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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…
June 24, 2021
TMC is adding to its artistic team
2021-22 Season
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is auditioning for new members to join our choral community for the exciting 2021/22 season under our new Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée. Auditions will take place…
June 7, 2021
A Conversation with Jean-Sébastien Vallée, The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s New Conductor
2020-21 Season
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s next online concert, to stream on Remembrance Day, will reflect on and honour the experience of Indigenous Veterans. The TMC, under conductor Simon Rivard, is joined by composer and guest curator Andrew Balfour, and Elder Dr. Duke Redbird for a program that brings together choral music, poetry and dance. The centre piece of the program is Andrew Balfour’s Notinikew. Movements of the work will be sung by Andrew’s Winnipeg-based Camerata Nova and by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
June 5, 2021
TMC wins Juno Award – Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral – for Thaïs
2020-21 Season
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s next online concert, to stream on Remembrance Day, will reflect on and honour the experience of Indigenous Veterans. The TMC, under conductor Simon Rivard, is joined by composer and guest curator Andrew Balfour, and Elder Dr. Duke Redbird for a program that brings together choral music, poetry and dance. The centre piece of the program is Andrew Balfour’s Notinikew. Movements of the work will be sung by Andrew’s Winnipeg-based Camerata Nova and by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.