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April 2020
Silences ***Postponed to 2021***
***Postponed to 2021*** Tickets on presale: $18 / at the door: $35: https://legesu.tuxedobillet.com/Gesu/silences Voces Boreales in concert with Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), who are also nominated for a Prix Opus in 2019 Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 3 pm Preshow at 2 pm Espace Aline-Letendre (Église du Gesù) Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor Instruments of Happiness Voces Boreales Chœur du Plateau, Ensemble Gaïa et Ensemble Phoebus Roseline Blain, Amelia McMahon andVirginie Pacheco, guest choirs and conductors For more details visit the event…
Find out more »May 2020
Concert – VoCello – Voces Boreales and Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy – ***Postponed to 2021***
***Postponed to 2021*** Our concert will be performed with cellist Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy, and every other piece will be by Canadian composers. With works from Tavener, Eatock, Enerson, Giacomin, Jancevskis, Gjeilo, Ryan, Mulsant and Ingari.
Find out more »August 2020
Concert – Path of Miracles – Joliette
An Urban Pilgrimage To the sound of mystical and inspired choral music, groups of "pilgrims" are invited to move through elements of the famous pilgrimage to Compostela on the forecourt of St. Charles Borromeo's Cathedral, guided through four "stations". The experience lasts about 30 minutes, and groups will depart every five minutes between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., and between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Free entry, no reservations required. More details Wearing a face covering is mandatory throughout the…
Find out more »Concert – Path of Miracles – Montreal
An Urban Pilgrimage To the sound of mystical and inspired choral music, groups of "pilgrims" are invited to move through elements of the famous pilgrimage to Compostela on the forecourt of St. James United Church, guided through four "stations". The experience lasts about 30 minutes, and groups will depart every five minutes between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., and between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Free entry, no reservations required. More details Wearing a face covering is mandatory throughout the…
Find out more »September 2020
Concert – Path of Miracles – Valleyfield
An urban pilgrimage To the sound of mystical and inspired choral music, groups of "pilgrims" are invited to appropriate elements of the famous pilgrimage to Compostela on the forecourt of St Cecilia's Cathedral, through four animated "stations". In this time of virtual events, here is the opportunity to attend a cultural event in person. A musical and ambulatory event specifically adapted to the circumstances of the pandemic, and entitled The Way of Miracles: An Urban Pilgrimage. The "path" in question…
Find out more »October 2020
Concert: Path of Miracles
Billets / Tickets : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/billets-voces-boreales-le-chemin-des-miracles-un-pelerinage-urbain-120295716727 Concert: Path of Miracles, Sunday, October 4, at 4pm, at l’église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre
Find out more »May 2021
Call for scores / sketches
The Montreal Choral Institute is proud to offer its first annual composers' workshop. This event is designed to enable early-career Canadian composers to hear their piece(s) or sketch of a piece to be workshopped live with Voces Boreales' professional vocal Octet , led by the MCI's artistic director Andrew Gray. This event is designed to give composers the rare opportunity to experiment with textures, vocal production and techniques, blending or contrasting of sounds, rhythms, dynamics etc. whilst developing a particular…
Find out more »Choral Composers Workshop
Having received two dozen submissions from young or early-career composers from across the country VB8 (the Voces Boreales Octet) and director Andrew Gray will work on 5 compositions with their composers (1 Toronto, 1 Richmond, 1 Vancouver, 2 Montreal) on Saturday and Sunday as per the schedule below during this first series of Choral Composers Workshops. Saturday 29th May : Benjamin Sigerson Stratocumulus Ian Chan Invitation to Love Sunday 30th May Anonymous Ubi Caritas Avery Gietz The Village (sketch) Kento…
Find out more »June 2021
Path of Miracles (Web-Broadcast of the concert is available for viewing until June 30, 2021)
Webcast Tickets $10 at 63 minutes. Originally broadcast March 6 2021 @ 8:00 pm (20:00) The vocal ensemble, Voces Boreales, (directed by Andrew Gray) invites you to an exceptional evening with a performance of Path of Miracles (2005) by English composer Joby Talbot on a libretto by Robert Dickinson. This a cappella work for 18 singers has been described as "quite simply the most beautiful choral work of recent years", "a must-hear". It follows the journey of a pilgrim on his…
Find out more »July 2021
Gradual Return
COVID-19 | We are pleased to announce that we will be gradually returning to concerts and other activities of the Montreal Choral Institute over the coming months. Please return here for developing information on our coming season.
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