ST. MICHAEL’S CHOIR SCHOOL: Christmas Fantasy December 11, 2010

St. Michael’s Choir School Bond Street home echoes with the enthusiastic voices of returning students preparing for the 2010 Massey Hall Christmas Concert. The School is world-renowned and with good reason. St. Michael’s Choir School offers one of the finest musical educations in Canada and has provided more than 2,000 talented young singers with the very best music performance experiences to be found anywhere in the world. The illustrious school has engendered the careers of many celebrated performers such as Michael Burgess, Michael Colvin, Andrew Craig, Matt Dusk, Michael Schade, and John McDermott. The school’s legacy of music is showcased every Christmas with an annual concert that is considered one of Toronto’s best-loved holiday traditions.
This year’s enchanting musical programme features St. Michael’s Choir School’s Elementary, Junior, and Senior choirs in a concert of sacred and secular works, including the concert’s feature piece, Vaughan Williams’ brilliant mosaic of traditional English carols, Fantasia on Christmas Carols. St. Michael’s Choir School: Christmas Fantasy takes place on Friday, December 10, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. and is repeated at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 11, 2010. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by calling 416-872-4255 or by visiting the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at www.masseyhall.com.

A focal point for the entire student body, the Massey Hall concert is the preeminent fundraising event for the school, with every student from Grade 3 through 12 contributing countless hours to create a world-class evening of entertainment and joyous celebration. A proud tradition, the concert provides much-needed funds that allow the school to uphold its commitment to maintaining the highest quality of choral programming and musical training that is affordable and accessible for all students.

Since 1937, St. Michael’s Choir School has served the Archdiocese of Toronto by educating and training the boys’ choirs that sing every weekend at St. Michael’s Cathedral. The school is unique in offering an enriched academic program integrated with a lively ministry of sacred music. Designed to foster a lifelong interest in music, St. Michael’s is one of only six choir schools in the world affiliated with the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome.
In addition to the ever-popular Massey Hall Christmas concert, the choirs perform publicly in an annual tour and at many local events. Dignitaries such as His Holiness Pope John Paul II, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien have enjoyed the choir’s performances.

Official Website: http://www.smcs.on.ca