[1] Formed in 1963, the choir has toured the Caribbean; North and Central America; and Great Britain; has won prizes at music festivals both in Trinidad & Tobago and internationally; has recorded seven albums; and received local awards.
Founded in 1963 by Jocelyn Pierre and June Williams-Thorne,[2] the choir has been led since 1974 by Gretta Taylor[3] (née Francis) as conductor and artistic director; and founder member Joanne Mendes as secretary and production manager.
Between 1981 and 1992, the choir competed internationally at choral festivals in the United Kingdom: Llangollen, Wales (1981); Cork, Ireland (1984); and Middlesbrough, England (1992), winning four prizes.
In 2001, the Chorale began a fund-raising campaign to build its own rehearsal and performance hall, and formalised its status as a non-profit organisation in 2005.
They have premiered several choral works in the Caribbean, including: Carmina Burana (Orff); Fanshawe's African Sanctus; Ralph Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols; Francis Poulenc's Gloria; Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts and Leonard Bernstein's Missa Brevis and Chichester Psalms.