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Elmer Iseler Singers (EIS) is a 20-voice professional chamber choir based in Toronto and founded by the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979. Directed by the acclaimed Lydia Adams, the Singers are known for tonal beauty and interpretive range, and valued for their contributions to masterclasses and workshops with schools and community choirs.

The Elmer Iseler Singers have 15 recorded CDs featuring Canadian music. EIS with Toronto Symphony Orchestra were 2019 Grammy-nominated and 2019 JUNO-awarded for the brilliant Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Chandos CD recording, with Peter Oundjian conducting. EIS are 2014 National Choral Award recipients and JUNO nominees for “Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance” for Dark Star Requiem with Tapestry Opera and Gryphon Trio in 2017, and for David Braid’s Corona Divinae Misericordiae with Patricia O’Callaghan in 2019.

We are pleased to announce that the Elmer Iseler Singers continue to join the Viva Youth Singers in educational and collaborative sessions of mentorship with the EIS as vocal coaches in a study of Handel’s Messiah choruses in a virtual situation. We are excited about this new Get Music Initiative. The six session program takes place from November through March.

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Since its founding in 1972, The Toronto Consort has become internationally recognized for its excellence in the performance of medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque music. Led by a collective of Artistic Associates, the group’s members are amongst Canada’s leading early music specialists, including both singers and instrumentalists on early plucked and bowed strings, flutes, keyboards, and percussion.

In November 2020, The Toronto Consort launched Early Music TV – an all-new video-on-demand service dedicated to music from 1100-1700 AD. Early Music TV offers feature-length productions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and extensive video and audio libraries. Accessible on over 1000 devices, members can stream directly from the website or download the iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, or Fire TV apps. Visit EarlyMusic.tv to start streaming today.

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Agence Station bleue is one of the most important artists agencies in Canada in classical, jazz and global music. We are active in all the Canadian provinces, and in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Known for the quality of its artists and its innovative promotional ideas, Station bleue has won numerous distinctions and awards from performing arts presenters networks in Canada. Station bleue team has booked concert tours in many countries such as the United States, Mexico, France, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Bermudas, South Korea, China and Japan.

With its unique expertise and know-how, Station bleue has, over the years, become a model of commitment to the artists' management and promotion of performing arts in Canada.

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“The Canadian Music Centre is the catalyst that connects you to the ever-evolving world of musical creation in Canada through performance, education and promotion.”

The Canadian Music Centre is the only organization that focuses solely on Canadian contemporary classical music, and that has a well-established history of gathering and cataloguing Canadian contemporary classical music for six decades. CMC Centrediscs is the only recording label that exclusively offers 100% Canadian composers.

• Picanto.ca is Canada’s new digital platform for creative music. A hub for the contemporary music community and a place for discovery, it offers music fans direct access to a broad selection of diverse genres and traditions
• Library Services
• Publishing, rentals and sales of exclusively Canadian composers
• Recording and Distribution Services
• Associate Composer program helps composers establish and build their careers.
• Downtown Toronto performance space available at the Chalmers Performance Space (spaces also in Montreal and Vancouver)
• CMC Résonance is the CMC’s bi-lingual, pan-Canadian digital magazine
• Communication services
• Education and Outreach
• Concert presentations, awards and showcases
• Export development

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Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation marks its 28th season under the continuing leadership of artistic director Eric Robertson. Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation has presented a rich variety of concerts for Toronto audiences. In addition to its popular weekly recital series, it has presented international groups such as King’s College Cambridge Choir, Clare College Singers and St. John’s College Choir and has featured numerous Canadian artists including Colin Fox, John McDermott, John Johnson, the True North Brass, the Gryphon Trio, and NEXUS. Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation is also involved in the City Carol Sing, a large annual charity event that raises money for food banks across Canada.

After “going to ground” for most of 2019/20, Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation, in cooperation with Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, returns this December with a virtual presentation of “City Carol Sing 2021”, and plans to resume its “Tuesday Lunchtime Chamber Music” series in January 2022.

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One of Canada’s most respected arts organizations, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) plays a vital role in the city’s dynamic cultural life. Committed to serving local and national communities through vibrant performances and expansive educational activities, the TSO offers a wide range of programming that resonates with people of all ages and backgrounds. It has a notable recording and broadcast history and has been celebrated internationally during its many tours. Toronto’s iconic Roy Thomson Hall is the TSO’s home, drawing patrons from around the world.

Gustavo Gimeno - who began his role as the TSO’s music director in 2020/21 - has programmed the 2021/22 season to reflect his own expansive artistic vision, intellectual curiosity, and sense of adventure, and will conduct eleven concerts. The TSO continues to offer a range of performance options, from a much anticipated return to in-person concerts at Roy Thomson Hall and the George Weston Recital Hall to a continuation of virtual concerts streamed throughout the season. For all the latest news, please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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“How Can We Keep from Singing?” After a year of virtual rehearsals, Etobicoke Centennial Choir’s dedicated choristers have returned to safely and joyfully harmonizing together in person.

In its 54th season, Etobicoke Centennial Choir (ECC) is an auditioned SATB community choir. We aspire to enrich the lives of our choristers and audiences through inspired performances of diverse choral repertoire, ranging from classical masterpieces to contemporary compositions and popular music.

ECC is an inclusive community that warmly welcomes new members. We offer singers a supportive and challenging choral music experience, facilitated by a professional music director, accompanist and section leads. Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-9:30pm at Humber Valley United Church in Etobicoke. Virtual participation on Zoom remains an option.

We are planning a virtual streamed concert in December, including Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, with a return to live performances in 2022. Our grand premiere on April 9 features Beethoven’s dramatic Mass in C and the contemporary, jazz-influenced Mass by Steve Dobrogosz. On June 11, Musica Borealis will showcase a wide range of gorgeous music from Canada and other northern climes.

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

The senior choir, under organist and music director William Maddox, enjoys a reputation as one of the best congregational choirs in the city of Toronto. Yorkminster Park presents a series of free organ recitals at 12:30pm, every Wednesday from September through June, with 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 and dedication of the music ministry at YPBC is never more evident than during Advent and Holy Week and these services have become community traditions: “City Carol Sing”, “Carols by Candlelight”, the “Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols”, Passiontide Devotion during Holy Week and traditional 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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Worth the drive to Niagara!

Chorus Niagara, The Power of 100, is Niagara’s premier 100-voice auditioned ensemble. Conducted by artistic director Robert Cooper (celebrating 32 years with Chorus Niagara), Chorus Niagara has been entertaining and enlightening audiences for 59 years. Chorus Niagara performs traditional choral masterpieces, modern and seldom-heard works, new commissions and provides a showcase for emerging Canadian talent. Attracting singers of all ages through its various programs: the Chorus Niagara Children's Choir, Side-by-Side High School Chorale, Robert Cooper Choral Scholars program, and Conductor Apprenticeship, Chorus Niagara provides opportunities for everyone to experience the joy of live choral performance. All concerts are performed at the stunning FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in revitalized, downtown St. Catharines.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Chorus Niagara will begin its season with an online concert in November and look forward to being back on stage with a live performance of Messiah on December 11.

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The VOCA Chorus of Toronto, a dynamic, auditioned ensemble under the leadership of artistic director Jenny Crober, performs a broad range of repertoire in collaboration with a variety of superb guest artists. VOCA's season consists of concerts, cabaret fundraisers, community performances and workshops. Our talented, versatile accompanist is Elizabeth Acker. Several remarkable artists have joined VOCA as clinicians, including composer Ola Gjeilo, conductor Ivars Taurins and jazz musician Dylan Bell.

VOCA's 2021/22 season opened with our long-awaited return to in-person rehearsals (and a live-streaming feature), joined by all of our professional staff, including our six vocal leads. Our leads and special guests will be featured at our "Love Stories" Cabaret/ Fundraiser on Friday, November 5 at 7:30pm. VOCA is thrilled to have been invited to perform in Roy Thomson Hall’s “Choir and Organ Series”, where we will present a premiere by renowned Cree composer Andrew Balfour. In April 2022, we very much hope to perform both "Star Songs" concerts: our RTH debut, and our Spring concert (at Eastminster United), featuring guests Shawn Grenke, organ; Colleen Allen, sax; and Jamie Drake, percussion. Rehearsals are held on Mondays at Eastminster.