VOCA Chorus of Toronto: "Winter's Light"

Join VOCA for "WINTER'S LIGHT" on Sat., Dec. 20, 2025 at 7:30 pm.

The VOCA Chorus of Toronto is looking forward to presenting “Winter’s Light” at our new concert venue, Eglinton St. George's (ESG) United Church at 7:30 pm on Saturday, December 20, on the cusp of the winter solstice.

We'll perform a variety of selections to celebrate the season that evening, including exciting world premieres by two of Canada’s most celebrated composers, Sarah Quartel (A Song of Hope) and Mark Sirett (Winter Solstice).

We’ll also be featuring Sarah Quartel's enchanting cycle A Winter Day - five contrasting movements, each depicting a different time of day, with texts by poets including Lucy Maud Montgomery; Andrew Balfour's stunning Anang (A Star), which VOCA commissioned in 2019 and premiered in 2022; a funky Pentatonix setting of Carol of the Bells; deeply moving works by Stephanie Martin and Elaine Hagenburg; a joyous setting of I Saw Three Ships arranged by Vancouver's Ed Henderson which will feature all of our performers... and much more.

Three fabulous guest artists will be joining us, all frequent VOCA collaborators: cellist Sybil Shanahan, percussionist Jamie Drake and organist Shawn Grenke.

Our annual carol sing, scrumptious bake sale and raffle will perfectly round out the evening.

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Artistic Director: Jenny Crober

Collaborative Pianist: Dakota Scott-Digout

Professional Leads: soprano Noelle Slaney, mezzo Amanda Weatherall, tenors David Walsh, Alain Paquette & Timmy Mo; baritones James Coole-Stevenson, Josh McFaul, Moji Abella & Sean Pentinga (Find out more about our artistic staff here: VOCAChorusofToronto/ArtisticStaff.

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Date: Saturday, December 20, 2025
Time: 7:30 pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Venue: *Our new concert venue, Eglinton St. George's (ESG) United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd. at Duplex Ave. (N. of Eglinton, 1 block W. of Yonge: https://esgunited.org/parking/)
Tickets: $35.00 Gen. Adm.; $20.00 Students
More Info.: https://www.vocachorus.ca; https://www.vocachorus.ca/concerts
Flyer, Mailchimp Design: Jenny Crober

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The VOCA Chorus of Toronto is a registered charitable organization. If you are unable to attend our concert (or even if you’re able to attend), please consider donating to VOCA using this link: https://www.vocachorus.ca/support. Donors will receive a charitable tax receipt and recognition in our concert programmes.