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Choral Calendar (Dec. 2025)

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 10 November 2025 Baroque and Early, Choral, Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vocal

Montreal Hallelujah ! Ensemble Caprice and Ensemble ArtChoral Dec. 4 Maison symphonique www.ensemblecaprice.com Handel’s Messiah Orchestre Classique de Montréal Thursday Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Crypt of St Joseph’s Oratory, Mont-Royal www.orchestre.ca The Messiah: Hallelujah! Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Dec. 10 & 11 Maison symphonique www.osm.ca Christmas Oratorio Orchestre et Chœur Métropolitain Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal www.orchestremetropolitain.com Traditional Christmas Concert Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal Dec. 14 at 3:30 p.m. St Joseph’s Oratory www.saint-joseph.org Ottawa-Gatineau Come Sing the Messiah 2025 CAMMAC Ottawa-Gatineau Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre www.cammac.ca/ottawagatineau Lumière de décembre : souffle…

Higher Education News

By Kaitlyn Chan on 10 November 2025 Education, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, West

The University of British Columbia After a year-long hiatus due to administrative changes, the Wednesday Noon Hours concert series returns to Roy Barnett Recital Hall at the University of British Columbia. This series, curated by pianist David Fung, features highly-acclaimed artists, including many who are part of the UBC community. The season opened on Sept. 10 with a performance by pianist Roman Rabinovich, who played Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 110 and Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes. Still to come are concerts by countertenor Daniel Moody, pianist Inna Faliks and Korea’s eminent flute and piano duo, Hyunim Yoon and Ju Yeon Shin. The return…

Noëls éternels: Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal Goes on the Road

By Adrian Rodriguez on 10 November 2025 Baroque and Early, Choral, Classical Music, Interviews, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Vocal

by Adrian Rodriguez; based on an interview by Justin Bernard A festive spirit is once again blowing through Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM). After several years without touring, SMAM is hitting the road again. Five cities, five collaborations and one common thread: creating a genuine connection between professionals, the next generation and the public. “In every city we visit, a local choir joins us. In Ottawa, it’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir conducted by Andrew McAnerney; in Chicoutimi, the Ecce Novum and Conservatoire du Saguenay choirs; in Trois-Rivières, L’Orphéon; and in Quebec City, the Le Chœur de l’Université Laval,”…

Winter Festivals 2025-26

By An Ven on 10 November 2025 Choral, Classical Music, Contemporary, Guides, Montreal, Multimedia, Orchestral, Ottawa, Quebec City, Theatre, Toronto, Visual Arts

Montreal Festival International Bach Montréal Nov. 15-Dec. 7 Festival International Bach Montréal offers a dozen concerts every autumn, many geared toward children, as well as a choral evening. This year, several international artists will revisit the masterpieces of Bach and his successors. On Nov. 15, Les Boréades present a concert based on the story of Acis and Galatea set to music by Handel. Samy Moussa will conduct the orchestra and chorus of Festival International Bach Montréal in Mendelssohn’s Elijah in Quebec City (Nov. 20) and at the opening of the festival in Montreal (Nov. 21). The event closes with Bach’s…

Choral Calendar (Oct. 2025)

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 24 October 2025 Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver

Montreal Towards Peace Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. at Église du Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Voces Boreales kicks off its 20th season with a soothing concert in which beauty and humanity lay at the heart of a meditation on the universal desire for peace. Conducted by Andrew Gray, the choir will perform works by Taverner, Schönberg, and Dove, among others. They will be accompanied by organist Henry Webb. www.vocesboreales.org Au chœur du Québec Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. at Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel The Temps Fort choir, under the musical and artistic direction of its conductor Pascal Germain-Berardi, presents Au chœur du Québec, a concert dedicated to…

Jamal Al Titi (3rd place), Karoline Podolak (1st place) and Nicholas Burns (2nd place) Photo: Alex Robinson

Newswire | Karoline Podolak Wins National Capital Opera Competition

By Newswire on 21 October 2025 Music Competition, Newswire, Opera, Ottawa

Ottawa, ON: Karoline Podolak won the 2025 National Capital Opera Competition which took place on the 18th October at the Rideau Park United Church in Ottawa, ON. She was awarded with a prize of $10,000. The Competition is a showcase for Canadian singers embarking on a performance career. Nicholas Burns placed second and received $5,000. Jamal Al Titi placed third and received $3,000. Hannah Crawford, Kcenia Koutorjevski and Rachael McAuley each received $1,000. Lead adjudicator, Maghan McPhee, soprano and Director of the Breno Italy International Music Academy, said: “This Opera Gala was a truly inspiring celebration of Canadian talent in…

Newswire | NAC Orchestra Releases Second Volume in Strauss Recording Project

By Newswire on 9 October 2025 Classical Music, Newswire, Ottawa

Throughout this project, our composers are encouraged to reflect, critique, embrace, reject or deconstruct Strauss’s language and model. It is an exploration of the notion of the tone poem and the orchestra as a tool for storytelling. “1Q84” is a work of sophistication, nuance, and emotional insight, and it is a privilege to share it with the world. Alexander Shelley, music director Ottawa (Canada), Oct. 9, 2025 – Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) announces the second volume of its visionary recording project devoted to the tone poems of Richard Strauss, paired with new compositions, opening a dialogue between past and…

Newswire | National Arts Centre Orchestra Opens Applications for Resident Conductor and Mentorship Programs

By Newswire on 7 October 2025 Arts Industry, Music Competition, Newswire, Orchestral, Ottawa

Ottawa, Oct. 6, 2025 — Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) announces a call for applications for its Resident Conductor and Mentorship programs. These flagship professional development initiatives offer participants the opportunity to hone their skills under the guidance of musicians and administrators from one of North America’s leading orchestras. The call for applications for Resident Conductor – a two-year appointment for an early-career conductor who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, beginning in the 2026-7 season–opens October 6 and closes November 17. The window for applications for the Mentorship Program, designed for emerging and early – career instrumentalists,…

Upcoming Concerts (Oct. 2025)

By La Scena Musicale Team on 3 October 2025 Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, West

by Gianmarco Segato, Eva Stone-Barney, Hal Kowalewski Montreal Ladies’ Morning Musical Club (LMMC) The Verona Quartet, which originated in 2013 at Indiana University, is joined by American pianist Henry Kramer, in his second LMMC appearance, on Oct. 19. They will play works by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Schumann. Then on Nov. 9, Russian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas makes his LMMC debut playing Schubert’s Four Impromptus, Opus 90, and his Minuet in C-sharp minor as well as Rachmaninoff’s Sonata No. 1 in D minor. www.lmmc.ca Musica Camerata Musica Camerata will continue its 2025-26 season with a concert of trios for…

Newswire | Timothy Chooi is Changing Classical Music through Community Outreach

By Newswire on 17 September 2025 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Ottawa

Internationally acclaimed Canadian violinist Timothy Chooi has been honored by The University of Ottawa for his eight-plus years of EDI-focused outreach and concertizing, including co-founding VISION Collective in 2018, “Folk Music Reimagined for Solo Violin,” the 2020 digital series on social media platforms launched during the worldwide Pandemic supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, inclusive concert programming, performance-based case studies, travel to remote communities to lead workshops and performances, and strategic leveraging of musical storytelling as social connection. The honor comes from the University of Ottawa, where he serves as Associate Professor of Violin at the university’s School of Music. The Equity,…

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