About us
WE ARE AN ADULT MIXED-VOICE
chamber choir located in the heart of downtown Toronto. The ensemble is enriched not only by the strong musicianship of its members but also by their varied ages, cultural backgrounds, and academic and professional credentials. Together they form a passionate, committed ensemble with a wide-ranging repertoire.
The choir is a three-time winner of the Healey Willan Grand Prize in the CBC National Radio Competition and was most recently awarded first place in the chamber choir category of Choral Canada’s 2019 National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs.
In addition to presenting its annual concert series, Exultate has made regular appearances around Ontario, toured in Canada, collaborated with dozens of artists, released five albums, and enjoyed airplay on CBC Radio. Exultate is currently producing its sixth album, showcasing new Canadian choral music commissioned by the choir in recent years.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge the land we perform on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13, signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties, signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
Exultate Chamber Singers is committed to deepening our understanding of Indigenous ways of knowing and being and the role we can play in our collective call for reconciliation. We invite you to pause to reflect on your relationship with these lands and your path towards reconciliation.
OUR MISSION & MANDATE
Exultate Chamber Singers strives to consistently achieve high quality performances of a broad repertoire of challenging music for chamber choir and to actively contribute to the development of the local and broader Canadian choral community.
OUR GOALS
To engage audiences through concerts and special performances.
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To engage in meaningful collaborations with musical and community partners.
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To contribute to the continued musical development of singers, composers, and conductors both in Exultate and the larger choral community.
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To support the creation and performance of Canadian choral music through commissions, selective programming, touring, and special events, with an increasing awareness of diversity in the artform.
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A TIMELINE OF
Our history
Founded in 1981, Exultate Chamber Singers has been celebrated for its continuing tradition of choral excellence for forty years.
MEET OUR CHOIR
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Mark Ramsay
Mark Ramsay joined Exultate Chamber Singers as artistic director at the beginning of the 2018/19 season, having served as its assistant conductor and collaborative pianist for the previous four years.
Mark is Assistant Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of Choral Activities at Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music. In addition to his teaching duties at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, he is the conductor of Western University Singers. Mark is also the editor of Choirs Ontario's publication, Dynamic. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting from University of Toronto where he was a student of Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt.
Before moving to Toronto, Mark completed his Bachelor of Music Education (piano) at UPEI, worked for ten years as a high school music teacher and curriculum specialist in Summerside, and was the music director at Trinity United Church and conductor of the Summerside Community Choir. (www.markramsay.ca).
SINGERS
Caleb Jonker
Bass | Joined 2022
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
J. Scott Brubacher
Choir Member, Chair
ELECTED NOV 2018
Sadie Menicanin
Choir Member, Secretary
ELECTED NOV 2018
Mary Gillmeister
Choir Member
ELECTED NOV 2017
Lori Nemoy
Community Member
ELECTED NOV 2017
Lindsay Naft
Choir Member, Vice-Chair
ELECTED NOV 2020
Sharon Adamson
Community Member, Treasurer
APPOINTED NOV 2020
Kelsey Grieve
Community Member
APPOINTED MAR 2019
Delicia Raveenthrarajan
Community Member
APPOINTED APR 2021
Graham Thomson
Community Member
APPOINTED MAR 2019
