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The DaCapo Chamber Choir was founded in 1998 under the direction of Leonard Enns. The choir’s mission is to promote the best of contemporary choral music through public performance, including intentionally championing Canadian music; we have premiered almost 40 new works by Canadian composers, and have commissioned three major choral works. Our programs “give ideas voice” - and this year we focus on an environmental theme, with a season of three concerts: Cherish, Enchant, and Preserve. Cherish (Nov 8 & 9) is a solo chamber choir program, featuring Eleanor Daley’s Requiem and Herbert Howell’s Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing. Our mid-winter concert, Enchant (Feb 28 & Mar 1) looks to the moon, to the constellations, and considers the seasons that result from the tilt and spin of our little rock within this universe. The spring concert, Preserve, (May 9 & 10) opens with This Fragile Web by Christine Donkin (composer of the powerful Following the Moonroad). Our focus is earth as precious, insensitively abused, and needing our care. The concert also features Leonard Enns’ new work for choir, oboe and string quartet, Taiga. Guests this season include oboist James Mason, cellist Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, and pianist Catherine Robertson.

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Counterpoint Community Orchestra operates as a community orchestra in downtown Toronto. Formed in 1984, it was the first 2SLGBTQIA+ orchestra in Canada and the world. Counterpoint is a full symphony orchestra with a repertoire drawn from the Baroque through to the contemporary period.

We believe that music is at the heart of a community, so we use our talents to help bring people together to celebrate diversity, creativity, and excellence. We encourage all to join in supporting our mandate as performers, volunteers, or donors. Please check out our website for more information about joining us.

In this, the CCO’s 42nd season, our concerts will be on December 6, 2025, March 7 and June 6, 2026, under the batons of three specially selected Guest Conductors. You can view more details by clicking "42nd Concert Season" in the “Concerts” dropdown menu on our website.

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Founded in 2008 by conductor Michael Erdman, our a cappella ensemble focuses on Renaissance and early Baroque choral music, giving equal time to secular madrigals and part-songs, and religious works. Since COVID, we have regrouped into a smaller professional ensemble, allowing us to extend our repertoire to the intricate music of the early Tudor period. Our two concerts in the 2025-26 season will include works by Fayrfax, Taverner, Ludford and Sheppard from the time of Henry VIII. The size of the ensemble depends on the voicing of the music – usually one per part. Membership is by audition.

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Founded in 1998, the Canadian Sinfonietta (CS) is a chamber orchestra led by conductor and founder, Tak-Ng Lai in partnership with concertmaster and artistic director Joyce Lai. The orchestra is comprised of 14-25 professional musicians who perform both as a large ensemble and in small ensembles.

The mission of the Canadian Sinfonietta is to attract a new generation of concert goers by presenting concerts that balance traditional and newly composed programs. Our programs often feature interdisciplinary artistic presentations, multi-cultural music, non-western instruments and highlight diverse Canadian artists.

In addition to a regular series of professional concerts, CS is passionate about youth mentorship. The CS Youth Orchestra program includes a full orchestra, the junior strings and a chamber ensemble program. Each year students join the pros in a side-by side concert. Highlights from the 2025-2026 season include our new conductor -less orchestra featuring winners from the Unionville Music Competition and a live performance of Toronto composer Bruno Degazio's Octet from our new Canadian Mosaic Album. Stream our music online @ https://li.sten.to/9fgspb7o

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The Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre is a cultural landmark with a mission as bold as its architecture: to make Ancaster a go-to destination for the arts in Ontario. This lively landmark features performances and creative experiences for all ages and tastes, including concerts ranging from rock, jazz, blues and soul to classical symphonies, theatrical productions, film screenings, and community arts events. Powered by community support and artistic passion, it continues to grow as a welcoming hub where creativity thrives year-round.

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Alliance Française Toronto is a vibrant community dedicated to Francophone cultures and the promotion of Canadian bilingualism. Each year, it offers a rich cultural experience with more than 100 events, from concerts (classical, jazz, world music, pop, folk) and theatre productions to art exhibitions, lectures, book launches, children’s programs, film screenings, and a wide range of social gatherings.

Events are hosted in our intimate 140-seat theatre and art galleries.

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Opera Atelier is a renowned opera and ballet company dedicated to creating historically informed, period productions that serve as complete artistic statements. Each production is meticulously crafted from the ground up, with equal focus on music, dance, acting, and design—all performed on authentic period instruments.

Committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, Opera Atelier integrates these principles into every facet of its administrative and artistic initiatives, fostering a welcoming and diverse environment.

Opera Atelier celebrates 40 years with The Magic Flute!

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Friends of Music at St. Thomas's (honorary co-chairs, Larry Beckwith and Molly Johnson) hosts a concert series featuring an exciting array of artists specialising in everything from Renaissance music to jazz, and Western classical repertoire to traditional music from around the world. The Friends of Music program supports artists by providing a venue they love performing in, and helps fund the free music program that St. Thomas’s Anglican Church offers for children (grades 2 to 12). The St. Thomas's Choristers learn ensemble singing, vocal technique, and music theory in a fun atmosphere (stthomas.on.ca/choristers).

Our 2025/26 concert series includes: French and English music of the Hundred Years' War, performed by Comtessa and Diapente Renaissance Quintet; our second sing-your-heart-out Hymn Festival; a program by Lute Legends; a special evening with Molly Johnson; the superb Eybler Quartet; sitar player Neha Mahajan, and two trombone virtuosos (see stthomas.on.ca/concert-series).

In addition, St. Thomas’s liturgical music program is renowned for excellence. Evensong at 5pm every Sunday features choral music that ranges from plainchant to repertoire of the British cathedral heritage, to works by contemporary composers.

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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.

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The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is a 21-voice SATB professional choir based in Toronto, dedicated to the creation, performance, and preservation of Afrocentric music of all styles and genres. Founded by artistic director D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor in 1998, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale is Canada’s premier performer of Afrocentric composers and a touchstone for the education of audiences and communities regarding the spectrum of Afrocentric choral music. The mission of the NDC is to build bridges of understanding, appreciation, and acceptance between communities of people through the medium of music. The Chorale has a three-concert series in Toronto, tours extensively each season, and has released several CDs and DVDs.

The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is artist-in-residence at the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas. Membership is by audition.