Comfort & Joy — Winter 2021 Concert
Thank you for supporting us this past season as we continued through this pandemic. We hope our message of Comfort & Joy resonated within you, sustaining you and leading you forward into what we trust will be a more open and happy future.
STAR LIGHT, HOLIDAY BRIGHT!
The concert link is no longer active … sorry! What a wonderful reaction we've had to this virtual concert — thank you so much for supporting us! We had over 1100 views of this compilation video of past seasonal music. Our festive collection of recorded performances...
Achill begins anew in September 2020!
We are excited about our 2020 Fall Program at Achill and have many activities planned to keep us all in the choral mood as we work our way through the experience of this extraordinary pandemic. Here are some of the initiatives that we will be engaging our members in...
Journeys
Due to escalating concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19, the Achill Choral Society is cancelling all rehearsals and concerts this season, with intentions to resume in the fall of 2020. It is with deep regret that we make this decision. The health and safety of our...
Glorious Sounds Christmas 2019
Our Glorious Sounds concerts include traditional Christmas favourites and feature Bob Chilcott’s spectacular and upbeat Gloria, performed with our pianist, a string ensemble and soloists. We include an audience singalong. 2019 Nov 30: Christ Church Anglican, 22 Nancy...
In the Heart of the World
Our 2019 Spring concert is filled with wonderful choral music that will both calm and stir your soul. The centrepiece is Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C major.
We’ll be singing other works, including classical as well as more modern and popular choral works. Accompanying us will be a piano, a string quintet, and four vocal soloists.
Sing-along Messiah
We had a great Sing-along of G.F. Handel's Messiah on Sunday March 3rd at 3:00 P.M. in Westminster United Church in Orangeville. Achill members plus audience members did all the singing! Most of us sat with our regular vocal sections.. Some come to listen! We sang...
Never A Brighter Star
Our Christmas 2018 concert, "Never A Brighter Star", features Mark Hayes' Gloria, and Dan Forrest's Never A Brighter Star, together with other selections of the season, well-known as well as less familiar. A great way to really start your...
Here’s To Song- Spring 2018
To celebrate 35 years of bringing joy through singing, we’re presenting a joyous combination of Achill favourites and new material.
Sat. April 21/18, 2:00 P.M.- Alliston
Sat. April 28/18, 7:30 P.M. – Orangeville