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We put on a stellar show
Enjoy a few performances from our personal hit list. Recorded by Derek Janzen. Featuring The Choir, The Chorus, The Mini-Choir and special guests at our bi-annual concerts.
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Musical moments
Just a few great memories from our past performances. Featuring much of the work of photographer Peter Gardner.
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back catalogue
Snaps to our good friends Danni Duncan and Glenn Tsang for archiving our repertoire since day one!
First Session With Anne Schaefer – January
New World, Bjork | Everything in it’s Right Place, Radio Head | Good, Anne Schaefer | Time, Tom Waits | Let’s Dance, David Bowie
Second Session with Anne Schaefer – March
Don’t Give Up, Peter Gabriel | Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes | Loveliness, Anne Schaefer | Love Cats, The Cure | Everything in it’s Right Place, Radiohead
Third Session with Anne Schaefer – September
Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper | Walking on the Moon, Sting | Caught Me Thinking, Bahamas | Don’t Talk to Me, Anne Schaefer | Towers, Bon Iver | Call Your Girlfriend, Robyn
Fourth Session With Kelby MacNayr – January
Go Do, Jonsi | Naive Melody, Talking Heads | Cicadas and Gulls, Feist | Vibrate, Rufus Wainwright | Anchor Song, Bjork | Farmers, Kelby MacNayr | Float On, Modest Mouse | Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson | Fast Car, Tracy Chapman | Don’t Give Up, Peter Gabriel
Fifth Session with Marc Jenkins – March
Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes | Unbelievers, Vampire Weekend | Tall Tall Shadow, Basia Bulat | Hard Times, Gillian Welch | Two Weeks, Grizzly Bear | Hang With Me, Robyn | Towers, Bon Iver | Go Do, Jonsi
Rifflandia performance; arrangements by David Goldman of Choir, Choir, Choir – September
I’m On Fire, Bruce Springsteen | There is a Light, The Smiths | Girls and Boys, Blur | Because the Night, Patti Smith | Needle in the Hay, Elliott Smith | Rebel Rebel, David Bowie | Heart Shaped Box, Nirvana
Sixth Session with Marc Jenkins – October
The Book of Love, The Magnetic Fields | Helplessness Blue, Fleet Foxes | No Rest for the Wicked, Lykke Li | If I Could Change Your Mind, HAIM | Higher Love, James Vincent McMorrow | Come Talk to Me, Peter Gabriel | There is a Light, The Smiths | Naive Melody, The Talking Heads | Sweet Disposition, The Temper Trap | Storm Warning, Marc Jenkins and Michael Brian Simmons
Holiday session
Winter Wonderland, v. Darlene Love | Must Be Santa, v. Bob Dylan | All I Want for Christmas, v. Mariah Carey | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), U2
Seventh Session with Marc Jenkins – February
Turn It Around, Lucius | Black Star, Radio Head | Every Other Freckle, alt-J | (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For, Nick Cave | We Are Fine, Sharon Van Etten | Storm Warning, Marc Jenkins and Michael Brian Simmons | Higher Love, James Vincent McMorrow | Like A Prayer, Madonna | Always on my Mind, v. The Pet Shop Boys
Eighth Session with Marc Jenkins – October
Zebra, Beach House | Ones Who Loved You, Alvvays | Stay Gold, First Aid Kit | Blue Skies, Kathryn Calder | Digital Witness, St. Vincent | Song in Cm, Kathryn Calder | Strange Overtones, David Bryne | Finer Feelings, Spoon | The Reason, Michael Brian Simmons | Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac | Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen
Ninth Session with Marc Jenkins – February
Silent All These Years, Tori Amos | With Or Without You, U2 | Strange Powers, The Magnetic Fields | Two Of Us On The Run, Lucius | Ètre Sur Le Bord De L’Eau, Myriam Parent | Mass Romantic, The New Pornographers | Birdhouse In Your Soul, They Might Be Giants | Style, Taylor Swift | Life On Mars, David Bowie | Boyfriend, Colleen Brown | Electrolite, R.E.M.
Tenth Session with Marc Jenkins – October
They Don’t Know, Tracey Ullman | Chicago, Sufjan Stevens | Driftwood, Mike Atkinson | U-Turn, Tegan and Sara | Silent All These Years, Tori Amos | Everyday is Like Sunday, Morrissey | We Can’t Be Lovers, Rae Spoon | Sunday Dress, Rae Spoon | I Hear Them Calling, Rae Spoon | Enjoy The Silence, Depeche Mode | This Too Shall Pass, OK Go | Bobcaygeon, The Tragically Hip
Eleventh Session with Marc Jenkins – February
Everything You’ve Done Wrong, Sloan | Ageless Beauty, Stars | Pot Kettle Black, Wilco | Boy Lillikoi, Jonsi (for David) | Go Home, Marin Patenaude | Strangers, The Kinks | The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, the Flaming Lips | Cicadas and Gulls, Feist | Water Will Be Your Home, Foxglove | In the Morning, Foxglove | July Flame, Laura Veirs | Crazy on You, Heart | Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Neil Young
Twelfth Session with Marc Jenkins – October
THE CHOIR: Hyper-Ballad, Bjork (w/Vox Humana) | Stay Gold, First Aid Kit | The Greatest, Sia | Moonlight Desires, Gowan | Flesh Without Blood, Grimes | Two Hearts, Bruce Springsteen | SOS, ABBA | Neighborhood #1, Arcade Fire | Mackenzie, Michael Brian Simmons | Slip Away, Perfume Genius
THE CHORUS: Heart is a Drum, Beck | Higher Love, James Vincent McMorrow | Regret, New Order | Here Comes The Rain Again, The Eurythmics | Love, Lana Del Ray | The Songs We Sang, David P. Smith | Pride (In The Name Of Love), U2
MEGACHOIRASORUS: How Loud Your Heart Gets, Lucius
Thirteenth Session with Marc Jenkins – February
THE CHOIR: Silver Velvet, The Courtneys | In Undertow, Alvvays | Shine On Me, Dan Auerbach | Walking On Broken Glass, Annie Lennox | Book Of Love, The Magnetic Fields | New York, St. Vincent | Animal Tracks, Mountain Man | Let Down, Radiohead | Back To Bed, Kirsten Ludwig | Lodestar, Sarah Harmer
THE CHORUS: Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken, Camera Obscura | Friday I’m in Love, The Cure | It’s a Shame, First Aid Kit | Manic Monday, The Bangles/Prince | Advanced Falconry, Mutual Benefit | Style, Taylor Swift | No River, (w/Half Moon Shine), Bret Enermark | Scenic World, Beirut | Green Light, Lorde
MEGACHOIRASORUS: Starman, David Bowie
Fourteenth Session with Marc Jenkins – October
THE CHOIR: Love, Lana Del Ray | Dear Prudence, The Beatles | Alaska, Maggie Maggie Rogers | Michigan, Milk Carton Kids | The Chain, Fleetwood Mac
THE CHORUS: Never Say Die, CHVRCHES | Look At What The Light Did Now, Little Wings | All Through The Night, Cindy Lauper | Glowing Heart, Aoife O’Donavan | I Can See For Miles, The Who
MEGACHOIRASORUS: Ancient Prairie, Eriks Esenvalds | Naive Melody, Talking Heads | Free Fallin’, Tom Petty (w/Marc Jenkins)
Fifteenth Session with Marc Jenkins – February
THE CHOIR: Send My Love (To Your New Lover), Adele | Ain’t That Enough, Teenage Fanclub | Don’t Wanna Fight, Alabama Shakes | Lovers In A Dangerous Time, Bruce Cockburn | The Glow, Sylvan Esso
THE CHORUS: 1234, Feist | Where’s My Love, SMYL | May This Be Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), Arcade Fire | Pride (In The Name Of Love), U2
MEGACHOIRASORUS: Hard Times, Gillian Welch | The Only Living Boy in New York, Simon and Garfunkle | Slip Away, Perfume Genius | With A Little Help From My Friends, The Beatles (w/Marc Jenkins)
sixteenth Session with Marc Jenkins – October
THE CHOIR: Tall Tall Shadow, Basia Bulat | Cuyahoga, REM | Goose Snow Cone w/Cascadia String Quartet, Aimee Mann | Waterloo Sunset, Kinks | Water Falling w/Laura Mitic | Mistake, Middle Kids
THE CHORUS: Paperback Writer, The Beatles | So Glad To See You, Hot Chip | In Our Talons w/Cascadia String Quartet, The Bowerbirds | Half-Saved w/Luca Fogale | Electric Love, BØRNS
MEGACHOIRASORUS w/Cascadia String Quartet: It’s Not Up To You, Björk | SOS, ABBA | Nonbeliever, Lucy Dacus
NINETHEENTH Session with Marc Jenkins – SEPTEMBER
THE CHORUS: Livin’ Thing, ELO | Strange Fascination, Chatham County Line | Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys version | Halo, Beyonce | Gimme Sympathy, Metric | The Chain, Fleetwood Mac
THE CHOIR: Manic Monday, Prince/The Bangles | Blackwaterside, traditional/Bonny Light Horseman | Regret, New Order | Be Sweet, Japanese Breakfast | Invisible String, Taylor Swift | Calamity Song, The Decemberists
MEGACHOIRASORUS : When A Love’s Not Around w/Layten Kramer | Zombie Girl, Adrienne Lenker | With A Little Help From My Friends, The Beatles
TWENTIETH Session with Marc Jenkins – MARCH
THE CHOIR: Moment In The Sun, Sunflower Bean | If I Had A Rocket Ship, Michael Brian Simmons | Invisible String, Taylor Swift| Throwing It All Away, Genesis | Hang With Me, Robyn
THE CHORUS: Wildflowers, Tom Petty | I Wanna Be Sedated, The Ramones | Halo, Beyonce | In The Wild, Erica Chan | Green Light, Lorde
MEGACHOIRASORUS : River Mouth w/Niloo | Do You Realize?/Eclipse, Flaming Lips/Pink Floyd | Lost Together, Blue Rodeo
10TH ANNIVERSARY/21ST Session with Marc Jenkins – OCTOBER
THE CHORUS: Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken, Camera Obscura | Let It Be Me, Ray Lamontange | Moonlight Desires, Gowan | Driver’s License, Olivia Rodrigo |Here Comes The Rain Again, The Eurythmics | It’s Alright, Mother Mother
THE CHOIR: Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Belinda Carlisle | Towers, Bon Iver | Requiem, Blitzen Trapper | Let Down, Radiohead | Levitating, Dua Lipa | Forgotten Eyes, Big Thief
MEGACHOIRASORUS : Look Up, Joy Oladokun | The Joke, Brandi Carlile | This Too, w/West My Friend
22ND Session with Marc Jenkins – FEBRUARY
THE CHOIR: Expert In A Dying Field, The Beths | July Flame, Laura Veirs | She’s A Rainbow, The Rolling Stones | Love Me More, Mitski | Head Over Heels, Tears For Fears
THE CHORUS: My Best Friend’s Weddings, The Chicks | Phoenix, Big Red Machine | Michigan, The Milk Carton Kids | Give A Little Bit, Supertramp | Lift Me Up, Rihanna
MEGACHOIRASORUS : The Return (Love Comes Back,) Rose Cousins | We Belong, Pat Benatar | I’ll Stand By You, The Pretenders
23rd Session with Marc Jenkins – OCTOBER
MINI-CHOIR: The Age Of Worry, John Mayer | Trouble, Jon Brion | Cedar Lane, First Aid Kit | Let Her Dance, The Bobby Fuller Four
SOUND DRAGON: This Will Be Our Year, The Zombies | The Emperor’s New Clothes, Sinead O’Connor
THE CHORUS: Strangers, The Kinks | Dreams Tonite, Alvvays | You Can’t Hurry Love, The Supremes | This Blue World, Elbow | 1234, Feist
THE CHOIR: She May Call You Up Tonight, The Left Banke | Heart Is A Drum, Beck | The District Sleeps Alone, The Postal Service | Love Will Never Do (Without You,) Janet Jackson | Cloudbusting, Kate Bush
MEGACHOIRASORUS: Run Away With Me, Carly Rae Jepse | How Loud Your Heart Gets, Lucius
24th Session with Marc Jenkins – MAY
MINI-CHOIR: Silver Joy, Damien Jurado | Here’s Where The Story Ends, The Sundays | A Running Start, Sufjan Stevens | Can’t Do Much, Waxahatchee
SOUND DRAGON: Everywhere, Fleetwood Mac | Colors, The Black Pumas | New Mistake, Jellyfish
THE CHORUS: Knees Deep, The Beths | Friday I’m In Love, The Cure | When Doves Cry, Prince/Quindon Tarver | Want You Back, Haim | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!/Hung Up, ABBA/Madonna
THE CHOIR: The Sun Always Shines On TV, A-Ha | Touch, St. Lucia | Can I Sit Next To You, Spoon | Lodestar, Sarah Harmer | I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Whitney Houston
MEGACHOIRASORUS: Go Do, Jónsi | Closer To Fine, The Indigo Girls