tmchoir, Author at Toronto Mendelssohn Choir https://www.tmchoir.org/author/tmchoir/ Canada’s Choir for 130 Years Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:16:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Verdi Program Notes https://www.tmchoir.org/verdi-program-notes/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:16:26 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=12142 The program notes are written by Rena Roussin, Musicologist-in-Residence. After the 1871 Cairo premiere of his opera Aida, Giuseppe Verdi announced his retirement from opera composition. While he would eventually renege...

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]]> Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Jean Sébastien Vallée Welcome Six Rising Conductors to Take the Podium https://www.tmchoir.org/toronto-mendelssohn-choir-and-jean-sebastien-vallee-welcome-six-rising-conductors-to-take-the-podium/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:00:15 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=12080 Toronto, March 25th, 2024 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces their 2024 Take the Podium: Conducting Symposium participants. Six up-and-coming conductors will take the podium under the leadership of Jean-Sébastien...

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]]> Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Appoints Renowned Arts Leader Daniela Nardi as New Executive Director https://www.tmchoir.org/daniela-nardi-new-executive-director/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:00:06 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=11980 Toronto, February 13, 2024 – The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Daniela Nardi as its new Executive Director, effective March 4, 2024. Nardi brings...

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]]> Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Honours Indigenous Veterans In A Remembrance Day Streamed Program https://www.tmchoir.org/toronto-mendelssohn-choir-honours-indigenous-veterans-in-a-remembrance-day-streamed-program/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:43:57 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=3866 BWW News Desk.

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir honours and remembers Canada's Indigenous Veterans in a Remembrance Day streamed multi-disciplinary program.

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.

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]]> Toronto Mendelssohn Choir honours and remembers Canada’s Indigenous Veterans in a Remembrance Day concert https://www.tmchoir.org/toronto-mendelssohn-choir-honours-and-remembers-canadas-indigenous-veterans-in-a-remembrance-day-concert/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:52:01 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=3865 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.

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]]> Toronto Mendelssohn Choir sings glorious songs of Thanksgiving https://www.tmchoir.org/toronto-mendelssohn-choir-sings-glorious-songs-of-thanksgiving/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:22:31 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=3856 Ken Stephen, Large Stage Live. On Saturday night, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir premiered what is undoubtedly the most intricate virtual concert I've yet seen. Over a 50-minute span, the Choir presented music ranging from Bach to the present day, and across a geographic span that extended from Canada to Liverpool, and from Leipzig to the south of India. Even more striking, this performance incorporated both visual art creation and dance alongside music -- and dance in a style that cannot have been familiar to many in the online audience.

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]]> Kannamma Program Notes https://www.tmchoir.org/kannamma-program-notes/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:13:59 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=3852 Check out the list of performers and repertoire, plus text and translation, for this online presentation.

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]]> TMC Safety Procedures for Kannamma Recording Sessions https://www.tmchoir.org/tmc-safety-procedures-for-kannamma-recording-sessions/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 22:40:17 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=3851 After careful consideration, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir decided to record its professional core of singers in the creation of Kannamma-a concert of Thanksgiving. Recordings were done in early September. The TMC developed an extensive safety protocol for recordings that followed City of Toronto guidelines regarding performers being a minimum of two metres/6 feet apart.

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]]> Kannamma – TMC’s digital concert of Thanksgiving on Oct 10 https://www.tmchoir.org/kannamma-tmc-digital-concert-of-thanksgiving/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:00:10 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=3835 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. Kannamma-a Concert of Thanksgiving will be livestreamed on Saturday, October 10 at 8 pm EDT

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]]> What does it take to sing together in the time of Covid-19? https://www.tmchoir.org/what-does-it-take-to-sing-together-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:34:54 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=3828 Lots of planning. Location, masks, marked spots, print-at-home music, health questionnaires -- and a love of choral music.

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