The EMSB Chorale was founded in 1980-81 by Georgie Crawford as the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal Chorale, continuing its success story under the EMSB banner in 1998 with the restructuring of the province's school boards.

It is open by audition to students in the school board and throughout the island of Montreal from Grades 4 to Secondary V who show an aptitude and a serious interest in developing their music skills and singing voice. Over the years, the choir has been fortunate to work with such guest conductors as Wayne Riddell, Patrick Wedd, Nicole Paiement, Boris Brott, Miklos Takacs, Yuli Turovsky and Barbara Clark.

Winner of numerous awards at the Montreal Choral Festival, most recently this past March, the choir has twice been a national finalist in the CBC Competition for Amateur Choirs.

The EMSB Chorale has sung in every major concert venue and church in Montreal, in addition to participating in many special events in and around Montreal, and is a frequent guest artist with other music ensembles. The choir has also toured throughout Canada, in the United States and in Europe.

In 2001, the choir had the special privilege of representing Quebec at the World of Children's Choirs International Festival and Symposium, held in Vancouver.

In June 2003, the choir participated in the international choral festival, Festival 500: Sharing the Voices in St. John's, NF.

This past season's highlights included a CBC/McGill concert broadcast on CBC Radio One and Two, as well as Radio Canada's La Chaîne Culturelle, a concert in the Maison Alcan series, a performance with the UQAM Choir, FACE Symhpony Orchestra and FACE Young Singers in a major concert at St-Jean-Baptiste Church, and its annual fundraising concert for the Salvation Army at the Citadel.