TMCommunity
Creating New Choral Experiences
From free performances to choral workshops, we invite you to an exciting array of community events for the 2024/2025 season.
Pop-Up Concert
Come find us in:
Brookfield Place • First Canadian Place
Scotia Plaza • Bay Adelaide Center
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Pop-Up Concerts bring the experience of choral music to a variety of spaces and audiences in and around the city. Hear members of the TMChoir in short, twenty-minute performances of beautiful music in a variety of styles, from the masterworks of the past to the newest creations of today’s choral composers.
*Watch this page for upcoming pop-ups!
Singsation
Sat, Sep 28, 2024
Sat, Nov 23, 2024
Sat, Feb 8, 2025
Sat, Apr 26, 2025
All workshops are from 10:30am – 1pm
We welcome you to our Saturday morning singing workshop, Singsation. Each workshop is led by a member of TMChoir’s artistic community and these facilitators will guide you in the exploration of their choral music of choice across a variety of genres, cultures and musical eras. Start your Saturday with people who love to sing!
Exchange: A day of choral community workshops
February 22, 2025
Join the TMChoir and the Toronto choral community for a day of workshops, masterclasses and lectures on a variety of topics centred around choral music, vocal music and musical community building. Facilitators come from across the TMChoir and musical communities. This one-day event will include events for every choral music enthusiast, from the armchair music fan to active choral singers of every level.
Take the Podium
Conducting Symposium
Winter 2025 Update
The Take the Podium Conducting Symposium will not be taking place this year. Instead, we encourage local emerging conductors to explore the Conducting Mentoring Program, a unique opportunity designed to provide personalized, in-depth musical learning experiences.
We thank everyone for their interest in the symposium and look forward to presenting this annual program in future years.
Choral Composition Competition
Applications due January 24, 2025
The Debbie Fleming Prize for Choral Composition was created in 2015 to support the winner of the new annual TMChoir Choral Composition Competition for emerging composers. Debbie Fleming is a TMChoir alumna who sang in the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for 40 years and who retired in June 2015. The winning work is premiered by the TMChoir.
Conducting Mentoring Program
Applications due February 28, 2025
This program is designed for local conductors of all experience levels, including university students and emerging choral leaders, and will focus on educational activities surrounding the community concert, rather than extensive podium time. The program delivers a personalized, in-depth musical learning experience for participants, combining observation, discussions, and lectures.