Submitted by the Central Manitoba Choral Association
The Central Manitoba Youth Choir (CMYC) is a group of 50 auditioned singers from throughout the central region. An annual project of the Central Manitoba Choral Association (CMCA), the purpose of CMYC is to bring together some of the finest high school singers in the region to build a choral community and prepare and perform outstanding repertoire.
CMYC 2025 is conducted by Avonlea Armstrong Green of Winnipeg and accompanied by Loren Hiebert of Altona. The singers rehearse intensively for two weekends before embarking on a regional tour, which takes place this year from Thursday, Oct. 16 to Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025.
Armstrong Green has created a beautiful program featuring composers and arrangers across the ages and genres, including Andy Beck, Cyndi Lauper, J.S. Bach, William Byrd and Freddie Mercury, in the styles of contemporary, folk, musical theatre and sacred. Her music choices are inspiring and emotionally moving, with some choreography and plenty of joy.
After celebrating CMYC’s 40th anniversary last year, the association looks forward to another season of concerts welcoming alumni to encourage current members, as well as parents, grandparents, teachers, mentors, friends and neighbours to celebrate the beautiful music these singers are creating — and hopefully inspire a new generation of choral performers.
Performance locations and times for this year’s tour are as follows
(Concerts with an asterisk are full performances.)
Thursday, Oct. 17
4 p.m. – Morden Access Centre, as special guests of the Central Manitoba Choral Association Senior Choral Workshop for Grades 5–12
Friday, Oct. 18
9:15 a.m. – École Morden Middle School (Morden) – not open to the public
10:50 a.m. – Prairie Dale School (Schanzenfeld) – not open to the public
1 p.m. – Emerado Centennial School (Winkler) – not open to the public
3 p.m. – Salem Home (165 Fifteenth St., Winkler) *
7 p.m. – Morden Mennonite Church (363 Gilmour St., Morden) *
Saturday, Oct. 19
10 a.m. – Waypoint Coffee (2–24149 PR 3, Stanley) *
1 p.m. – Homestead South (400 Loren Dr., Morden) *
3 p.m. – Buhler Active Living Centre (650 South Railway Ave., Winkler) *
7 p.m. – Emmanuel Mennonite Church (750 Fifteenth St., Winkler) *
Sunday, Oct. 20
10:30 a.m. – Altona Mennonite Church (287 Eighth Ave. NE, Altona)
2:30 p.m. – Paroisse Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (101 Notre Dame Ave., Notre Dame)
7 p.m. – Manitou Opera House (325 Main St., Manitou) *
The public is invited to attend any of these concerts to hear the talented young singers who have bonded and formed lasting friendships through their shared love of choral music. Come and listen as they sing together and share their passion for music with audiences of all ages across southern Manitoba.
