St. James Town Children’s Choir, The
The St. James Town Children’s Choir, founded in 2007, welcomes children from grades 3 to 8 living in St. James Town, a multicultural community in the heart of Toronto with children from many backgrounds. The choir’s conductors over the years have had many years of working with children’s choirs, many of them music specialists from the Toronto District School Board. Over the years, the choir has sung with professional choirs, at hockey games, in long-term care facilities and in schools, and collaborated with professional musicians (e.g. Ensemble Vivant, Suba Sankaran, Pax Christi Chorale); one year the choir performed a musical play under the direction of then-conductor Deborah Griffin.
New members are welcomed for September 2018. Information is available on our website and specific questions may be directed to info@reachingoutthroughmusic.org.
John Loosemore
416-605-4562
johnloosemore47@gmail.com
www.reachingoutthroughmusic.org
Founded in 1937 by Monsignor John Edward Ronan, St. Michael’s Choir School has served the Archdiocese of Toronto by educating and training musicians who sing at St. Michael’s Cathedral. The school is unique – offering an enriched academic program for boys from grades 3 to 12, with extended French instruction as well as a lively ministry of sacred music. Choirs from SMCS perform annually on tour and at many local concerts and events. From September to June, the choirs sing weekly Masses at St. Michael’s Cathedral. Auditions are held annually between January and March.
The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, specializing in Baroque and Classical performance practice, was formed in 1981 to complement the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Under the direction of Ivars Taurins, the Chamber Choir has become one of the most fêted in North America, awarded the Healey-Willan Prize in 1991, and described as “the best period-performance choir anywhere in the world” (