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Shaping the Next Generation
Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée’s commitment to choral education and mentorship, and how it shapes TMChoir’s vision for the future of choral music.
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November 19, 2021
Festival of Carols 2021 Program Notes
2021-22 Season
The program notes are written by musicologist and PhD student Rena Roussin. Welcome to the 2021 Festival of Carols! This concert, a time-honoured tradition of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, is…
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…
October 25, 2021
TMC remembers John Lawson
2021-22 Season
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Board of Directors, Staff, and Choristers today recognize the passing of John Lawson with profound sadness. We pause to recognize, with deep gratitude, his extraordinary influence…
October 18, 2021
Coming to Carry Me Home Program Notes
2021-22 Season
Program notes written by musicologist and PhD student Rena Roussin. Nathaniel Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee (1919) and Johannes Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem (1868) were written just over fifty years apart…
October 7, 2021
TMC Artistic Director Jean-Sebastien Vallee leads Choral Canada’s National Youth Choir
2021-22 Season
Conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée will lead the 2022 Choral Canada National Youth Choir. This May 2022 project is a one-of-a-kind professional development opportunity for some of Canada’s best emerging choral singers…
August 30, 2021
TMC names Dr. Irene Gregorio as Collaborative Pianist
2021-22 Season
Following a competitive audition process, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir has named pianist Dr. Irene Gregorio as its new collaborative pianist. In this critical role, Irene will work with Artistic Director…
August 10, 2021
Choral Canada Webinar-We can sing safely
2021-22 Season
On June 29th Choral Canada presented an in-depth webinar for the Canadian choral community on the return to singing together. Four experts presented updates on the latest research for safe…
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