Concert

A Choral Vigil for Peace

Event Date and Time: 
Dimanche, 26 Mars, 2023 - 16:00 - 17:30

This collaboration with Toronto’s Amadeus Choir will present a world premiere by Métis/French-Canadian composer Ian Cusson and the Canadian premiere of Shavon Lloyd’s Alleluia.  The program features excerpts from Rachmaninov’s transcendent All-Night Vigil (commemorating the composer’s 150th birthday on April 1, 2023), as well as works by Ukrainian-Canadian composer Larysa Kuzmenko, Latvian composer Uģis Prauliņš, and Canadian composers Kathleen Allan and Jon Washburn.

Let Us All Be Merry

Event Date and Time: 
Samedi, 17 Décembre, 2022 - 19:30 - 21:30

Let’s get festive! Our December concert combines holiday favourites by Canadian composers with opportunities for you to join in the singing! Come out of the cold, sip a hot chocolate and settle in for one of our most popular concerts of the year and Let Us All Be Merry!

This concert will feature Emerging Canadian Voices - The Amadeus Choir’s in-house octet of emerging professional choral singers led by Associate Conductor Nila Rajagopal. We are also delighted to spotlight our guest artist Cuban Trumpeter Alexis Baro.

Let Us All Be Merry - Family Matinee

Event Date and Time: 
Samedi, 17 Décembre, 2022 - 15:00 - 16:00

Let’s get festive! Join us for a shortened version of our ``"Let Us All Be Merry" holiday concert with favourites by Canadian composers with opportunities for you to join in the singing! Come out of the cold, sip a hot chocolate and settle in for one of our most popular concerts of the year and Let Us All Be Merry! All ages welcome - hot chocolate will be availalbe! There will be no intermission for this afternoon matinée.

Gift of Christmas

Event Date and Time: 
Mardi, 20 Décembre, 2022 - 19:30 - 21:30

Delight in our popular Orpheus stocking-stuffer ofevocative carols, cheery arrangements, affecting stories and stirring sing-alongs for the festive season! The poignant Gift of the Magi, narrated by Kim’s Convenience star and actor Gabriella Sundar Singh, will brighten your spirits and warm your hearts with our gift of Christmas…always an audience favourite.

Gabriella Sundar Singh, narrator

Festival of Carols

Event Date and Time: 
Mardi, 13 Décembre, 2022 - 20:00 - 21:30

Sumptuous music, endearing holiday tales, and an opportunity to sing along as Christmas approaches.

Don’t miss The Elora Singers’ tradition, the Festival of Carols!

Two Performances:  5:00 PM and 8:00 PM

 

Tickets are General Admission: $30 adult | $20 student/arts worker| $10 child (under 14)

Festival of Carols

Event Date and Time: 
Mardi, 13 Décembre, 2022 - 17:00 - 18:30

Sumptuous music, endearing holiday tales, and an opportunity to sing along as Christmas approaches.

Don’t miss The Elora Singers’ tradition, the Festival of Carols!

Two Performances:  5:00 PM and 8:00 PM

Tickets are General Admission: $30 adult | $20 student/arts worker| $10 child (under 14)

Messiah

Event Date and Time: 
Samedi, 17 Décembre, 2022 - 19:30 - 21:30

Handel’s monumental oratorio offers a message of hope and renewal that is especially fitting for this season of rejuvenation. Guelph’s “favourite Messiah” features a chamber orchestra, guest soloists, and some special guests.

 

Soloists:

Soprano: Sydney Baetke
Alto: Marion Newman
Bass: Dion Mazerolle

 

Adult – $55
Senior – $50
Youth 16-30 – $10
Youth 15 and under – $5
Livestream – $20

A Christmas Story

Event Date and Time: 
Dimanche, 27 Novembre, 2022 - 16:00 - 17:30

Our annual family-friendly tradition with special guests from the Guelph Guild of Storytellers, weaving stories, choral selections, and sing-along carols. A joyous start to the festive holiday season.

 

Adult – $30 (Early Bird – $21)
Senior – $25 (Early Bird – $21)
Youth 16-30 – $10
Youth 15 and under – $5
Livestream – $20

Side by Side

Event Date and Time: 
Samedi, 5 Novembre, 2022 - 19:30 - 21:00

We’re thrilled to launch an in-person concert season with an intergenerational community collaboration designed to celebrate our emergence out of the pandemic.

We join in song with over 100 singers on the stage from the Guelph Chamber Choir, Guelph Youth Singers, Rainbow Chorus, and University of Guelph Choirs.

 

Guelph Chamber Choir – Charlene Pauls, Conductor

Guelph Youth Singers – Markus Howard, Conductor

Rainbow Chorus of Waterloo-Wellington – Alison MacNeill, Conductor

Victoria Guitar Society presents acclaimed classical guitarist Jacob Cordover

Event Date and Time: 
Samedi, 13 Août, 2022 - 19:00 - 21:00

The Victoria Guitar Society is pleased to present classical guitarist Jacob Cordover.

Enjoying a truly international career as both a concert and recording artist, Jacob Cordover “impresses with his intuitive musicianship and impeccable technique” (Leicester Mercury, UK). His “consummate artistry” (Adelaide Advertiser, Australia) has enticed audiences in over a dozen countries across four continents.