Month: March 2021

TMC Media Release
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TMC brings together choral music, contemporary dance and imagery in an exploration of grief for an online concert on Good Friday

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s next online concert, to stream on Remembrance Day, will reflect on and honour the experience of Indigenous Veterans. The TMC, under conductor Simon Rivard, is joined by composer and guest curator Andrew Balfour, and Elder Dr. Duke Redbird for a program that brings together choral music, poetry and dance. The centre piece of the program is Andrew Balfour’s Notinikew. Movements of the work will be sung by Andrew’s Winnipeg-based Camerata Nova and by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Laurence Lemieux Artist Statement
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Laurence Lemieux Artist Statement

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s next online concert, to stream on Remembrance Day, will reflect on and honour the experience of Indigenous Veterans. The TMC, under conductor Simon Rivard, is joined by composer and guest curator Andrew Balfour, and Elder Dr. Duke Redbird for a program that brings together choral music, poetry and dance. The centre piece of the program is Andrew Balfour’s Notinikew. Movements of the work will be sung by Andrew’s Winnipeg-based Camerata Nova and by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

TMC concert Kannamma
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Kanama

From Bach to the Beatles, from visual arts to dance to drumming to singing TMC’s concert of thanksgiving brings together an amazing group of artists in a program of choral music and more that evocatively expresses gratitude. Enjoy songs of thanks, gratitude and love, spanning several centuries, multiple genres and disciplines that cross cultures. This...

TMC Remembrance Day Concert Notinikew
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Notinikew

A Choral Perspective of Canada’s Indigenous Veterans TMC welcomes guest curator Andrew Balfour for this program. Andrew, TMC conductor Simon Rivard, and Elder Dr. Duke Redbird will present a program that reflects on Indigenous experience through music and poetry. The centre piece of the program is Andrew Balfour’s Notinikew. Movements of the work will be...

TMC Festival of Carols
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Festival of Carols

Enjoy TMC’s annual joyous celebration of music for the season. During this season where we are looking to find joy during a difficult time with the pandemic, the TMC is putting together a program that brings together virtual performances of new works, sing-along favourites from last year, and some Christmas stories and memories. New works...

TMC Sacred Music for a Sacred Space
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Sacred Music for a Sacred Space

Join us online for the music of Bach, Schubert and Brahms TMC’s annual Good Friday concert has become a cherished moment of calm and reflection for many. And this year, that is needed by so many. We hope you enjoy the experience of stunning choral music. Simon Rivard has chosen music from Holy Week in...