The Elora Singers at the Elora Festival
The Elora Singers are the ensemble-in-residence at the Elora Festival each summer, in addition to presenting a year-long concert series, producing recordings, and touring across Canada and the world. The ensemble is featured in many concerts throughout the summer festival, as well as taking part in collaborative projects with renowned artists from around the world.
Opening Night Gala: The Genius of Mozart
Friday, July 11, 2025 at 7:30PM
Gambrel Barn - 7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$75/65 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
Join us for an extraordinary evening of incredible music as we open the 46th Elora Festival with the brilliance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The concert opens with movements from his incomparable opera, Idomeneo, and continues with the elegant and radiant Piano Concerto in A Major, K.488, a work of sublime beauty and lyricism. Be captivated by sensational South Korean-Canadian pianist, Chelsea Ahn, in this work known for the emotional depth of its beloved Adagio movement.
The evening continues with the majestic and powerful Mass in C Minor, K.427. Often called the “Great Mass”, this monumental choral work from 1783 is a testament to Mozart’s mastery of sacred music. With dramatic arias, intricate fugues, and moments of profound spirituality, this Mass showcases the full range of Mozart’s genius.
Baroque Music by Candlelight
Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 8:30PM
Fieldstone Barn - 7450 Middlebrook Rd, Elora
$55 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
Elora’s Fieldstone Barn is transformed into a candlelit venue for this stunning concert of music from the Baroque. The Elora Singers shine as soloists and ensemble in music from 17th century and 18th century Italy, France and England, accompanied by continuo players Elinor Frey (cello), Lucas Harris (lute), and Jonathan Oldengarm (organ).
The Elora Singers at Twilight with Bénédicte Lauzière
Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 9:00PM
St. John's Anglican Church - 36 Henderson St, Elora
$55 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
Gather in the candle-lit beauty of St. John’s sanctuary for a program of beautiful and meditative music. Featuring a stunning choral setting of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, with violin soloist, Bénédicte Lauzière, The Elora Singers at Twilight is the perfect way to end a summer’s day.
Kaleidoscope: Autorickshaw, Penderecki String Quartet, The Elora Singers
Friday, July 18, 2025 at 7:30PM
Gambrel Barn - 7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$65/$55 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
In a concert of genre ground-breaking North-South-East-West fusion, Autorickshaw, the Penderecki String Quartet, and The Elora Singers present a kaleidoscope of styles and genres from ancient to modern. From Indian classical to vintage Bollywood, jazz to folk to Indo-inspired originals, this collaboration brings together centuries of classical music traditions from both the east and west.
The Elora Singers & Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 7:30PM
Gambrel Barn - 7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$65/$55 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
The Elora Singers welcomes the Junges Vokalensemble Hannover and their conductor, Prof. Klaus-Jürgen Etzold, from Germany for a wide-ranging joint program of music by Eric Whitacre, Imant Raminsh, Andrew Balfour, Timothy Corlis and many others.
Founded by its artistic director Prof. Klaus-Jürgen Etzold, the multi-award winning professional choir, Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, performs a wide range of a cappella work. In addition to sacred and secular a cappella music from the 15th century until today, the choir performs cantatas, masses, oratorios, and passions. The choir has recorded sixteen CDs and performed several world premieres of contemporary compositions, including pieces by Büsing, Dinescu, Fuchs, Wangenheim, Świder, Sixten, Penderecki and Banter.
Wrapped in Love
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 6:00PM & 8:30PM
Fieldstone Barn - 7450 Middlebrook Rd, Elora
$55 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
Experience The Elora Singers in a new light! Wrapped in Love is an interactive, immersive concert experience like no other. Audience members will be free to move through the Fieldstone Barn to interact with art installations as The Elora Singers surround the audience with glorious sounds of choral music. Each concert will last approximately 45 minutes.
Music in the Woods
Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8:00AM
Sandy Hills Regional Forest - 390 Sandy Hills Dr, Elmira
Meeting Place - Grand River Community Church - 7438 Wellington Rd 18, Elora
$30 Adult | $10 Child
Join The Elora Singers and instrumentalists for an enchanting morning of music in the Sandy Hills Regional Forest. You will enjoy a magical 45-minute gentle trail walk in the woods where sounds of the morning forest blend with the music of song, as members of The Elora Singers are placed in the forest throughout the trail.
You will be transported by bus to and from the trail. Groups will depart from Grand River Community Church every 20 minutes between 8AM and 9:40AM.
Unplugged
Friday, July 25, 2025 at 7:30PM
Gambrel Barn - 7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$75 Adult | Student $20 | $10 Child
Back by popular demand, The Elora Singers take on Broadway classics and pop hits - solo and in small ensembles. Curated by The Elora Singers baritone Michael Cressman, Unplugged is so much fun it has become a festival tradition.
Festival Finale: Heroic Handel
Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 7:30PM
Gambrel Barn - 7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$75/$65 Adult | Student $20 | $10 Child
The 46th Elora Festival comes to a close with a spectacular concert of the music of G.F. Handel. His 1713 Te Deum, commemorating the Peace Treaty at Utrecht ending the War of the Spanish Succession, headlines this concert, with virtuosic arias from Handel’s opera and oratorios. Join the baroque soprano, Myriam Leblanc, The Elora Singers, and Musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in this majestic Festival finale in the iconic Gambrel Barn.
Elora Festival Barn Dance with the Barrel Boys
Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 5:00PM
Gambrel Barn - 7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$20 Adult | $10 Child
The Festival ends with a rollicking fun barn dance with live music, food trucks, square dancing, and games at this family-friendly event.
The Barrel Boys are a powerhouse 5-piece bluegrass band with rich vocal harmonies, virtuosic instrumental playing, and a fun-loving, down-to-earth stage presence. The band’s sound is built around rich vocal harmonies and virtuosic instrumental playing, and their unique repertoire of original material is informed by their fluency in classic bluegrass, old-time, country, and Americana.