{"id":45152,"date":"2017-05-10T12:57:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T16:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=45152"},"modified":"2017-05-10T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T17:11:06","slug":"the-scoop-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-announce-an-expanded-2017-18-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/05\/10\/the-scoop-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-announce-an-expanded-2017-18-season\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Announces An Expanded 2017\u201318 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38110\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38110\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/Summers-150309-0603.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Noel Edison (conductor) (Photo: Brian Summers)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/Summers-150309-0603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/Summers-150309-0603-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Noel Edison (conductor) (Photo: Brian Summers)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/directory\/toronto-mendelssohn-choir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flagship choir<\/a> has announced their 2017\u201318 season which includes some noteworthy changes aimed at accommodating concert goers.<\/p>\n<p>Under the direction of Artistic Director Noel Edison, they will be expanding three out of a total of four core subscription events from single, one-off concerts, to two-night runs. This will offer alternatives for busy concert patrons who may not be able to attend anyone particular night, but still be interested in attending.<\/p>\n<p>The season opens on October 1 with a preview concert with the Elora Singers before they embark on a short tour of the Maritimes later that month.<\/p>\n<p>The TMC will return with their holiday programs: Festival of Carols in December 5\u20136 at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, and Sacred Music for a Sacred Space \u2014 a program of music for contemplation and reflection in the beautiful space and acoustics of St. Paul\u2019s Basilica on Good Friday with an additional performance on the Wednesday prior.<\/p>\n<p>March 2018, the TMC and string orchestra will present a concert of contemporary music by composers: James MacMillan (The Seven Last Words on the Cross) and Arvo P\u00e4rt (Berliner Messe).<\/p>\n<p>The TCM will hold their annual TMC Choral Conductors\u2019 Symposium featuring 5 Symposium conductors on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<\/p>\n<p>The choir will continue their concerts with the TSO and others but will cut back their from last years nine events, to a total of six.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmchoir.org\/subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscription tickets<\/a> are available starting June 5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmchoir.org\/201718-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Single tickets<\/a> will be available starting on September 5. Patrons who purchase two different concerts will save 10%, 15% with three concerts and 20% with four concerts.<\/p>\n<h3>For more CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS, visit\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/scoop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>HERE<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto\u2019s flagship choir has announced their 2017\u201318 season, which includes changes aimed at accommodating today&#8217;s busy concert goers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":38110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,11,39,63],"tags":[7898,3349],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/Summers-150309-0603.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-bKg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45152"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45160,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45152\/revisions\/45160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45152"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=45152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}