Oriana Women's Choir

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Oriana is an auditioned ensemble of 24 amateur upper-voice singers with a long history of performance at a high artistic standard. Led by artistic director Mitchell Pady since 2011, Oriana explores the possibilities in choral music for upper voices, collaborating with a diverse range of artists to push the boundaries of typical expectations for upper-voice choral performances. We foster the creation of Canadian choral music, regularly commissioning works from Canadian composers for upper voices.

Oriana presents a three-concert series in November, March and June. Our first concert of the 2022/23 season will feature Don McDonald’s Fire-Flowers song cycle, and premiere performances of works written by Matthew Emery, Ben Keast and Marie-Claire Saindon. In March we welcome renowned Canadian composer Stephanie Martin to curate a concert of her compositions alongside works that inspired her writing. In our spring concert we will perform all-Canadian repertoire including premiere selections written by composition students from the Claude Watson program at Earl Haig Secondary School, whose creations were mentored by our artistic team over the course of the year. We look forward to welcoming you to the concerts in our 51st season!