Discover how Vanessa McKernan’s painting reflects the themes of Brahms’ German Requiem—exploring life, death, and the spaces between.
2025-26 Season
Loud Enough to Wake the Dead: Reflections on Brahms’ Requiem
By Rena Roussin, Musicologist-in-Residence Usually, when I get to write to you, it’s in my capacity as the Choir’s musicologist-in-residence. However, I’m choosing to largely take off my musicologist hat, and not draw as explicitly on my academic background and expertise as a music historian. Instead, my goal is simply to reflect on Brahms’ Ein...
TMChoir Announces Five-Year Contract Renewal for Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée
Toronto, October 3, 2025 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) is thrilled to announce the upcoming renewal of Jean-Sébastien Vallée’s contract as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor for an additional five years, beginning with the 2026-27 Season and continuing through the 2030-31 Season. This renewal marks a pivotal moment for Canada’s premier symphonic choir,...
2025/26 Education and Outreach Programming
Toronto, September 17, 2025 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) is proud to announce an exciting lineup of education and outreach programming for the 2025/26 season, featuring the popular Singsation series, the successful return of the Conducting Mentoring Program, a groundbreaking new Composition Mentoring Program, and the annual Exchange event. These initiatives reflect TMChoir’s ongoing...
TMChoir Joins NAC Orchestra in Alexander Shelley’s Final Season
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir performs Mahler’s Resurrection with the NAC Orchestra in June 2026. Conducted by Alexander Shelley, these performances mark the NAC Orchestra’s first presentation of the work and are part of Shelley’s final season as Music Director.







