Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

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The Juno Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) is one of Canada’s oldest, largest, and most celebrated choral ensembles. Founded in 1894 as part of Massey Hall’s inaugural season, TMChoir has led Canadian choral music for over a century, commissioning works by leading composers and performing with the world’s top orchestras. Led by Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée, the Choir honours its legacy while reimagining the future of choral performance.

This past season, TMChoir released Remember: 130 Years of Choral Music, available for streaming everywhere. The 2025/26 season features Brahms’ German Requiem with Russell Braun and Charlotte Siegel; three premieres by composer-in-residence Stephanie Martin, including The Treasures at the beloved Festival of Carols; Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion; and Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil, presented with Metropolitan United Church for Cancer Awareness Month. TMChoir also joins the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for Carmina Burana, Messiah, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and travels to Ottawa to perform Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony with the National Arts Centre Orchestra under Alexander Shelley.