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April 4, 2022
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir: Canada’s Oldest Choir Stays Relevant
2021-22 Season
Denise Lai La Scena Musicale, April-May 2022 issue In his inaugural season as Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s (TMC) artistic director, Jean-Sébastien Vallée has deliberately programmed concerts with themes reflecting current world…
December 17, 2021
2021 TSO Messiah
2021-22 Season
Leslie Barcza, barczablog December 17, 2021 Tonight was the first of several TSO Messiahs to be heard at Roy Thomson Hall featuring the Mendelssohn Choir, Conductor Simon Rivard, and four…
December 3, 2021
The Meaning of Christmas
2021-22 Season
Review by Ken Stephen, Large Stage Live! Dec 3, 2021 As the second live-performance program since the lifting of pandemic restrictions, the annual Festival of Carols from the Toronto Mendelssohn…
November 9, 2021
Scaled Back, Brahms’ ‘German Requiem’ Still Makes Its Grand Effect
2021-22 Season
Arthur Kaptainis, Classical Voice North America November 5, 2021 TORONTO — Any performance of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem counts as an occasion, but the concert given on Nov. 2 by the Toronto Mendelssohn…
November 4, 2021
With a Song in our Hearts
2021-22 Season
Ken Stephen, Large Stage Live November 4, 2021 With the coming of November, the first performing arts season in nearly two years is getting under way. Arts organizations are finally planning…
October 28, 2021
Understanding what a choir needs: Introducing Jean-Sébastien Vallée
2021-22 Season
David Perlman, The Wholenote November 2021 I recently connected, twice, with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s recently appointed artistic director, Jean-Sébastien Vallée (the eighth conductor in the choir’s 127-year history). The…
September 18, 2021
TMC Wants A Fresh Start And A New Connection
2021-22 Season
Michael Vincent, Ludwig van Toronto September 16, 2021 In 2018, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir was hit with the abrupt resignation of their renowned conductor, mired in controversy. Two years later, they,…
June 7, 2021
A Conversation with Jean-Sébastien Vallée, The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s New Conductor
2020-21 Season
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.
June 3, 2021
TMC AD Jean-Sébastien Vallée chats with Sabrina Marandola of CBC Montreal’s Let’s Go about his appointment
2020-21 Season
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.