Toronto Chamber Choir Blog
November 19, 2024
Author: Lucas Harris
Author: Lucas Harris
Fun Facts About the Great Palestrina
TCC Artistic Director Lucas Harris talks about our upcoming concert, Christmas in the Eternal City:
October 21, 2024
Author: Lucas Harris
Author: Lucas Harris
A memorized repertoire of 7,000 pieces!
At our Music & Memory kaffeemusik, narration by Toronto Chamber Choir Artistic Director Lucas Harris will include the life of Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (1849-1908) and his prodigious talent.
October 17, 2024
Meet Sharang Sharma, TTC guest conductor
Toronto Chamber Choir’s Music & Memory kaffeemusik concert on Oct. 26 will explore ways in which music affects our ability to think and remember. We’re thrilled to have Sharang Sharma as guest conductor for this concert, with our artistic director Lucas Harris doing the narration.
February 29, 2024
Author: Judith Nancekivell
Author: Judith Nancekivell
Why Lucas Harris is a fan of convented composers
Toronto Chamber Choir presents The Muse of Novarra: A Portrait of Isabella Leonarda on Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. TCC alto Judith Nancekivell spoke with TCC artistic director Lucas Harris about the project.
October 16, 2023
Author: David W. Barber
Author: David W. Barber
A bit more about Byrd
TCC tenor David Barber is the author of several humorous books of classical music history, including Bach, Beethoven and the Boys: Music History As It Ought To Be Taught, which includes this chapter on William Byrd. The illustration of Elizabeth I is also from this book, by cartoonist Dave Donald.
October 2, 2023
Author: Judith Nancekivell
Author: Judith Nancekivell
William Byrd Has Advice for Singers
2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of England’s greatest Renaissance composer, William Byrd (ca. 1540-1623). In this blog post, TCC alto Judith Nancekivell reminds us of Byrd’s wise words about singing.
February 24, 2023
Author: Dr. Tom Mawhinney
Author: Dr. Tom Mawhinney
Golden Voices to shine in concert
As we mark Black History Month, TCC tenor David Barber introduces Dr. Tom Mawhinney, a longtime friend from his choral days in Kingston.
February 15, 2022
Author: Julie Goldstein
Author: Julie Goldstein
Discovering Vicente Lusitano
Black History Month provides the perfect opportunity for a brief profile of Europe’s first published Black composer and theorist
January 29, 2022
Author: Peter Thompson
Author: Peter Thompson
Book Review: The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them -- Imagining the forgotten ones in the 14th century
December 23, 2021
Author: Lucas Harris
Author: Lucas Harris