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SUMMARY:The Sacred Veil
DESCRIPTION:In this performance\nThe Innocence by Craig Hella Johnson\nMystical Hope by Stephanie Martin (TMChoir Commission & World Premiere)\nO Ignee Spiritus by Hildegard von Bingen\nSemangat Membara by Tracy Wong\nThe Sacred Veil by Eric Whitacre\nMay You Heal by Mark Sirrett\nLight of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton; arr. Craig Hella Johnson\n \nRuntime: 90-minutes\, no intermission \nOn the music\nGrammy Award-winning composer Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil is a deeply personal meditation on love\, loss\, and healing. Written with poet Charles Anthony Silvestri\, it tells the true story of Silvestri’s wife\, Julie\, who passed away from ovarian cancer at 36. Through its luminous harmonies and intimate text\, the piece explores the profound connection between love and grief. “Heartbreaking but also bracing” (LA Times)\, this poignant work is presented in partnership with Metropolitan United Church as a vigil for Cancer Awareness Month. \nBuy Tickets – April 25 \nAbout the Artwork\nLionhearted by Michelle Marin. Michelle Marin creates intimate paintings\, drawing on her technical knowledge as a craftsperson and artist\, as well as her experiences and observations as a healthcare worker\, to explore what it means to be human.
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/the-sacred-veil/
LOCATION:Metropolitan United Church\, 56 Queen St E\, Toronto\, ON\, M5C 2Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:2025-26
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SUMMARY:MOZART: Mass in C Minor & Requiem
DESCRIPTION:In this performance\nGreat Mass in C Minor\, K. 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nRequiem in D Minor\, K. 626 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\, new version by PH Dutron\, North American premiere\nAgnus Dei: Truth Uphold and Guide Me by Matthew Emery (premiere)\, a TMChoir commission. \nOn the music\nTwo of Mozart’s most powerful and mysterious masterpieces take centre stage in an extraordinary evening of sacred music. The Great Mass in C Minor and the Requiem stand among the most monumental works in the choral repertoire—both unfinished\, yet enduring in their emotional depth and brilliance. Under the baton of Maestro Jean-Sébastien Vallée\, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Orchestra bring these iconic works to life through a fresh artistic lens\, featuring the North American premiere of Pierre-Henri Dutron’s completion of Mozart’s Requiem. \nSubscribe & Save \nSubscriptions are now on sale! Single tickets will be available in Summer 2026.
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/mozart/
LOCATION:Koerner Hall\, TELUS Centre For Performance And Learning\, 273 Bloor St W\, \, ON\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1V6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:2026-27
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261114T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261114T130000
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SUMMARY:Singsation with Kai Leung
DESCRIPTION:Join Kai Leung for a Singsation workshop.\nIt’s a community singing workshop\, and a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning\, with people who love to sing! \nThe Theme: A New Generation of Canadian Choral Composers \nJoin us for an energizing Singsation with conductor\, composer\, and TMSinger Kai Leung celebrating a new generation of Canadian choral composers whose fresh perspectives are opening new possibilities for the choral art form. Together\, we’ll explore music by Sami Anguaya\, Francesca Hauser\, Nicholas Wanstall\, and more\, uncovering the stories\, ideas\, and inspirations that give each work its distinctive voice. Discover your next favourite composer and hear the future of Canadian choral music come alive. \nYour Conductor: \nKai Leung is a choral conductor\, composer\, singer\, voice teacher\, and a baritone with the TMSingers. He is also the Artistic Director of Modern Sound Collective and Oakville Choral. A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music\, Kai’s compositions have been performed by choirs across Canada\, the United States\, and Europe. \nKai is the 2026 winner of the Ruth Watson Henderson Composition Competition\, presented by Choirs Ontario\, and the 2023 recipient of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Debbie Fleming Prize for Choral Composition. In 2026\, he conducted the World Youth Choir in concert in Shanghai\, China. \nLearn more about Kai Leung. \nThe workshop will take place in Cameron Hall at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. \nAdmission: $20 (+ fees) online or $30 at the door \nRegister for the Workshop \nSingsation is made possible through the support of our donors
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/singsation-with-kai-leung/
LOCATION:Yorkminster Park Baptist Church\, 1585 Yonge St.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4T 1Z9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Singsation
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SUMMARY:Festival of Carols
DESCRIPTION:In this performance\nTraditional carols and festive works\nA new commission by TMChoir’s 26/27 Composer-in-Residence \nOn the music\nExperience the season’s magic with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s beloved holiday tradition. Under the direction of Maestro Jean-Sébastien Vallée\, this heartwarming concert invites you to sing along to cherished carols and revel in the joy of communal music-making. This year’s Festival of Carols features a delightful blend of timeless classics and contemporary works. Set against the stunning backdrop of Yorkminster Park Baptist Church\, the evening promises a festive atmosphere filled with music that uplifts and inspires. \nSubscribe & Save \nSubscriptions are now on sale! Single tickets will be available in Summer 2026.
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/festival-of-carols-2026/
LOCATION:Yorkminster Park Baptist Church\, 1585 Yonge St.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4T 1Z9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:2026-27
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SUMMARY:Singsation with Jean-Sébastien Vallée
DESCRIPTION:Join Jean-Sébastien Vallée for a Singsation workshop.\nIt’s a community singing workshop\, and a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning\, with people who love to sing! \nThe Theme: From Handel to Elgar: Exploring the Great English Choral Tradition \nExplore some of the greatest works in the English choral tradition\, from the grandeur of Handel to the rich\, expansive sound world of Elgar. Through music by composers including Handel\, Parry\, Stanford and Elgar\, we’ll trace the evolution of this remarkable tradition and discover how its sound\, style and institutions helped shape choral music far beyond Britain\, including the development of Canada’s own choral culture.  \nJoin Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée for a journey through some of the most enduring works in the English choral tradition. \nYour Conductor: \nInternationally-recognized conductor\, scholar\, and pedagogue Jean-Sébastien Vallée was named as the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s 8th Artistic Director in June 2021. In addition to his work as Artistic Director of the TMChoir\, Jean-Sébastien is Full Professor of Music\, Director of Choral Studies\, and Coordinator of the Ensembles & Conducting Area at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and was recently appointed the Director of Choruses of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Jean-Sébastien has conducted ensembles throughout North America\, Europe\, and Asia and has prepared choruses for leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra\, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra\, and the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa. In addition to his interest in choral\, operatic\, and orchestral music\, Jean-Sébastien is an advocate for contemporary music\, making one of his priorities to premiere and commission works by young composers and program rarely performed repertoire. He has recorded extensively under the label ATMA Classique.  \nLearn more about Jean-Sébastien. \nThe workshop will take place in Cameron Hall at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. \nAdmission: $20 (+ fees) online or $30 at the door \nRegister for the Workshop \nSingsation is made possible through the support of our donors
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/singsation-with-jean-sebastien-vallee-3/
LOCATION:Yorkminster Park Baptist Church\, 1585 Yonge St.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4T 1Z9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Singsation
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SUMMARY:The Dream of Gerontius
DESCRIPTION:In this performance\nThe Dream of Gerontius Op. 38 by Edward Elgar\n \nOn the music\nExperience the profound depths of Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius as the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir brings this rarely performed masterpiece to life. Under the imaginative direction of Jean-Sébastien Vallée\, this monumental work delves into the spiritual journey of a soul’s passage from death to the afterlife\, offering a timeless exploration of faith\, doubt\, and redemption. \nRich with emotional intensity and intricate choral writing\, Elgar’s visionary score has recently drawn renewed attention through the acclaimed film The Choral\, which portrays a wartime choir’s transformative encounter with the work. This powerful performance reveals the grandeur and spiritual depth of one of the choral repertoire’s most compelling masterpieces. \nSubscribe & Save \nSubscriptions are now on sale! Single tickets will be available in Summer 2026.
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/dream-of-gerontius/
LOCATION:Koerner Hall\, TELUS Centre For Performance And Learning\, 273 Bloor St W\, \, ON\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1V6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:2026-27
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20270424T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20270424T130000
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SUMMARY:Singsation with Jody Malone
DESCRIPTION:Join Jody Malone for a Singsation workshop.\nIt’s a community singing workshop\, and a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning\, with people who love to sing! \nThe Theme: Belonging\, Connection & Shared Music-Making \nMusic has a remarkable way of bringing us together. Join Jody Malone\, Artistic Director of Singing Out\, Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQIA+ mixed choir\, for a life-affirming Singsation exploring two expansive\, transcendent works by composers Ola Gjeilo and Elaine Hagenberg. \nInspired by Singing Out’s inclusive\, non-auditioned community\, this session welcomes everyone\, from first-time singers to experienced musicians. Together\, we’ll discover how different voices\, skills and perspectives can come together to create something beautiful. Come and experience the joy of singing together!  \nYour Conductor: \nJody Malone is the Artistic Director of Singing Out\, Toronto\, as well as a retired music teacher from Cawthra Park Secondary School for the Performing Arts in Mississauga. She has worked with all the pianists there\, as well as having conducted the women’s choir\, the mixed choir\, the jazz choir and the Mass choir. A graduate of McGill University with an Honours in School Music\, a graduate of the University of Toronto in Education and a graduate of OISE Toronto in Counselling Psychology\, Jody brings an emotional understanding of the power of music to be essential to the healing process. Without music\, we are lesser human beings. With music\, we are limitless.  \nThe workshop will take place in Cameron Hall at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. \nAdmission: $20 (+ fees) online or $30 at the door \nRegister for the Workshop \nSingsation is made possible through the support of our donors
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/singsation-with-jody-malone/
LOCATION:Yorkminster Park Baptist Church\, 1585 Yonge St.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4T 1Z9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Singsation
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SUMMARY:Considering Matthew Shepard
DESCRIPTION:In this performance\nConsidering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson \nOn the music\nAs global challenges to LGBTQ+ rights intensify\, Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard stands as a profoundly relevant and moving work. Performed by the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers\, this 21st-century secular passion reflects on love\, loss\, and the enduring human capacity for compassion. \nThe oratorio reflects on the life and tragic death of Matthew Shepard\, whose 1998 murder became a catalyst for LGBTQ+ advocacy. Blending classical\, jazz\, and folk influences with texts drawn from poets\, mystics\, historical sources\, and writings connected to Shepard’s life—including a brief excerpt from his own correspondence—the work creates a powerful space for reflection and remembrance. Presented in a semi-staged performance\, it offers a poignant call for empathy\, compassion\, and understanding. \nSubscribe & Save \nSubscriptions are now on sale! Single tickets will be available in Summer 2026.
URL:https://www.tmchoir.org/event/considering-matthew-shepard/
LOCATION:Metropolitan United Church\, 56 Queen St E\, Toronto\, ON\, M5C 2Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:2026-27
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