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Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation marks its 31st anniversary this season under the continuing leadership of artistic director Eric Robertson. Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation has presented a rich variety of concerts for Toronto audiences, including its popular weekly recital series, as well as international groups such as King’s College Cambridge Choir, Clare College Singers and St. John’s College Choir. It has also featured Canadian artists, including Erica Goodman, David Hetherington, Colin Fox, John McDermott, Sharlene Wallace, Anne Lindsay, Neil Swainson, John Johnson, Guido Basso, Guy Few, Heather Bambrick, the True North Brass, the Gryphon Trio, and percussion ensemble 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.

Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing the best in inspirational arts programming. It is governed by an elected volunteer board of directors and operates with the assistance of advisors from a variety of backgrounds, including event management, promotions, finance and business.

All of our concerts are "admission free – donations welcome"

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Pioneering tour-de-force Ensemble Vivant’s innovative genre-diverse classical/jazz programming is rich with passionate, deeply communicative playing that touches the hearts and souls of listeners of all ages. EV has 15 internationally acclaimed CDs heard on radio worldwide.

Of EV’s album iFUGUE ~ A World of Fugues, U.S.A. magazines Fanfare & American Record Guide respectively wrote: “Smokin…Fugues shouldn’t be this much fun!”; “Lively readings of fugues by all sorts of composers. A few are presented in original form, such as Bach’s Prelude & Fugue 9 (WTC I), played beautifully by pianist Catherine Wilson.”

More praise: “…highest-level chamber music-making. No matter the genre, there is magic in EV's music-making.” - Jazz Icon Rick Wilkins, C.M.

“Chamber music at its evocative best!” – The WholeNote

“…beautiful, poised performances...capture the passion and verve…Wilson’s piano gives this music unerring drive and plenty of sparkle.” - Toronto Star

EV’s invaluable live and video programs for underserved communities (endorsed by neuroscientists on music and the mind) are conducted through Euterpe (musicisthekey.org). Awards include Ontario Trillium Foundation; Canada Council; Levante Foundation; Ross Mitchell Foundation and more.

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The Edison Singers is a fully professional chamber choir led by internationally-acclaimed Artistic Director and Conductor, Dr. Noel Edison. We produce concert series in communities across southwestern Ontario becoming an integral part of the musical life of each.

We bookend our 2024/25 with programs featuring composers whom we call “choral mystics.” The leading Canadian exponent of this is Timothy Corlis. His music is transparent, lush, evocative, energetic and deeply spiritual. We will record a selection of his works in the Fall for the recording label Naxos. You can attend a preview concert of this recording at the Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph on September 29 in a program entitled “Missa Pax: Choral Works by Timothy Corlis”.

It's hard to believe that Handel wrote his towering Messiah in only 21 days in 1741. His spectacular musical journey is one that has become a Christmas tradition for so many of us. Another December treat our concert of carols, songs and readings entitled “O Hear the Angel Voices”.

On Good Friday 2025, we perform one of J.S Bach’s premiere works, The St. John Passion, with full orchestra. For our last concert, we are back to our mystical theme with “Choral Mystics: Ancient & Modern Reflections”.

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The Elmer Iseler Singers (EIS) are 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, C.M., the Singers are known for tonal beauty and interpretive range, and valued for their contributions to masterclasses and workshops with schools and community choirs.

Experience three glorious Toronto concerts, as EIS present their 46th concert season series, “A Bouquet of Voices!”, featuring a major world premiere by Canadian mystical composer, Peter Togni, an acclaimed performance of Handel’s Messiah, and a Spring flourish of voices, featuring the moving new creation of Canadian composer Norbert Palej, as EIS welcome renowned choirs to their singing table of guests: the University of Toronto Faculty of Music MacMillan Singers and instrumental ensemble, Jamie Hillman, conductor; The Elora Singers, Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director; the VIVA Chamber Singers, Carol Ratzlaff, Artistic Director and the Amadeus Choir, Lydia Adams, Interim Artistic Director.

Series subscriptions and individual concert tickets are available on their website, along with news about tours, guest appearances and workshops.

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The Wychwood Clarinet Choir brings together the family of clarinets from the E flat sopranino down to the contrabass. Our range of instruments is matched by the variety of our repertoire. We perform new compositions and arrangements, many written or transcribed by our Composers’ Collective. The choir, now in its 16th season, is directed by clarinetist and conductor Michele Jacot. Choir members are admitted by audition and pay an annual membership fee. Members are dedicated clarinetists eager to share their love of music-making in a collegial and musically challenging environment. We strive to create opportunities for serious amateur musicians to develop their musical skills and to share our music more broadly in educational settings and in the wider community. The group rehearses and performs on a regular basis in Toronto’s St. Clair and Wychwood area. Check out our YouTube videos and look for updates on our website. New members welcome - please contact us for audition information.