Langley's community choirs

Wednesday night is choir night in Langley. Three of the four groups below rehearse then, in three different church halls and a high school, which is handy if you want to shop around and awkward if you want to join more than one. Here is what each group says about itself, and how it takes new singers.

Langley Community Chorus

The big one. The chorus started in 1992 with 15 singers and had passed 80 by its 25th anniversary, singing in four parts, soprano to bass. Anita Comba has been music director since 2011, after a year as its pianist; she is a past president of the BC Choral Federation. The chorus says it is looking for new members and welcomes “all kinds, from all backgrounds”; its current calendar listing adds that male voices are welcome. There is no audition mentioned for the main chorus. A smaller group within it, the Ambassadors, is by audition.

Rehearsals are Wednesdays at 7pm at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church on Old Yale Road, year-round except August. The membership page lists fees of $125 a season for one singer or $200 for two in the same household, plus an admin fee and a refundable music deposit, and asks newcomers to contact the membership secretary first. This December’s concert series is called GLOW, with afternoon shows at 3pm and evening shows at 7pm; tickets are sold through the link on the chorus site.

First Capital Chorus

A barbershop chorus with a long memory. Two founders began recruiting in May 1969, the chapter was chartered with the Barbershop Harmony Society on May 22, 1970, and the name is a nod to Fort Langley’s turn as BC’s first capital. It peaked at 75 voices, has placed second in its division six times, has run a Remembrance show for 14 years, and says it has raised more than $100,000 for charity. Today it describes itself as a 25-member mixed-gender a cappella choir that welcomes “singers of all genders and ages,” and it runs a youth harmony workshop on the side.

Rehearsals are Thursdays at 7pm in Willoughby Church Hall at 20525 72 Avenue; the season started September 10. The group says you don’t need to read music, because it provides sheet music and audio learning tracks for your part, and that guests can come to any Thursday rehearsal or to one of its guest nights. Use the contact form on its site to say you are coming.

Opus One Women’s Choir and Senior Opus Singers

Opus One is a non-audition community choir for women, rehearsing Wednesdays from 7 to 9pm at Langley Secondary from September to May and singing spring and Christmas concerts plus community occasions. Senior Opus Singers is its sister group, a women’s choir that performs for seniors. The choir doesn’t appear to have a website; its contact email is in the Advance Times calendar listing, and that is the best place to confirm details before you go.

Peace Arch Chorus

Peace Arch Chorus is a barbershop a cappella chorus that describes itself as “open to women and non-binary singers,” a member of SingUnited International, and the 2025 Western Canada small chorus champion in that organisation. It sings four-part harmony across barbershop, jazz and contemporary arrangements. Rehearsals are Wednesdays at 7pm in the basement of Langley Presbyterian Church, 20867 44 Avenue, and the site has a drop-in link for visitors.

Its easiest entry point is Sing the Season, an eight-week Christmas community chorus. The program page says it began Wednesday, October 14, runs 6:30 to 8:30pm with no session on November 11, and ends with a performance on Sunday, December 13. Registration is $40, there are no auditions and no experience is needed, learning tracks and sheet music are provided with your part highlighted, and each newcomer is paired with an experienced “riser buddy.” Singers under 18 need a parent or guardian along. If you have missed the first few weeks, ask; the page doesn’t say whether late joiners are taken.

Nearby

The Langley Community Music School has its own LCMS Choir among its ensembles. For instrumental groups, see the Langley Ukulele Ensemble; for the stage, Langley Little Theatre.

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