{"id":121714,"date":"2026-02-12T15:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=121714"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:00:02","slug":"preview-amadeus-choir-greater-toronto-presents-choral-creation-lab-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2026\/02\/12\/preview-amadeus-choir-greater-toronto-presents-choral-creation-lab-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Amadeus Choir Of Greater Toronto Presents Choral Creation Lab Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_121717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121717\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-2026-02-12T152434.497.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2025\/26 Amadeus Choral Lab Creation residency L-R: Poet Christina Wells; Composer Sami Anguaya; Operatic soprano and composer Rebecca Gray; Writer Qurat Dar; Poet Rohini Bannerjee (Photos courtesy of he artists)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-2026-02-12T152434.497.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-2026-02-12T152434.497-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-2026-02-12T152434.497-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-2026-02-12T152434.497-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in the 2025\/26 Amadeus Choral Lab Creation residency L-R: Poet Christina Wells; Composer Sami Anguaya; Operatic soprano and composer Rebecca Gray; Writer Qurat Dar; Poet Rohini Bannerjee (Photos courtesy of he artists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto will present its annual Choral Creation Lab Showcase on February 21. The Showcase is an evening of new Canadian choral works that celebrate the power of the human voice in choral music.<\/p>\n<p>Together, the Amadeus Choir and the University of Toronto Chamber Choir will premiere works that were created via the 2025\/26 Choral Creation Lab residency. The program, founded and led artistically by Amadeus Choir Artistic Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/12\/03\/scoop-kathleen-allan-awarded-2025-leslie-bell-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathleen Allan<\/a>, puts emerging composers and poets together in a mentored residency.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to co-create original choral works, which are workshopped with the Amadeus Choir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not miss this virtuosic display of relevant, poignant, and straight-from-the-heart choral music,\u201d says Allan. \u201cThese creators are the future of Canadian choral art, and this concert is where their ideas come vividly to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2025\/26 Choral Creation Lab residency participants include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Composer <strong>Sami Anguaya<\/strong>, who uses his roots in South American music to create rhythmic earworm music;<\/li>\n<li>Operatic soprano and composer <strong>Rebecca Gray<\/strong>, who pushes the boundaries of the human voice to examine questions that revolve around identity, gender, and origins;<\/li>\n<li>Poet <strong>Rohini Bannerjee<\/strong>, whose work delves into the immigrant journey, grief, and freeing yourself from the expectations inherited from childhood;<\/li>\n<li>Writer <strong>Qurat Dar<\/strong>, whose texts challenge gender norms with a bold voice, and offers an alternate view of the world;<\/li>\n<li>Poet <strong>Christina Wells<\/strong> captures the intimate tenderness of family love, and the ways that childhood memory can be inspirational.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>More&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>The Choral Creation Lab\u2019s mentors are a group of acclaimed artists, and their work will also be showcased at the event. That includes composer mentors <strong>Iman Habibi<\/strong>, <strong>Matthew Emery<\/strong>, and <strong>Marie-Claire Saindon<\/strong>, and poet mentors <strong>Luke Hathaway<\/strong>, <strong>Coco Colleen Collins<\/strong>, and <strong>Gavin Barrett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Each will contribute a work that resonates with the themes presented by the Lab participants.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, music by Choral Creation Lab alumni <strong>Edward Enman<\/strong> (CCL 2021), <strong>Matthew Gwathmey<\/strong> (CCL 2021), and <strong>Emily Hiemstra<\/strong> (CCL 2023) present works with motifs of environment, responsibility, and a call to collective action for the protection of our natural resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find details of the February 21 event, and tickets, [<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amadeuschoir.com\/choral-creation-lab-showcase-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Are you looking to promote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><u>event<\/u><\/span><\/a>? 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