Prairie Vox Community Choir is a non-auditioned, inclusive adult choir in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Founded by Lori Mackedenski in January 2023, it has grown into an artistic touchstone for the community. With Artistic Director Janine Waines, who assumed her role in June 2024, the choir has expanded in size and scope. Members come from Portage la Prairie and surrounding communities including McGregor, Oakville, Ste. Claude, and Winnipeg. Past performances include collaborations with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and participation in the Prairie Sounds Music Festival.

Janine Waines holds a Bachelor of Music (1999) and Bachelor of Education (2004) from Brandon University and a Master of Education in Curriculum Studies (2014) from Acadia University. She taught Grade 7/8 band in Brandon (2004–2014), then directed high school band in Swift Current (2014–2020). From 2020–2022, she taught at the American International School in Hong Kong, co-directed the Tak-Ming Philharmonic Winds, and performed with the ensemble. Returning to Manitoba in 2023, she became Artistic Director of the Prairie Vox Community Choir and launched Junior Vox in 2025. Janine is dedicated to inclusive, community-centered music education.

The choir is a typical school choir consisting of about 90 students from grades seven through thirteen. Therefore, the mixed choir is constantly changing. The choir has participated in several concerts with the Hof Symphonic Orchestra and the St. Michael church choir in Hof. In January 2023, part of the choir joined DCINY, performing The Requiem by Karl Jenkins. The students also participated in a choir competition in Upper Franconia, which resulted in a professional CD recording. The choir's repertoire includes rock, pop, and classical music, such as Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Bob Chilcott's Peace Mass. Twenty-three students and two teachers have gathered for this concert to join the project.

Stephan Strunz has played various instruments since he was four. He studied music in Würzburg and Weimar. Besides his studies he also took classes in conducting. Since 2009, he has been a teacher for music at the Jean-Paul-Gymnasium. He is in charge of several orchestras and choirs at church. Maniana Füg has made music since she was five. She studied music and English in Zwickau and Chemnitz. She had been a teacher at a Waldorf school before teaching at the Jean-Paul-Gymnasium. Additionally, she worked for the institution of schooling and quality management in Munich conceiving the curriculum for music.

The Chancel Choir of St. John’s Methodist Church of Aiken (SC) is a 50-voice volunteer choir of singers ranging in age from 18 to 94. The choir presents two to three choral-orchestral works annually, recently performing Handel’s Messiah, Sir Karl Jenkins’ Joy to the World and Stabat Mater, Joseph Martin’s Song of the Shadows, and Rutter’s Magnificat among others. This is in addition to weekly presentations of anthems of diverse styles, ranging from Renaissance to recent compositions, in worship. The Chancel Choir is honored to make its Carnegie Hall debut performing one of its most beloved works, Jenkins’ Stabat Mater.

Dr. Matt Caine is Director of Traditional Music at St. John's Methodist Church, Aiken, SC, where he oversees a robust music program, conducting multiple choral and instrumental ensembles. He is in frequent demand as guest conductor in diverse settings, such as recent engagements with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra and the Aiken County Public Schools Honors Chorus. Both a Fulbright Scholar and a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow in Bulgarian Language and Culture of the United States Department of Education, he is a frequent presenter on national, regional, and state conferences of the American Choral Directors Association.