Support Music Education
Coastal Sound’s mission is to transform lives and build community through choral music.
What began more than 36 years ago as the Coquitlam School District Honour Choir, has grown to be Coastal Sound Music, a non-profit charitable organization and an essential part of the cultural fabric in the Tri-Cities.
Based at Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam, Coastal Sound Music offers holistic choral music education for everyone ages 5 to adult, through its seven singing groups.
Transforming lives and building community through choral music.
Over the years, the mission and values of Coastal Sound Music Academy have been unwavering: to transform lives and build community through choral music and group singing. Singers are challenged through the pursuit of choral music artistry and high quality music education, while at the same time nurtured to be kind, caring, compassionate and committed humans.
Coastal Sound supports singers and families through its Bursary program, so that financial hardship is not a barrier to access the opportunities provided.
The Music Commissioning Fund ensures that Canadian composers can be supported while exciting, beautiful new music is created for Coastal Sound groups, ultimately adding more quality Canadian music to the choral canon internationally.
It feels like our mission is more important than ever: to build a sense of community and connection when there are so many isolating forces pulling humans apart from one another. No matter your background or age, everyone needs to feel emotionally connected, seen, understood and worthy.
Diana Clark, Artistic Director
Your donation makes a big difference. Thank you!
I am forever in debt to Coastal Sound and to you and the other members of the choir. This choir has brought me sanctuary and peace every week. Thank you for that.
Coastal Sound Singer
Before joining Coastal Sound, our son enjoyed singing but always felt that performing was something distant or “not really for him.” Your guidance and support helped him see that he can be a singer—and more importantly, that music can be a space where he belongs. We’re so grateful for the musical growth and confidence he gained through the choir.
Coastal Sound Parent
Thank you to our partners
We acknowledge the financial assistance of the City of Coquitlam and the Province of British Columbia.



Presenting Partner
In Kind Donations
Founder’s Circle
Above $1,500
Victoria Foundation (Flagstone Fund)
Donna Otto & David Spence
Judie Tang
gay mitchell & Mark Johnston
Diana Clark
Directors’ Circle
$500 to $1,499
Gerry & Loretta Sieben
Dana & Kai Lee
Anonymous
Super Fans
$150 to $499
Katherine Lee
Orson Low
Sherryl Peters
Leo de Sousa
Philomena Sondergaard
Sven Hartmann
Donna Fogolin
Provincial Employees Community Services
Alice Hu
Anonymous
Supporters
$50 to $149
Gordon Ball
Maryann Balzarini
Abigail Cooke
Donald Cooke
Emma Cooke
Jennifer Cooke
Lesli Sheinberg
Patrick de Sousa
Will de Sousa
Tara Fisher
Anna Foglesong
Susan Fritz
Ariadne Lorena Gomez
Christy Jordaan
Gary MacSporran
Taco Niet
Kiku Iwamoto & Dave Tang
Bong-Hwa Kim
Emily Reilly
Shirley-Ann Rubis
Adriana Schulte
John Sinkie
Desmond Sword
Jade Tang
Carrie Tennant
Jiangang Zhang
Anonymous
Friends
up to $49
Lisa Lo
Helena Haidari
Shannon Currie
Alfonso Torres
Katie Bartel
Jason Beaven
Rinat Uzan
Reesa Cohen
Alanna Sheinberg
Susan Ohannesian
Larry Dong
Amy Kong
Norman Inofre
Eloise Hong
Judie Froelich
Alicia Suen
Emma Riefman
Alexia Mendez
Eva Gifford
Georgia Langlois
Sherene Liu
Anonymous
Donations are current as October 29, 2025. If we have made an error, please contact us.