Chamber Choir's Violet Goosen Receives Women Of Distinction Award

Vancouver Chamber Choir general manager Violet Goosen has received the YWCA Metro Vancouver's Women of Distiction award for Arts, Culture and Design.

Violet has enabled the award-winning Vancouver Chamber Choir to not only survive in an increasingly difficult financial climate but to thrive.

For 38 years Violet has sung, led, mentored, inspired and single-handedly made the Vancouver Chamber Choir an international tour de force. She has championed Canadian music by raising funds to commission hundreds of new works by local composers as well as those from outside British Columbia.

In addition to her tireless efforts to advocate for the arts in Canada, Violet has been instrumental in developing and enacting initiatives in the area of music education and outreach programs for youth and young professionals.