About Us

In 1967, during Canada's centennial celebrations, a dozen Whitby citizens, led by Joyce and Joe Wainwright, responded to the Federal Government's invitation to mark Canada's 100th birthday by forming the "County Town Singers". Today we number over 65 singers and continue to grow and evolve each year. 

The choir's dedication to community service was established early in our history. Singing is great fun, but we also highly value the opportunity to contribute to the cultural fabric of Durham Region through our lifelong commitment to community service. We love entertaining our audiences, from small performances for seniors groups, service clubs and church fundraisers, to concert halls across Canada and Europe. We continue to grow and strive for choral excellence  with a wide variety of repertoire that spans every genre and style.

We are a non-profit organization, donating proceeds and efforts to various social causes in Durham. We cover a portion of our expenses through revenues from membership fees, fundraising and tickets sales, but count on donations to help us manage the additional expenses of rehearsing and performing in this community.

We invite requests to perform at various types of private and charitable events. Why? Because we love singing and sharing musical joy with others! If you are interested in partnering in a fundraising concert with our choir, hiring us for your own event, or looking for entertainment for an organization you support, please visit our contact page to get in touch.

Our Directing Team

Nancy Davidson

Musical Director 

​A graduate of the University of Toronto Bachelor of Music in Education and The Royal Conservatory Orff Program Level III, Nancy Davidson is a singer, a recorder player, Carl Orff instructor and a pianist based out of Oshawa, Ontario. In addition to taking on the role as the County Town Singers new Director, Nancy is also the Music Director at St. Matthews Anglican Church in Oshawa and conductor of the Rejoice in Voice Children’s Choir and Community Choir.

Eric Johnson

Assistant Director ​

Eric Johnson holds a Bachelor of Music degree from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Music Therapy degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. He has taught piano and theory, played in several concert bands and sung in various choral groups over the years, most recently in the Choir of MCC Toronto, Pride and Joy vocal ensemble, and the County Town Singers. From a very early age music has comprised an important part of his life and he looks forward to taking on his new role of Assistant Conductor for CTS. 
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 Jackie Crawford

Accompanist

Jackie lives a musical life. She thrives on the variety inherent in a musician’s life, which for her involves work as a piano teacher, choral accompanist, church musician, community musical theater music director, collaborative pianist with vocalists and instrumentalists, and solo performances. When she’s not working as a musician, she often spends time as a patron of the arts, attending a wide variety of concerts and live musical theater productions.