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April 18, 2024
Verdi Program Notes
2023-24 Season
The program notes are written by Rena Roussin, Musicologist-in-Residence. After the 1871 Cairo premiere of his opera Aida, Giuseppe Verdi announced his retirement from opera composition. While he would eventually renege…
March 25, 2024
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Jean Sébastien Vallée Welcome Six Rising Conductors to Take the Podium
Choral News
Toronto, March 25th, 2024 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces their 2024 Take the Podium: Conducting Symposium participants. Six up-and-coming conductors will take the podium under the leadership of Jean-Sébastien…
March 21, 2024
SCRUTINY | Toronto Mendelssohn Singers Offer Intriguing, Emotional Version Of Schubert’s Winterreise
2023-24 Season
Toronto Mendelssohn Singers Offer Intriguing, Emotional Version Of Schubert’s Winterreise Ludwig Van Paula Citron March 19, 2024 Toronto Mendelssohn Singers/Winterreise by Franz Schubert, conducted by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, featuring baritone Brett…
February 13, 2024
Winterreise Program Notes
2023-24 Season
The program notes are written by Rena Roussin, Musicologist-in-Residence. From the mid-eighteenth-century through to the end of the nineteenth, numerous German-speaking writers (the most famous among them including Goethe and Heine)…
February 13, 2024
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Appoints Renowned Arts Leader Daniela Nardi as New Executive Director
2023-24 Season
Toronto, February 13, 2024 – The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Daniela Nardi as its new Executive Director, effective March 4, 2024. Nardi brings…
January 17, 2024
EXCHANGE ’24 – A Day of Community Choral Workshops
2023-24 Season
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…
December 7, 2023
SCRUTINY | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Festival Of Carols A Truly Joyous Occasion
2023-24 Season
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Festival Of Carols A Truly Joyous Occasion Ludwig Van Joseph So December 7, 2023 Festival of Carols / Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Toronto Mendelssohn Singers; Jonathan Oldengarm, organ;…
November 13, 2023
Festival of Carols Program Notes 2023
2023-24 Season
The program notes are written by Rena Roussin, Musicologist-in-Residence. Welcome to the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s 2023 Festival of Carols! A December tradition for the choir for many years, the Festival of…
October 30, 2023
SCRUTINY | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Opens Season With A Scintillating Carmina Burana
2023-24 Season
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Opens Season With A Scintillating Carmina Burana Ludwig Van Joseph So October 30, 2023 Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied; Tracy Wong: Patah Tumbuh (Broken –…