Toronto Mendelssohn Choir At its Estimable Best In Verdi Requiem Ludwig Van Joseph So April 30, 2024 Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Teiya Kasahara, sop., Rose Naggar-Tremblay, mezz., Andrew Haji, ten., Geoffrey Sirett, bar. / Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor / George Weston Recital Hall, April 27, 2024. ...
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s shock & awe Verdi Requiem mySCENA Gianmarco Segato April 29, 2024 One of the pinnacles of the standard choral repertoire, Verdi’s Messa da requiem hasn’t been performed by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC) since 2015. It made a triumphant return to the 130 year-old ensemble’s repertoire at the George Weston Recital Hall...
Toronto, April 25th, 2024 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir unveils its upcoming 2024/2025 season, led by artistic director Jean-Sébastien Vallée. This season marks the organization’s 130th season, cementing a legacy of choral excellence and collaboration. TMChoir is also pleased to announce an all-new composer-in-residence and the appointment of Aaron Manswell to the role, whose commissions...
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces Exchange, a day of community choral workshops, this February 3rd, 2024. In collaboration with Orpheus Choir of Toronto and Pax Christi Chorale, this all-day event features guest speakers for a series of interactive workshops, masterclasses and lectures. A total of nine presenters take the stage during the day to conduct...
Shireen Abu Khader, Composer in residence Shireen Abu Khader is a Palestinian Jordanian Canadian artist, composer and educator. She holds a PhD in Music Education from the University of Toronto, a Master’s in Choral Music from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Oberlin College Conservatory. In 2002,...
Ken Stephen Large Stage Live! June 1, 2022 As in other concerts for the last couple of seasons, Saturday afternoon’s performance by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir — titled Endangered — centred around a theme: the theme of endangered species, suggesting lines of thought about how we react and relate to all other living creatures with which we...
The program notes are written by Rena Roussin, musicologist and PhD candidate. Today’s concert, “Endangered,” brings together three works from North American choral repertoire to ask and reflect on some of life’s most foundational questions. All three pieces on tonight’s program draw on well-known texts from the Christian faith tradition, but often engage them critically, bringing...
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir gives Canadian premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered, a stunning musical call to protect the environment. Saturday, May 28 at 3 pm at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Also available to stream online The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC)’s spring concert celebrates our natural world, and calls on all of us...
Choral Canada has compiled resources and graphics that outline the benefits of group singing – physical, psychological, social and emotional, and educational. Check out the graphics and a list of curated research that can be shared, with your own community and with policy makers, on the importance of this no-equipment-required, popular activity. Here’s an informative...