Awards and Accolades

The Toronto Children’s Chorus has achieved the following prestigious awards:

  • First-place award – CBC Choral Competition (1997-2006)
  • First-place award – Let the Peoples Sing Competition (sponsored by the European Broadcasting Union) (1993)
  • First-place award – International Choral Kathaumixw, British Columbia (1984)
  • First-place award – International Musical Eisteddfod, Llangollen, Wales (1982)

Prestigious Appearances

Haydn Hall in Eisenstadt (2009)

The Musikverein in Vienna (2009)

Served as Artist-in-Residence for international children’s choir festivals in both Italy and Australia

The Dom in Salzburg (2006)

Royal Albert Hall – Proms concert (2002)

The Sydney Opera House (1999)

The Kennedy Center (1995)

Carnegie Hall (1994)

Acclaimed Engagements

January 2010 – the Toronto Children’s Chorus was selected to perform with Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki in “The Power of Penderecki,” a concert organized by Soundstreams Canada. Ken Winters of the Globe and Mail wrote, “Bradley conducted the freshest and most touching Penderecki, a Sanctus and Benedictus, sung simply and exquisitely from memory by the children’s chorus alone.” (Globe and Mail, February 1, 2010).

November 2009 – the Toronto Children’s Chorus performed Britten’s War Requiem with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to great reviews. Ken Winters of the Globe and Mail wrote, “The treble choir (Toronto Children’s Chorus, conducted by Elise Bradley) was a particular treat. “ (Globe and Mail, November 13, 2009).

June 2004 – the Chorus was invited by Sir Simon Rattle to return to Birmingham to record Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 for EMI, which the choir had performed in August 2002 under his direction at the BBC Proms Concerts at Royal Albert Hall. The disc, launched by EMI Canada in April 2005, has received critical praise in major publications in the United Kingdom and abroad: “…Rattle’s Mahler Eighth is arguably the best we have had since Solti’s…” (Edward Seckerson, Gramophone) and it was named the April 2005 Record of the Month by The Gramophone Music Magazine