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St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church, located in Regent Park, preserves a timeless pattern of worship rooted in the evolving tradition of Western Christianity. Under the direction of Early Music specialist Katherine Hill, the S. Bart’s choir sings at the Sunday Parish mass (11am) and on other Feast Days throughout the year. The choir's repertoire spans many centuries, featuring Gregorian chant, Medieval and Renaissance polyphony, Baroque motets, a wide variety of later English Cathedral music and French Romanticism.

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The Upper Canada Choristers is an SATB community choir in Toronto with a history of collaboration with both local and international choirs and professional guest artists. UCC is committed to excellence and diversity. Cantemos is UCC’s auditioned Latin American ensemble. Founding Artistic Director, Laurie Evan Fraser and Accompanist, Hye Won Cecilia Lee provide the professional musical leadership for this vibrant organization.

The 2025/26 concert season opens with “This Little Child on Friday”, December 5 at 7:30pm at Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road. The concert will feature The Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten with harpist, Liane James.
On May 8, 2026, the Choristers will present “Songs of Love and Understanding”, with music by Richard Rogers and Lerner and Loewe. We will also premiere a new work: Searching for Love and Understanding, an Empathetic Tapestry, with music by Laurie Evan Fraser and texts by Jacqui Atkin and Jacinto Salcedo.

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The VOCA Chorus of Toronto, a dynamic, auditioned ensemble led by artistic director Jenny Crober, performs a wide range of repertoire in collaboration with a variety of superb guests. Our brilliant collaborative pianist is Dakota Scott-Digout. VOCA’s season consists of concerts, cabaret/fundraisers, community performances and workshops. Several remarkable artists have joined us as clinicians, including composer Ola Gjeilo, conductor Ivars Taurins and jazz musician Dylan Bell.

VOCA's exciting 2025/26 season will open with a concert with the Sinfonía por el Perú Youth Choir on October 8, conducted and featuring selections by Cree composers Andrew Balfour and Sherryl Sewepagaham. VOCA’s professional leads will present a cabaret/fundraiser on October 28. Our seasonal concert on December 20 at Eglinton St. George’s will include world premieres by two of Canada’s most renowned composers, Sarah Quartel and Mark Sirett, with cellist Sybil Shanahan, organist Shawn Grenke and percussionist Jamie Drake. Our Spring 2026 Cabaret will be held on February 28, and our May 2 concert will feature guitarist Jason Fowler and a string quartet, with works by Ola Gjeilo and others. We rehearse on Mondays at Riverdale Presbyterian (Danforth/Pape subway).

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The Canadian Chamber Orchestra (CCO) is a musician-led ensemble based in Toronto that reimagines the concert experience through immersive performances of classical and contemporary music. We champion Canadian composers, elevate diverse voices, and foster meaningful connections between artists and audiences through bold programming, education, and outreach. We envision a thriving, inclusive musical culture where Canadian artistry is celebrated worldwide, where musicians shape their creative futures, and where all people, regardless of background, can engage deeply with the transformative power of music.

Our inaugural season featured 3 self-produced concerts, and this past July, the CCO recorded it's debut album at the Isabel Bader Centre with composer Dinuk Wijeratne, and quartet soloists the Rolston String Quartet. This album was supported by the Isabel Bader Centre's IMAGINE Arts Incubator, and the Ontario Arts Council.
We kick off our 2025/26 season on Oct 31st at Hugh's Room with “Movie Night: Nosferatu”. The CCO will perform a newly curated collage score set to the 1922 horror classic. Then on Dec 7th, Music Toronto presents the CCO with Rob Kapilow and Isabella Perron in a "What Makes it Great?" performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

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Esprit Orchestra is Canada's only full-sized, professional orchestra devoted to performing and presenting new music.

Founded in 1983 by Music Director and Conductor, Alex Pauk, Esprit’s commitment to commissioning and advancing contemporary music has set it apart as one of the few organisations of its kind on a global scale. Esprit consistently collaborates with outstanding composers and performs with first-class soloists and ensembles from Canada and abroad.

With a dynamic annual subscription concert series, this skilled orchestra presents music that is otherwise unavailable in Canada. Esprit performances are regularly recorded, and many can be viewed online in full.

During the 2025/26 Edge of Your Seat Festival II, Esprit will present four concerts at Toronto's Koerner Hall, comprising the very best in contemporary music from around the world. Esprit will present new co-commissioned concerti by Dieter Ammann and Misato Mochizuki for violist Nils Mönkemeyer and violinist Akiko Suwanai, premiere 2 new Canadian works, and perform music by such esteemed composers as Claude Vivier, Thomas Adès, Aziza Sadikova, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Ben Nobuto, Arvo Pärt, Anders Hillborg, Alexina Louie, Gabriella Smith and more!

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Founded in 1995 by pianists Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin, Off Centre Music Salon is a Toronto-based chamber music series known for its adventurous programming, intimate concert experiences, and dedication to Canadian talent. Inspired by the 17th-century Parisian salon tradition and enriched by their artistic experiences in Vienna, the founders envisioned a space where music, storytelling, and intellectual exchange could flourish.

Rooted in history but forward-looking in spirit, Off Centre has continually adapted—bringing together emerging and established musicians, and offering audiences a uniquely personal way to engage with music. The series remains a rare blend of warmth, depth, and artistry that reflects the founders’ vision: to create not just concerts, but conversations.

This special season is titled “Dream The Impossible Dream.” It will stand as a landmark 30th Anniversary Season, showcasing eminent Canadian artists throughout all five concerts of the season.

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Yorkminster Park is synonymous with magnificent music. Whether it’s the choir accompanied by the majestic Casavant organ, our Memorial Carillon (one of 12 in Canada), or the congregation lifting their voices in hymns of praise, vocal and instrumental expressions of faith are integral in the Yorkminster Park experience.

Our choir, under organist and music director William Maddox and his assistant, Sharon Beckstead, enjoys a reputation as one of the best church choirs in Toronto. We present a series of free organ recitals at 12:30pm, every Wednesday from September through June, featuring performers from around the world.

We have a wide variety of unique musical events throughout the year, but Yorkminster Park is renowned for its special seasonal concerts. The quality of the music ministry at YPBC is never more evident than during Advent and Holy Week. These services have become community traditions: City Carol Sing, Carols by Candlelight, Iona liturgical music, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Passiontide Devotion during Holy Week and Evensong services three times a year.

Our sanctuary is frequently made available to other choral and concert groups, which draw appreciative audiences from all over Southern Ontario.

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Since 1937, St. Michael’s Choir School has served the Archdiocese of Toronto by educating and training the boys’ choirs that sing every weekend at St. Michael’s Cathedral. Founded by Monsignor J.E. Ronan, St. Michael’s Choir School is unique in offering both an enriched academic program, including extended French instruction, integrated with a lively ministry of sacred music. Choirs from St. Michael’s Choir School perform annually on tour and at many local concerts and events. During the school year, they sing three weekly Masses at St. Michael’s Cathedral. School alumni are active in Toronto and beyond, performing in choral groups, operas and more. St. Michael’s Choir School accepts boys in grades 3 to 12. For more information, please visit our website or contact us via email.

Located in downtown Toronto, SMCS is a full-curriculum school of 250 boys from grades 3-12 that provides sacred music for St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica. SMCS is devoted to helping boys realize their full academic, musical and spiritual potential. Our academic and music programmes result in the formation of well-rounded young men of character and faith.

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Founded in 1987, Attila Glatz Concert Productions or "Glatz Concerts" produces, promotes, and manages classical, jazz, folk, country, film and video game music performances worldwide.

The company’s signature presentation is the beloved New Year’s Concert, “Salute to Vienna”. Presented annually in more than 20 major concert halls from the Lincoln Center to Roy Thomson Hall, this concert series celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025.

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The Edison Singers is a fully professional chamber choir founded and led by internationally-acclaimed Artistic Director and Conductor, Dr. Noel Edison. Our vision is to reach out to communities large and small with the world’s finest choral music.

The Edison Singers draws from a pool of 35 professional singers with diverse cultural and work backgrounds. We include choristers of all gender expressions, ethnicities and physical abilities. Please submit audition requests along with resumes to Heather Fleming, coordinator@theedisonsingers.com.

We currently produce an annual concert series in four Ontario communities: the Toronto Area, the Niagara Area, Brantford and Wellington County. These centres are the hubs for our seasons, and we aim to become an integral part of the musical life of each community, bringing hope, joy, and inspiration through the novel storytelling of choral music.

The Edison Singers has been fortunate to receive support from the Ontario Arts Council and many private donors, to help support our past and upcoming seasons, and our NAXOS recordings. We are committed to supporting Canadian talent. Our newest NAXOS recording is a compilation of choral music by Canadian composer, Timothy Corlis, and will be released December 2025.