The Elmer Iseler Singers is a professional
chamber choir based in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The twenty-voice choir, conducted by Artistic Director ''Lydia Adams'', founded by Dr.
Elmer Iseler
Elmer Walter Iseler, (October 14, 1927 – April 3, 1998) was a Canadian choir conductor and choral editor. He was the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers.
Edu ...
in 1979,
is one of Canada’s leading
choral
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...
ensembles. The choir has built an international
reputation through its
concerts,
broadcast
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...
s and more than fifty recordings. The Elmer Iseler Singers’ repertoire spans five hundred years of choral music. The choir regularly commissions and performs new works, and appears at national and international
festivals.
The Singers are highly valued for their contributions to master classes and educational leadership workshops for schools and community choirs. From 1997 to 2007 the EIS was the professional Choir-In-Residence through the Elmer Iseler Chair, at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. They often collaborate with
Soundstreams Canada
Soundstreams is a Toronto-based music presenter that commissions, develops, and showcases the work of contemporary Canadian and international composers. It was established in 1982 by Artistic Director and oboe player Lawrence Cherney, and has comm ...
, the
Canadian Brass,
Nexus,
Ontario Music Festivals and the
Toronto Symphony, as well as various local, national and international organizations.
Discography
*''Corona Divinae Misericordiae'', by David Braid - K52 Music (2018 - Juno-nominated)
*''Piano concerto ; Oboe concerto ; Serenade to music ; Flos campi,'' Vaughan Williams - Chandos (2018)
*''Dark Star Requiem'', by Peter Staniland - Centrediscs (2016)
*''Lamentations of Jeremiah'', by
Peter Togni
Peter Anthony Togni (born September 12, 1959) is a freelance Canadian composer and broadcaster based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. "Togni's music is deeply felt, simply put, well-crafted and irradiated by a personal sense of the divine."
Biography
To ...
- ECM (2009)
* ''The Tokaido'', The Choral Music of
Harry Freedman - Centrediscs (2006)
*''People of Faith'', Canadian Brass feat. Elmer Iseler Singers - Opening Day (2005)
*''Sing all ye joyful'', Music of
Ruth Watson Henderson
Ruth Louise Watson Henderson (born 23 November 1932) is a Canadian composer and pianist. She was the accompanist for the Festival Singers of Canada under Dr. Elmer Iseler for many years, where she developed her ear for composing mixed-choral wor ...
- CBC (2004)
*''Puer natus in Bethlehem, alleluia!'' Christmas carols by Canadian composers - CBC (2003)
*''Credo'' - Decca (2002)
*''Joyous Light,'' with Isabel Bayrakdarian - CBC (2002)
*''The Glorious Sounds of Somers,'' the choral music of Harry Somers - Centrediscs (2001)
*''Elmer Iseler conducts Canadian Music'' - Centrediscs (1999)
*''The Maple Leaf Forever A Canadian Panorama'' - Opening Day (1998)
*''Noël : early Canadian Christmas Music,'' with Michael Schade, Norine Burgess, Mireille Lagacé - Marquis Classics (1998)
*''Sacred & Profane Somers : choral works of Harry Somers'' - Centrediscs (1995)
*''Ragtime!'' with the Canadian Brass - RCA (1995)
*''The Glory of Palestrina: 1594-1994'' - CBC (1994)
*''Gloria : sacred choral works'' - CBC (1993)
*''Glick, Holman, Somers, Coulthard'' - CBC (1992)
*T''he Christmas Album'', with the Canadian Brass - Decca (1990)
*''Spirituals'' - Marquis (1986)
*''Welcome Yule!'' - CBC (1986)
*''Bach-300-Handel : a celebration of genius'' - CBC (1985)
*J''esu, joy of man's desiring and other great Bach choruses'' - CBC (1985)
*''Première -'' Centrediscs, 2-disc set (1984)
*''Serenade in Harmony'', with The Netherlands Chamber Choir - Waterloo (1984)
*''Musical Toronto: a concert party'', by John Beckwith - Marquis (1984)
*''Chalumeau'', by Harry Freedman - Centrediscs (1983)
*''Music at Sharon: A Celebration of 150 Years, 1831-1981'' - Melbourne (1982)
*''Spectra: the Elmer Iseler Singers'' - Centrediscs (1981)
References
External links
Elmer Iseler Singers
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Canadian choirs
Chamber choirs
Musical groups established in 1979
Musical groups from Toronto
1979 establishments in Ontario