Get ready for an electrifying musical matinee. The multi-award
winning Toronto Mass Choir (TMC) continues to be on the cutting edge of the
Canadian gospel music scene bringing its distinct gospel sound to the world
stage. Now 35 members strong plus a four-piece band, this not-for-profit choir
consists of adult members from various local church denominations across the
Greater Toronto Area.
TMC's music
incorporates contemporary gospel, traditional gospel, and Caribbean music
influences. In particular, TMC's combination of gospel lyrics with various
musical styles has resulted in a unique style in Canada.
Karen Burke, a
graduate of McMaster University, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and a
Professor of music at York University, is the Artistic Director of this
diversified group of singers and musicians along with her husband, Oswald
Burke, the choir''s business manager, and Executive Producer.
TMC''s travels
abroad have taken them to several countries, including the United States of
America, the United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Trinidad, and
Barbados.
TMC has
performed at venues such as The Ottawa Bluesfest, Quebec's La Festival de
Musique Sacree de Saint-Roch, the Toronto Jazz Festival, the Canadian National
Exhibition, the Empire Club of Canada, Roy Thompson Hall with the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton Place with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and
at the Gospel Music Workshop of America conventions in Washington, DC, Atlanta
and Detroit. The choir has also appeared with well-known Gospel singers such as
Tramaine Hawkins, Wintley Phipps, and Take 6, Canadian recording giants such as
Ben Heppner and Jane Bunnett, and jazz legend Jon Hendricks.
Net proceeds
are in supoort of St George's Anglican Church, Hedge Road Sutton West, ON |