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Centered on Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, this concert explores the narrative of displacement, identity, and individual life's journeys. Talbot’s masterwork for a cappella voices is a musical pilgrimage describing the journey on the Camino de Santiago.

Join The Toronto Classical Singers as they celebrate 30 years of presenting the great choral masterpieces in Toronto. This concert features conductor Jurgen Petrenko, The Toronto Classical Singers Orchestra and The Toronto Classical Singers choir.

Our season finale is a project that has been years in the making: the premiere of a new major work about Indigenous water sovereignty from Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen, preceded by an immersive outdoor prelude performance. Choir members will be scattered throughout the beautiful grounds of the Toronto Botanical Gardens while concert goers stroll through experiencing pockets of song, including new works from our Choral Creation Lab composers.. The Songwalk will culminate with the full choir and band…

Our season finale is a project that has been years in the making: the premiere of a new major work about Indigenous water sovereignty from Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen, preceded by an immersive outdoor prelude performance. Choir members will be scattered throughout the beautiful grounds of the Toronto Botanical Gardens while concert goers stroll through experiencing pockets of song, including new works from our Choral Creation Lab composers.. The Songwalk will culminate with the full choir and band…

Founded in 1978 by Jean Ashworth Bartle, the Toronto Children’s Chorus (TCC) is now celebrating its 45th concert season.

The 44th Elora Festival opens in the beautiful warm acoustic of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Fergus with the majestic sounds of J.S. Bach’s motets Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, the joyous Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, and Brahms’ hope-filled “Human” Requiem in a stunning chamber arrangement by Joachim Linckelmann.

Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, written in 1922, has become one of the most cherished choral works of the 20th century.

Join the Elora Singers for a Sunday morning service at St. John’s Anglican Church, Elora.

What can the great poet and mystic Rumi, born in 1207, still bestow upon us in the 21st century?

The twilight concert, music for the end of day, became an Elora Festival tradition in 2019.

Join the Elora Singers for a Thursday choral service at St. John’s Anglican Church, Elora. All are welcome.

The Elora Festival presents an outdoor event unlike any we’ve hosted before. Join us for a “musical sound walk” with our Ensemble-In-Residence, The Elora Singers, as art and nature mingle to create a unique sensory experience.

Back by popular demand, and a festival tradition, The Elora Singers raise the roof and bring down the house as they take on Broadway classics in solo and ensemble numbers.

Art of Time Ensemble, led by Artistic Director, Andrew Burashko bring one of its classic ‘songbook’ programmes, featuring the sensational Sarah Slean, with music by Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Sarah Slean, Brahms and many others.

Music of the North takes the listener on a journey through the sonic landscapes of the northern climes, with stops in Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Canada.

Experience a fusion of music and dance in this mesmerizing evening of Baroque masterworks.

Experience a fusion of music and dance in this mesmerizing evening of baroque masterworks. Presented in collaboration with Compagnie de la Citadelle, witness a breathtaking combination of grace and elegance as the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers perform Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden under the direction of Jean-Sébastien Vallée.

Experience a fusion of music and dance in this mesmerizing evening of Baroque masterworks.

Experience a fusion of music and dance in this mesmerizing evening of baroque masterworks. Presented in collaboration with Compagnie de la Citadelle, witness a breathtaking combination of grace and elegance as the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers perform Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden under the direction of Jean-Sébastien Vallée.

It’s the return of our spooky Halloween-themed concert with Dracula like you’ve never experienced him before. Watch Nosferatu (1922), one of the most famous silent movies ever made, as we perform a spine-tingling soundtrack by JUNO-nominated Toronto-based jazz composer and bassist, Andrew Downing, and his bloodthirsty eight-piece combo. Costumes encouraged! There will be a costume parade and prizes. Don’t miss this fun and spooky event of film and music… if you dare.

Join the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir on a journey of passion and desire as you experience Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, with its unmistakable opening: “O fortuna!”

The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has been hailed as “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker and is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity.

Join the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir on a journey of passion and desire as you experience Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, with its unmistakable opening: “O fortuna!”

Join us for a Showcase Concert, by The Elora Singers, featuring a performance by members of our Choral Workshop in London, Ontario!

A concert celebrating the life of William Byrd, on the 400th anniversary of his death. Choral selections, solo songs, and madrigals.

An Elora tradition, our annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, features the Elora Singers as both choir and soloists.

Ring in the holiday season with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and its beloved annual celebration of music: the Festival of Carols.

Ring in the holiday season with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and its beloved annual celebration of music: the Festival of Carols.

Sumptuous music, endearing holiday tales, and an opportunity to sing along as Christmas approaches. Don’t miss the Elora Singers’ tradition, the Festival of Carols!

Sumptuous music, endearing holiday tales, and an opportunity to sing along as Christmas approaches. Don’t miss the Elora Singers’ tradition, the Festival of Carols!

Sumptuous music, endearing holiday tales, and an opportunity to sing along as Christmas approaches. Don’t miss the Elora Singers’ tradition, the Festival of Carols!

Sumptuous music, endearing holiday tales, and an opportunity to sing along as Christmas approaches. Don’t miss the Elora Singers’ tradition, the Festival of Carols!

Hear the shimmering voices of The Glenn Gould School's voice students as they perform an evening of art songs and opera excerpts.

Following their widely acclaimed collaboration on Lagrime di San Pietro (which was performed at Koerner Hall in 2020), Peter Sellars, Grant Gershon, and singers of the Los Angeles Master Chorale reunite with a deeply personal yet uplifting meditation on what it means to say goodbye to those we love.

The return of our Soup and Song concerts with a lecture and concert featuring Fauré’s Requiem on the 100th anniversary of his death.

Delve into the beauty and emotion of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, performed by the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, renowned Canadian baritone Brett Polegato, and Juno Award-winning pianist Philip Chiu.

An afternoon of Canadian rising stars!

Ēriks Ešenvalds contemporary Passion setting with choir and string orchestra

Enthralling, dramatic, and yet eerily beautiful—nothing compares to Verdi’s Requiem. This spellbinding masterwork weaves together a thrilling symphonic score and breathtaking solos with one of the most harrowing sacred texts—a powerful cry for deliverance.

Enthralling, dramatic, and yet eerily beautiful—nothing compares to Verdi’s Requiem. This spellbinding masterwork weaves together a thrilling symphonic score and breathtaking solos with one of the most harrowing sacred texts—a powerful cry for deliverance.

Join us at St. Andrew's Church for a night filled with fantastic, choral music. This in-person event will showcase our SingTO community choir.

Meet the emerging stars of tomorrow! Our Elora Vocal Academy participants make their debut!

The Amadeus Choir celebrates its 50th anniversary season with one of history’s most beloved oratorios, Haydn’s Creation.

Bel canto = beautiful singing – the style that made us fall in love with the great Pavarotti, showcased by the talented BrottOpera cast.