About Us :
In its 25 years as the Triad's premier choral ensemble, the Bel Canto Company has engaged over 150 of the region's most talented singers, presented hundreds of concerts locally and throughout the Southeast, and performed thousands of pieces of music spanning the globe and the centuries. From its beginning in the 1982-1983 season until now, Bel Canto has been praised for its uniquely beautiful interpretation and sensitive tonal quality.
Over the years Bel Canto Company has released 8 CDs and has performed for many prestigious music festivals and conferences throughout the Southeast including Washington Cathedral's Summer Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and the American Choral Directors Association, Southern and NC Division Conferences. The Company has performed with the American Boychoir, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, and the Carolina Chamber Symphony, and has been featured on National Public Radio on Chorus America's The First Art and NPR's Performance Today.
Bel Canto Company is a choral ensemble of professional singers that presents exceptional, innovative, and engaging choral performances for diverse audiences. Artistic Director & Conductor Welborn Young leads the company of 28 singers. Bel Canto Company is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation organized to advance the cause and further the enjoyment of choral singing. BCC is a professional member of Chorus America, a funded affiliate of the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro and receives the support of the North Carolina Arts Council.