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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

TMC Choral News

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

A group of choristers are singing during rehearsal. They stand in rows with women in front of the men. They are all holding music.

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

Jean Sebastien Vallee conducting

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

Juno Award: Classical Award of the Year

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 3, 2021

TMC AD Jean-Sébastien Vallée chats with Sabrina Marandola of CBC Montreal’s Let’s Go about his appointment

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.