Orpheus Choir of Toronto

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Orpheus’ vision is to celebrate the power of choral music as an agent of social change and a passionate medium of artistic expression. The 65-voice choir, under artistic director Robert Cooper, champions the new and unusual in choral performance, commissioning and introducing new works and performing overlooked masterpieces.

Regularly working with living composers, and singing a wide range of repertoire in concerts with high production values, Orpheus has introduced audiences to many accessible works from the current generation of leading composers. Orpheus supports young emerging vocal talent through its highly respected Sidgwick Scholars Program and its newer Vocal Apprentice Program for high school singers.

Winners of the 2018 Choral Canada Award for Outstanding Innovation, Orpheus continues to present an “expect something different” experience! The 2022/23 season features the poetry of Leonard Cohen, music honouring Canada’s indigenous peoples, narrators Gabriella Sundar Singh and Amaka Umeh, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, an exploration of music and mental health in Allan Bevan’s Perfectly Mad, and much, much more.