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Vancouver’s Elektra Women’s Choir, founded in 1987 by co-conductors Morna Edmundson (new Artistic Director) and Diane Loomer, C.M. (Conductor Emerita) is regarded as an international leader in the classical women’s choir movement. Its mandate is to inspire and lead in the choral art form through excellence in performance and through the creation, exploration and celebration of women’s repertoire.

Elektra is known for its adventurous programming, seeking out music written specifically for women and frequently commissioning new works. These are some of the qualities that have allowed Elektra to maintain its place among the choral elite nationally and internationally. The spring of 2009 marked a unique landmark in the life of Elektra. Morna Edmundson, was appointed sole Artistic Director for the choir and her enthusiasm for continuing to augment the well established reputation of the choir is strong and secure.
Elektra has a rich history of awards and national and international appearances. Elektra was Canada’s representative at the World Symposium of Music in Sydney, Australia and appeared by invitation at the National Convention of American Choral Directors in New York. In 2008 Elektra was an invited guest of the Northwestern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Vancouver. In recent years, Elektra has also appeared at several Podium conventions of the Association of Canadian Choral Communities (ACCC). Multiple first place awards in the CBC biennial Choral Competition established Elektra as a leader in the choral community of treble voices worldwide.