NewEars Archives - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir https://www.tmchoir.org/tag/newears/ Canada’s Choir for 130 Years Wed, 02 Jun 2021 20:19:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Transported: New Ears Respond to Sacred Music in a Sacred Space https://www.tmchoir.org/transported-new-ears-respond-to-sacred-music-in-a-sacred-space/ Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:58:40 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=2108 As a first time choral concert-goer, I truly did not know what to expect walking into St. Paul's Basilica that Wednesday evening. I was immediately taken aback by the beauty of the church, however it was soon taking second seat to the beautiful music of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

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]]> New Ears review Festival of Carols 2015 https://www.tmchoir.org/new-ears-review-festival-of-carols-2015/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:25:44 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=2414 Christmas may not yet be white, but at least we’re starting the season right A New Ears review by Helen Androlia. It’s an unfortunate truth that when you work in...

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]]> The New Ears Project: New Ears Listen to the Festival of Carols https://www.tmchoir.org/the-new-ears-project/ Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:25:05 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=1145 New Ears Review of Festival of Carols 2014: There were three firsts for us: this was our first visit to Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, the first time we heard the Salvation Army's Canadian Staff Band, and the first time we were privileged to hear the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. All three were well worth the drive or subway trip, half way across the city, on one of Toronto's colder nights.

We launched our New Ears reviews in November 2014, with the Mighty Rhino's review of Mozart and Haydn. In December, Naomi Craig, a Toronto-based author and researcher gave us her impressions of this year's Festival of Carols.

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]]> The Mighty Rhino Reviews the TMC’s Mozart & Haydn Performance https://www.tmchoir.org/the-mighty-rhino-reviews-the-tmcs-mozart-haydn-performance/ Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:57:48 +0000 https://www.tmchoir.org/?p=1153 The first of our New Ears reviews comes from the Noah Goodbaum, aka the Mighty Rhino, a Toront0-based rapper and writer, and was first published in the November issue of the Voice of Mendelssohn.

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