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THE CHOIR ORIANA Women’s Choir was formed in 1972 as The John Hodgins Singers, later the ORIANA Singers. ORIANA’s vision, as the members strive together for ever-higher levels of performance excellence and versatility, is to be one of the best women’s choirs in the world. ORIANA chooses music perfectly suited to the female voice, presents well-loved established repertoire, and commissions new Canadian works.
In the past twelve years, ORIANA has commissioned almost fifty new Canadian works. These include Eleanor Daley’s Rose Trilogy (awarded “Outstanding Choral Work” of 2004 by the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors), William Brown’s Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin (winning “Best Performance of a Canadian Work” in the 2004 CBC National Choral Competition), and pieces commissioned for our Children's Voices project (awarded ACCC's "Outstanding Choral Event 2006-2008"). ORIANA Women’s Choir has released five CDs:
The Choir is also featured on promotional CDs for Hinshaw Music, earthsongs Publishing, and E.C. Schirmer, all of the United States. |
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ORIANA Women’s Choir presents a subscription series of three concerts annually, generally at Grace Church on-the-Hill. The Choir has collaborated with a range of other artists, including student poets of the Toronto District School Board, Canada’s National Ballet School, and numerous other choirs. In addition to its subscription series, ORIANA performs at diverse events and venues around Ontario. In 2007, the choir made its debut at Roy Thomson Hall performing at the Lunch Hour Choir and Organ Concert Series. In 2005 ORIANA travelled to St. John’s, Newfoundland, to participate in FESTIVAL 500 – Sharing the Voices. ORIANA Women’s Choir regularly reaches the national semi-final and final rounds of the CBC National Choral Competition for Amateur Choirs.