Toronto Chamber Choir Blog

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
A Christmas video from the TCC!
J.S. Bach, Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
October 8, 2021
Author: Mairi Cowan
Author: Mairi Cowan
Inspiring the music that inspires us
A new way to think of inspiring music that connects historical sources to the music we sing
August 22, 2021
Author: Natalie Clark
Author: Natalie Clark
Embracing New Possibilities
When the 4,887 km commute from the Arctic disappeared, a new world of possibilities for music began
July 18, 2021
Author: David W. Barber
Author: David W. Barber
Numerology and Other Symbolism in Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Talk given to the Choral Arts Society of Washington before a performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, conducted by music director Norman Scribner at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, in 2001
June 30, 2021
Author: Lucas Harris
Author: Lucas Harris
The most important lesson I learned from Jeanne
Our Artistic Director's personal tribute to Jeanne Lamon (1949-2021).
May 15, 2021
Author: Mary Ella Magill
Author: Mary Ella Magill
Leaning into Suspensions
Long-time TCC alto Mary Ella Magill reflects on her love of early music and on how a melody from 1601 was used by both Bach and Buxtehude and later became part of the 1960s folk revival and beyond.
March 18, 2021
Author: David Barber
Author: David Barber