About Our Choirs
Amabile for Girls and Women
There are five levels of choirs for girls and women within the Amabile organization.
The Amabile Da Capo Choir is a training choir welcoming girls aged 8 to 11. The aim of Da Capo is to provide a choral venue for young choristers and serve as a training choir for the Junior Amabile Singers. Da Capo performs as guests of the more senior Amabile Choirs throughout the season under the direction of Wendy Landon.
The Junior Amabile Singers (JAS) is an all female choir for singers aged 9 to 15. The JAS are under the direction of Jacquelyn Norman and Wendy Landon.
The Amabile Youth Singers (AYS) is an all female choir featuring singers who range in age from 12 to 22. Both the AYS and the Women's Ensemble are under the direction of Brenda Zadorsky.
Prima is the women's choir, open to adult women (over 18), who have highly experienced vocal skills and wish to work on advanced repertoire.
On occasion, the AYS and Prima will perform together as the Amabile Young Women's Ensemble (AYWE).
Amabile for Boys and Men
There are five levels of choirs for boys and men within the Amabile organization. The boys' and men's choirs are under the artistic direction of Dr. Carol Beynon and Ken Fleet, with the assistance of Don Sills and Jeff Beynon who work with the TTC and the TCC.
The Treble Training Choir (TTC) is a training choir welcoming boys ages 8 and up. For many younger boys who audition, this is their first experience with choral singing.
The Treble Concert Choir (TCC) is an all-boy choir for unchanged voices. Boys aged 8 and above with experience singing may audition for this choir but most become part of the training choir first, for one or two years, before joining this group.
The Amabile Young Men's Ensemble (AYME) is an all-male choir for changed voices, made up primarily of young men of high school age.
Primus: Amabile Men's Choir is made up of adult men (over 18) with advanced vocal expertise. Primus is pronounced PREE-moose.
The AYME and Primus often perform together and they have been invited to showcase their talents in music festivals around the world.