TheHeritageoftheCopticOrthodoxChurch(HCOC)choirwasfoundedinthesummerof2000,undertheleadershipofDeaconAlbairMikhail.MostchoirmembersarefromthechurchoftheProphetDanielandtheThreeSaintlyYouthinMississauga,Canada.HCOCalsohasmembersfromthechurchesintheGreaterTorontoArea,Montreal,theUSA,Australia,andEgypt.TheaimoftheHCOCisthepreservationoftheincreasinglyat-riskoralchantheritageofCoptichymnology,throughreceivingandrecordingthemostaccuraterenditionsofthehymns.Theseacademicrecordingsareintendedtobereferencesfortheeducation,preservationandenrichmentofCoptsandthosewhoareinterestedinthehistoricalmusicalheritagesofindigenouscommunitiesaroundtheworld.Inhandingdownthehymns,wefollowarigorousstudy,research,andcomparativeanalysisofCoptichymnologyfromCantorMikhailEl-Batanouny,whoisourmainsource,andhisdisciples.