Powell River Boys Choir

Beginning with a young boys choir in 1975, the Academy Choirs have reached out to the world through concert tours, recordings, radio and television broadcasts sharing their music with enthusiastic audiences. The Powell River Boys Choir has sang at the XIV International Society of Music Education conference in Warsaw, Poland, the International Eisteddfod (Wales) and have toured in Germany, Poland, Austria, England, Canada, Mexico and the USA.

Powell River Boys Choir have won many prestigious awards including first and second prizes in the CBC National Amateur Choir Competition in Children’s Choir and Contemporary Music categories and have been finalist in the European Broadcast Corporation’s “Let the People Sing” competition.

Walter Martella

Walter Martella, a charter member of the Powell River Boys Choir, has returned to his hometown to conduct choirs where he began his musical training. A graduate of the University of Victoria, Mr. Martella furthered his conducting studies with Don James and Dr. Elmer Iseler. Mr. Martella is an accomplished trumpet soloist and jazz pianist. As well as conducting the Boys Choir and the Academy Singers he also is the conductor the Powell River Chorus and the Powell River Community Band.