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As choral singing contributes to health and happiness, Harbourfront Chorus, a non-auditioned community choir, has been meeting via Zoom twice a month. We perform a wide range of music that spans from early Renaissance music to contemporary popular songs. Traditionally, rehearsals have run Tuesdays from 7:45pm to 9:15pm at the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre, located at the south-east corner of Queens Quay W. and Bathurst St. from September through May. Our next season will begin as soon as it is safe to sing together.

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Chorus York is a growing community auditioned SATB choir newly inaugurated in February of 2016 and already grown to about 30 voices. Led by our passion for singing, we are setting out to inspire the growth of choral music in our community through the performance of a variety of choral music ranging from Bach to Broadway, Show Tunes to Classical.

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Chorus Niagara, the Power of 100, is a passionate group of singers of diverse ages and walks of life. As the Niagara region’s premier auditioned symphonic chorus since 1963, Chorus Niagara performs classic choral masterpieces, innovative new modern, and seldom-heard works, providing a showcase for emerging Canadian talent. Chorus Niagara attracts singers of all ages through its Chorus Niagara Children’s Choir (CNCC), Side-by-Side High School Chorale (SXS), Robert Cooper Choral Scholars program (RCCS) and its Apprentice Conductor program. CN performs in Partridge Hall in the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in downtown St.Catharines, and our artistic director is Robert Cooper, CM.

View our flash mob with over 54.5 million views on YouTube. Please visit chorusniagara.org and chorusniagaracc.org for more information.

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Bel Canto Singers is a four-part community choir with singers of various ages. Under the guidance of our accomplished music director, Peter Smith, members enjoy the rewards and challenges of a varied repertoire, including classical masters, Broadway and movie tunes, opera choruses and pop songs. Traditionally, rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings, 7pm to 9:30pm, from early September through May at Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739 Kingston Road. Presently, we are meeting virtually, but we will return to rehearsing in person and performing in concerts as soon as it is safe to do so. We invite experienced and committed choristers to contact us about auditions and membership. Please visit our website.

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Achill is a welcoming 80-member community choir, which strives to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment. We have been performing quality choral music since 1982, with a repertoire that includes classical, contemporary, and traditional works.

Our artistic director, Shawn Grenke, is also director of music at Eglinton St. George’s United Church, accompanist to the Elmer Iseler Singers, and for 15 years was the associate conductor and collaborative accompanist for the Amadeus Choir. Our talented collaborative pianist is Nancy Sicsic.

We normally rehearse in Orangeville and perform in Alliston, Bolton and Orangeville, however during the COVID pandemic, we are rehearsing and producing concerts virtually. New members are welcome. To join Achill and learn more about us, please visit our website.

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The Toronto Mozart Choir is an auditioned ensemble designed for our times and supported by an expert technical team enabling performances of live concerts, live-streamed concerts and/or virtual concerts according to government directives related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings and, when impossible in person, are held online with live direction and instruction with artistic director David Bowser, interspersed with pre-recorded rehearsal video segments. We always make time for a virtual social gathering at the end of each rehearsal for those who wish to participate.

With the agility to modify our rehearsals and concerts to changing circumstances, the Toronto Mozart Choir offers an uninterrupted opportunity for singers to make great music. For more information visit our website.

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Led by accomplished musical director Matthew Jaskiewicz, Novi Singers Toronto perform an ambitious multilingual repertoire including classical sacred and secular, jazz, cabaret, and opera. We enjoy an ongoing collaboration with Toronto Sinfonietta, distinguished soloists and guest musical ensembles. Our 2019/20 season began with a successful gala concert, “Freedom Reborn: 30th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism”, and the eagerly anticipated sold-out “Christ is Born” annual Christmas concert. In March, we regretfully postponed the rest of the season, while continuing to meet virtually for fellowship and song.

NST welcomes new members with a commitment to excellence, and offers opportunities to enhance musical skills at Wednesday evening practices (8pm, 71 Judson Street, Etobicoke) and occasional Saturday workshops. 

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A past winner of the Canada Council Healey Willan Grand Prize, CBC Radio National Competition for Amateur Choirs, and one of Canada’s finest male choral ensembles, the Victoria Scholars treat audiences to a wide range of music, from Medieval plainchant and works from the baroque, renaissance and romantic eras through to contemporary and newly commissioned works from some of Canada’s best-known composers. Along with an annual three-concert series in Toronto, the Scholars have toured nationally/internationally, performed with international vocal soloists, and have released five acclaimed recordings, including most recently, “Songs of Love”. If you are an experienced musician with excellent sight reading abilities and would like to join us, please contact us. For updates on the upcoming season, please check our website.

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As the only permanent children’s opera company in Canada, the CCOC is committed to providing young people opportunities to develop their voices, build performance and musicianship skills, connect with opera and theatre professionals, and reach their full potential by learning about themselves and the world around them through storytelling and music. We commission, produce, record and tour new operas, with children as both the principal performers and main audience. The CCOC regularly collaborates with other leading arts organizations, including acting as the children’s chorus for the Canadian Opera Company. Spread across 6 chorus divisions plus an outreach program, hundreds of young people ages 4 and up receive unparalleled performance experiences and age-appropriate vocal and dramatic training annually.

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The Toronto Concert Choir is a reincarnation of the Oakham House Choir, which was based at Ryerson University for 35 years. Like its predecessor, it will specialize in large-scale choral masterpieces and will be accompanied by the Toronto Sinfonietta chamber orchestra. We hope that our first major concert after the pandemic, at Knox Presbyterian Church, will feature Mendelssohn’s Elijah. We will also be performing on campus for the Ryerson community. Membership, which will number about 90, will be open to Ryerson students, alumni, faculty and staff, as well as to singers from outside the university. The choir will be led by its founding music director, Matthew Jaskiewicz. For more details, please visit our website. Experienced choristers are invited to contact us by e-mail for information about openings.