The Renaissance Singers were founded in 1972 by Raymond S. J. Daniels. Past Artistic Directors include Richard Cunningham and Jurgen Petrenko. The choir’s early reputation was based on its polished performances of Renaissance a cappella literature. Today, the choir sings music from the masters of all centuries. The Renaissance Singers have also commissioned and premiered the works of leading Canadian composers.

Recently the choir has sung at St. George’s Chapel-Windsor, St. Albans and Ripon as well as a concert of Canadiana in Lincoln Cathedral. The Lincoln concert featured the international premier of works by Imant Raminsh and Robert Evans that had been commissioned by the choir. The choir was the first Canadian choir to sing in the festival fringe of The Three Choirs Festival, the oldest music festival in the world. The choir was later invited to return, becoming the first Canadian choir to sing in the main festival. The choir has also sung in other English choral venues, including Westminster Abbey, York Minster, and the cathedrals of Canterbury, Chichester, Ely, Guildford, Norwich, Salisbury, Wells, and Winchester. The choir has sung daily services at York Minster and Gloucester Cathedral.

The Renaissance Singers have 4 recordings to date with plans for more in the future.

The group is also available for special events. Please use the contact link on this page if you have any questions and someone will get back to you a.s.a.p.

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For more photos of "Celtic Voices" concert go to the press page.

Upcoming concert:

"MisaCriolla"

Click on the "Misa Criolla" image to get all the information about our April 28th concert.