Our History

The Greater Montreal Chorus was created through the merger of the Montreal Chorus and the South Shore Chorus. Both groups had been active in barbershop singing since the 1950s and had received their charters from Sweet Adelines International in June of 1966. In the mid-1970s the South Shore group found themselves with a director, Jean Woods, but no practice hall and few members while Montreal had a hall but no director; the solution was a mutually beneficial joining of forces. Two members of the original South Shore group are still active members. One of our longest standing members joined more than forty-one years ago. Today, the Greater Montreal Chorus has 19 members ranging from the age of 26 to 83. We rehearse weekly at Mountainside Church in Westmount.

Our Chorus is a part of Sweet Adelines International, a women's singing organization of more than 30,000 members with chapters around the world. We are part of the North Atlantic Region #1 comprising Quebec and most of New England. Each spring over 20 choruses from Region 1 travel to Springfield, MA for an exciting weekend of chorus and quartet competitions. We also attend workshops organized by the Region as well as coaching sessions we arrange ourselves. All these opportunities make us better singers. 

Come Join us for our Christmas Show on December 5th at 7:30pm at the Mountainside United Church.

Our New Director: Heather Solomon

Heather has just recently taken over as the director of Greater Montreal Chorus. She has been singing Barbershop music for 7 years and has a background in Music where she was studying to be a concert band director.
Her mother sang barbershop for 45 years so she grew up with it in her blood.
She has a passion for music and is extremely excited to be taking on the position of director with this vibrant group of women.

Our Octets and VLQ's

We have a new octet
   With Verna, Daphne, Josie, Marilyn, Shira, Nancy, Crystal and Ellen



As well as a VLQ for special performances.



Click here to watch a clip of our 2005 Show Music, Music, Music at the Oscar Peterson Hall.