Concerts and Events

St. John’s Elora is pleased to present a year-round series of concerts for our community, featuring singers from the professional Choir of St. John’s Elora as well as guest artists.

Choral Concert Series

SOUTH:
A choral and silent film experience

Presented in partnership with the Elora Adventure Film Festival.

Experience remarkable original silent film footage taken from the Shackleton Antarctic expedition (1914-1917) accompanied by a live choral performance in the historic acoustic of St. John's Elora.

South: Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic by filmmaker Frank Hurley is widely regarded as the first feature-length silent documentary film. Originally exhibited in 1919, it was digitally restored in 2022 by the British Film Institute for cinematic viewing.

We present our own licensed original cut of the restored film specifically designed to accompany a live choral performance of composer Tomas Luis de Victoria's Requiem. A rarely-performed masterwork of Renaissance choral music, Victoria's soaring harmonies perfectly complement Hurley's imagery of towering icebergs, icy landscapes, and human strife.

Tickets ($25 general admission) will go on sale in September.

Wednesday, November 4, 7:30pm

Dickens: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas concert for everyone. Join the Choir of St. John’s Elora and the Elora Children’s Choir (St. John’s community children’s choir program) for a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, with narration from members of our community, accompanied by seasonal choral favourites and carols for everyone to sing along.

Tickets ($25 regular; $10 children) will be on sale in October.

Saturday, December 12, 2:00pm

Sunday, June 13, 3:00pm

Brahms: Requiem
Watson Henderson: Missa Brevis

Experience an intimate Brahms' Requiem in a new chamber arrangement by composer Iain Farrington alongside a true choral classic from one of Canada's great choral composers Ruth Watson Henderson. Celebrate the end of the season with us!

Tickets

Chamber Concert Series

The St. John's Commons Cabaret!

Celebrating our new building. Featuring St. John’s singers and other guests.
Sat., Oct 17, 7pm
Schubert: Octet

KW Symphony musicians and friends.
Sat., Nov. 21, 3pm
Hidden Places, Secret Spaces

Daniel Cabena, countertenor and Cardinal Consort of Viols.
Sun., Jan. 24, 3pm
Treasures of English Song

Elizabeth and Michael Lepock, voice
Sat., Feb. 13, 7pm
The Street: by Nico Muhly and Alice Goodman

A Lenten meditation on the stations of the cross, for harp, narrator, and singers. Noël Wan, harp.
Sat. Mar. 20, 7pm
Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music from the Grand River

Ben Wright and friends.
Sun., Apr. 11, 3pm
Voices by Candlelight II

Janelle Santi, Autumn Debassige, and Emily Burnett
Sat., May 1, 7pm