that is always caring but also demanding in terms of time, energy, drive, and commitment.

The WYC is flexible and innovative in style believing that choral excellence is achieved through proper training, hard work and instilling within the members a love for what they do, an enthusiasm for performance, and pursuit of excellence.

Message from the Artistic Directors

As artistic directors of the vibrant Winnipeg Youth Chorus community, we’re delighted to share our joy with you this season. Even as the world faces challenges and uncertainty, our singers continue to come together each week, creating music and growing not just as performers, but as individuals. Every rehearsal reminds us how fortunate we are to be part of this inspiring community, and we deeply appreciate the dedication and energy of our members.

Your ongoing support empowers us to nurture the remarkable talents of these young people. Together, we’re building more than a choir—we’re fostering a space where creativity, teamwork, and personal growth thrive in a safe, inclusive, and caring environment.

We invite you to relax and enjoy today’s program, and let the music fill you with holiday spirit. Thank you for joining us on this wonderful journey.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Garth & Lisa Rempel

Program Order

Fum, Fum Fum – Chickadees

Traditional Catalonian Carol, Additional Words and Arrangement by Audrey Snyder

Sweet Silent Night – Chickadees

Words and Music by Andy Beck

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero) – Chickadees

Words and Music by John Rox, arr. Jill Gallina

Hot Chocolate! – Chickadees

Words by Andy Beck and Brian Fisher and Music by Andy Beck

So ‘Baroque’ at Christmas – Rhapsody

Handel, arr. Earlene Rentz

The First Noel – Rhapsody

Traditional English Carol, arr. PINKZEBRA

Feat: Eliana Nocita, Bradley Durand

Veni, Veni Emmanuel – Rhapsody

arr. Michael John Trotta

Away in a Manger – Rhapsody

arr. Adam and Matt Podd

Kay Thompson’s Jingle Bells – Rhapsody & Coda

Words and Music by Kay Thompson, Johnny Mandel and J. Pierpont, adapted by Mac Huff

That Christmas Morning Feelin’ – Rhapsody & Coda

Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, arr. Mac Huff

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Coda

Music by Jule Styne, Words by Sammy Cahn, arr. Kirby Shaw

Feat: Katie Wright

What Child Is This – Coda

Text by William Chatterton Dix, arr. R. C. Pratt

Ave Maria – Coda

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, arr. Michael Aschauer

All I Want for Christmas is You – Coda

Words and Music by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, arr. Garrett Breeze

Feat: Livia Jones

Various Themes on ‘Fa-La-La’ – Coda

arr. Chuck Bridwell

As Long As There’s Christmas – Mass Choir

Music by Rachel Portman, Lyrics by Don Black, arr. Mac Huff

Feat: Ellie Prescott, Libby Giesbrecht, Vienna Pacheco, Evie Pongracz, Emily Klassen, Joanna Basanta, River Rankin

Rise Up – Mass Choir

Words and Music by Cassandra Batie and Jennifer Decilveo, arr. Mac Huff

Feat: Mac Pratt, Allison Lage, Tiana Youngson

The Winnipeg Youth Chorus Singers

Chickadees

Danni Antel

Katja Briones

Ethan Ellis

Emily Gadd

Allison Gonzales

Molly Hoeft

Lena Korantzopoulus

Kya Michie-Bowles

Sofia Morais

Vienna Pacheco

Ava Peattie

Sophia Peltz

Taras Petrunko

Evie Pongracz

Ellie Prescott

Myroslav Sapronov

Elizabeth Shaddock-Kowalyk

Samara Warkentin

Rhapsody

Alayah Alby

Aniya Atwal

Joanna Basanta

Kiana Bedard-Simard

Tatiana Briones

Caleb Buban

Cadence Bults

Sophia Darzi

Teighan Delaronde

Bradley Durand

Kennedy Fredrickson

Maia French

Mylène Friesen

Juliana Garvey

Emma Gibson

Libby Giesbrecht

Skye Hiebert

Roselie Krahn

Alyssa Lindenschmidt

Elise Luczak

Emmeline McPherson

Anya Naherniak

Eliana Nocita

Mehreen Padda

Mac Pratt

Leah Profeta

Emily Randall

River Rankin

Santino Reyes

Hailey Rowan

Avery Sigfusson

Rody Wavey

Tiana Youngson

Brady Zaluski

Coda

Kiernan Beinert

Joce Blanco

Kyna Burdeniuk

Sophia Cannon

Wren Hildebrandt

Livia Jones

Emily Klassen

Allison Lage

Lorilei Lage

Niamh Leonard

Daniel Loughren

Sadie Miniely

Luca Morin

Asher Pratt

Rebecca Pratt

Holly Profeta

Kevin Rempel

Shailyn Roberts-Bagg

Chelsea Rowan

Brandon Spulnick

Grace Spulnick

Hudson Thiessen

Katie Wright