2024/2025 Season
Robert Cooper's 35th & Farewell Season
Bach Mass in B Minor
May 3, 2025
“the greatest musical work of all times and all people”
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Celebrate Robert Cooper’s 35th anniversary, and farewell season of artistic leadership, with the grand emotional span of Bach’s magnum opus Mass in B Minor. Majestic in its complexity and sweep, Bach’s transcendent Mass in B Minor is undoubtedly his most spectacular choral work with its sizzling choruses, sublime solos and virtuoso orchestral ensembles rendering it one of the most joyous of musical experiences in the western choral canon.
Maeve Palmer, soprano
Ellita Gagner, mezzo-soprano
Lillian Brooks, alto
Arieh Sacke, tenor
Giles Tomkins, bass
Concordo Orchestra (Valerie Sylvester, concertmaster)
Past Performances
2024/2025 Season
Verdi Requiem
November 2, 2024
"transformative in its illuminating beauty"
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Experience the grandeur and theatrical power of Verdi's Requiem! From explosive percussion and blazing brass to shimmering strings and hushed voices, every note resonates with intense emotion and raw passion. The magnificent choral forces of Chorus Niagara and Brock University Choir, Niagara Symphony Orchestra and a stellar operatic quartet in this towering masterpiece of the human experience will leave you spellbound and inspired.
Jocelyn Fralick, soprano
Simona Genga, alto
Scott Rumble, tenor
Vartan Gabrielian, bass
Brock University Choir (Dr. Rachel Rensink-Hoff, conductor)
Niagara Symphony Orchestra (Bradley Thachuk, artistic director)
Handel Messiah
December 21, 2024
"a cherished Niagara holiday tradition"
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Gather family and friends for TWO special presentations of Handel’s festive Messiah. For Messiah in ALL its glorious splendour, attend our evening complete performance of Handel’s supreme masterpiece and ‘rejoice greatly’ in what makes this one of the most enduring choral works of all time.
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Be part of the afternoon magic with our Children's Messiah, a one-of-a-kind relaxed and interactive 75-minute concert, designed to ignite the love for music in young audiences, with stunning solo arias, glorious orchestral sounds and powerful choruses – over 100 singers and players!
Chelsea Kolić, soprano
Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano
David Walsh, tenor
Danlie Rae Acebuque, bass
Concordo Orchestra (Valerie Sylvester, concertmaster)
CN Cinema Presents
The Phantom of the Opera
March 1, 2025
“…one of the greatest films of all time”
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Journey into the Parisian underworld and revel in the riveting drama of this 1925 classic silent horror film Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney as the mad, disfigured composer whose passionate obsession for Christine leads to murderous love. Chorus Niagara breathes new life into this tender yet macabre cinematic marvel, complemented by organist Christopher Dawes’ inspired improvisations, through our specially curated live, original choral soundtrack… tender, amazing, mysterious, fantastic!
Christopher Dawes, organ
Krista Rhodes, piano
Past Performances
2023/2024 Season
Graciously Sponsored by Janet Partridge
JOY!
November 4, 2023
Celebrate JOY! Be uplifted by grand choruses that YOU and our Singers have chosen as their desert island favourites. From Bach to Bernstein, opera to broadway, traditional to new, enjoy an evening filled with the grand and the glorious, fun and the unexpected, as we inaugurate our Jubilee season. Revel in our really BIG sing!
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Iain Scott, host
Leslie Higgins, soprano
David Walsh, tenor
Adam Kuiack, baritone
Niagara Symphony Orchestra
Handel Messiah
December 13, 2023
Ever wonder how ‘Rejoice Greatly’ would sound sung by a Tenor or ‘Every Valley’ sung by a Soprano? Enjoy Messiah as you know and love it…with a slight role-reversal twist! Our adventuresome soloists flip their roles just as Handel often did. Enjoy this audacious, and still cherished, holiday tradition…Hallelujah!
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Jennifer Taverner, soprano
Lillian Brooks, alto
David Walsh, tenor
Clarence Frazer, bass
Concordo Orchestra
Passion Music
March 9, 2024
Experience stirring music of passion and power! Back by popular demand, Welsh composer Karl Jenkins’ poignant and profound The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and the Niagara premiere of renowned jazz composer, Will Todd’s rousing and evocative Passion Music. Delight in this fusion of gospel, jazz, and choral music. Niagara’s celebrity jazz pianist John Sherwood, along with gospel songstress Jenna Cowans and a combo of outstanding instrumentalists bring their uplifting vibe to this music, distinctive of our times.
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John Sherwood, piano
Jenna Cowans, solo
Jazz Combo
Bernstein MASS
Friday May 31st, 2024
Not-to-be-missed Ontario premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS! Provocative and innovative to some, shocking to others, MASS is a celebration of human faith. Chorus Niagara merges with rock singers, dancers, and the youthful voices of Niagara in this semi-staged theatrical experience. Bernstein’s MASS is a monumental message of peace and unity, questioning “the relevance of ceremonial rituals and immutable ‘truths’ in todays increasingly secular modern world.”
MASS pulsates with the vivacious verve of ‘Lenny’.
Nathan Keoughan, celebrant
Laura Secord High School Chamber Singers
(Katryna Sacco, conductor)
Chorus Niagara Children's Choir
(Amanda Nelli, conductor)
Dana Fradkin, stage director
Chorus Niagara Chamber Orchestra
With thanks to our Bernstein Mass Media Sponsor
