Sunday, March 29, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – A reimagining of the Latin Mass, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is both an elegy and a plea — a prayer for the planet and its threatened creatures. In this evocatively scored work, traditional texts intertwine with poetry by Nathaniel Bellows, shaping a sound world where choral beauty meets urgent environmental reflection. The […]
Saturday, February 7, 2026 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Join us for delicious lunch of hearty soup and artisanal bread before the first performance of Motets Through the Centuries.
Sunday, April 6, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Tarik O’Regan: The Ecstasies Above Arvo Pärt: Te Deum Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150 Bach: Sanctus in D, BWV 238 Three choral masterpieces, spanning centuries. Join us for an afternoon where the past and the present converge, and where music becomes a gateway to the divine. The music of JS Bach, Arvo […]
Sunday, February 23, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Two great choirs, one great space! Experience an extraordinary afternoon of gorgeous music as The Elora Singers and the Vancouver Chamber Choir unite for a breathtaking concert. Enjoy the harmonious blend of two of Canada’s premier choirs, presenting a diverse repertoire in the stunning acoustic of the Basilica of our Lady, Guelph. A must-see event […]
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – An Elora Christmas-tide tradition! Step into the warmth and wonder of a candle-lit concert that will fill you with joy and wonder, and lift your spirit with timeless treasures and heartwarming stories. A Festival of Carols is the perfect way to embrace holiday cheer and create long-lasting memories.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – An Elora Christmas-tide tradition! Step into the warmth and wonder of a candle-lit concert that will fill you with joy and wonder, and lift your spirit with timeless treasures and heartwarming stories. A Festival of Carols is the perfect way to embrace holiday cheer and create long-lasting memories.
Sunday, December 8, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Experience the transcendent beauty of Handel’s Messiah with The Elora Singers and members of London Symphonia. Join us for an unforgettable performance of this timeless masterpiece, featuring soloists drawn from the choir. Revel in the uplifting music and profound emotion of this cherished holiday tradition. Secure your tickets now for an evening of divine inspiration.
Sunday, November 10, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Peter-Anthony Togni’s newest major work, A Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, brings together The Elora Singers and Toronto’s Elmer Iseler Singers for a world premiere performance in the splendour of Guelph’s Basilica of Our Lady. Modelled after Rachmaninov’s liturgical work of the same name, Togni’s offering is a rich, transcendent and mystical work of great […]
Sunday, October 20, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Join The Elora Singers as we explore historical choral masterpieces created for the spaces in which they were first heard. We begin with sounds meant to reverberate in the Sistine Chapel, Paris’ Notre Dame, Venice’s St Mark’s Basilica, and other sacred places. In the second half, we discover Alex Berko’s Sacred Place. This new work […]
Sunday, May 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Meet the emerging stars of tomorrow! Our Elora Vocal Academy participants make their debut!
Saturday, February 10, 2024 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – The return of our Soup and Song concerts with a lecture and concert featuring Fauré’s Requiem on the 100th anniversary of his death. Join us for hearty soup, fresh artisanal bread, and a glass of wine for a different kind of “lunch and learn”!
Sunday, November 12, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – A concert celebrating the life of William Byrd, on the 400th anniversary of his death. Choral selections, solo songs, and madrigals.
Sunday, July 16, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Music of the North takes the listener on a journey through the sonic landscapes of the northern climes, with stops in Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Canada. Common musical and thematic threads emerge in this repertoire linked by the composer’s natural surroundings, evoking the rugged and beautiful landscape in which it was composed.
Saturday, July 15, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The Art of Time Ensemble, led by Artistic Director, Andrew Burashko bring one of its classic ‘songbook’ programmes, featuring the sensational Sarah Slean, with music by Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Sarah Slean, Brahms and many others.
Saturday, July 15, 2023 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – A rich tapestry of the choral and solo vocal music of the prominent and prolific Canadian composer John Beckwith (1927-2022) including a variety of his clever and heart-warming arrangements of folk songs from across the country. Featuring The Elora Singers and hosted by the composer’s son, Larry Beckwith.
Friday, July 14, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Back by popular demand, and a festival tradition, The Elora Singers raise the roof and bring down the house as they take on Broadway classics in solo and ensemble numbers.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm – The twilight concert, music for the end of day, became an Elora Festival tradition in 2019. Still, contemplative, and performed in candlelight, you don’t want to miss the beautiful experience of hearing The Elora Singers, by candlelight, in a program of gorgeous night music.
Sunday, July 9, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – What can the great poet and mystic Rumi, born in 1207, still bestow upon us in the 21st century? Contemporary human beings are evolving in a profoundly different society from that of yesteryear, and we are now facing radically gloomier challenges as pertains to our future. What, then, is the relevance of pondering remarks that […]
Saturday, July 8, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, written in 1922, has become one of the most cherished choral works of the 20th century. Not premiered until 1963, Martin considered it too deeply personal to be performed publicly. Works by Messiaen, Poulenc and others are included in this program.
Friday, July 7, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The 44th Elora Festival opens in the beautiful warm acoustic of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Fergus with the majestic sounds of J.S. Bach’s motets Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, the joyous Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, and Brahms’ hope-filled “Human” Requiem in a stunning chamber arrangement by Joachim Linckelmann.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – A repeat performance in Toronto of this moving oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson; both an account of and reflection on the hatred that ended Matthew Shepard’s life. This powerful work offers hope of acceptance and inclusion in a changing world in a concert reflecting on the themes of love and compassion. The three-part fusion oratorio […]
