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Vancouver’s Chor Leoni Choir Concerts

Chor Leoni Choir

Chor Leoni is an award-winning Vancouver-based choir that performs concerts at venues like St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church and UBC’s Chan Centre.

The 2024/25 season runs from November to June and includes six different shows.

Continue reading to learn about the choir and all its 2025/2026 concerts.

For the choir’s official website, visit chorleoni.org.

 

Chor Leoni’s Choir Concerts in 2025

Chor Leoni was founded in 1992 by Diane Loomer, a choral instructor who later received the Order of Canada. In the decades since, Chor Leoni has won numerous accolades including the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence in 2019. That award is one of the highest honours such a choir can receive!

The exact number of singers changes depending on the season, but there can be upwards of around 60 vocalists or more, mostly male. The choir entertains thousands of audience members over the course of each season.

 

For the choir’s official website, visit chorleoni.org.

 

Popcappella with Chor Leoni
Chor Leoni at the Rio Theatre

 

2025/2026 Season Concerts

Chor Leoni’s in-person concert schedule starts in November and runs until June each year.

Below is the schedule for this season in the last half of 2025 and the first half of 2026. The concerts take place at a variety of venues around Vancouver.

  • Remembrance Day Concerts – a special choral tribute on November 11th, 2025. The shows take place at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United.
  • Christmas with Chor Leoni – a festive series of holiday concerts happening on December 18th, 19th and 20th, 2025. The shows happen at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United.
  • PopCappella 3D – another series of concerts spread across the Friday to Saturday of March 6th and 7th, 2026. The choir tackles famous pop songs while using special lighting and film projection effects to create a more immersive experience.  The event happens at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United.
  • The Big Roar – a massive co-operative night of music featuring Chor Leoni, MYVoice, the Emerging Choral Artist Program, and more. Over 250 singers take part in this performance on both May 8th and 9th, 2026. The event happens at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

 

Chor Leoni Men's Choir

Chor Leoni (photo by David Cooper)
(Photo by David Cooper)

 

Popcappella Concerts

Chor Leoni usually sing primarily classical music. In the spring, however, they usually have special performances featuring a blend of choral and pop music. This past year the concert was actually Popcappella 3D and admission included a complimentary pair of 3D glasses which were fun to use during some of the songs where the screen behind the choir had 3D special effects. It was very cool, and trippy! Details on the last half of 2025 are to be announced.

Songs they performed at the Popcappella 3D concerts in 2025 included the following (most of which are hits you’ll probably recognize):

  • Ahead by a Century (by The Tragically Hip)
  • At Last (by Etta James)Hallelujah (by Leonard Cohen)
  • Constant Craving (by KD Lang)
  • Hyperballad (by Björk)
  • In Your Eyes (by Peter Gabriel)
  • My Girls (by Animal Collective)
  • September (by Earth, Wind and Fire)
  • Simply the Best (by Tina Turner)
  • Stand by Me (by Ben E. King)
  • Somebody Loves You (by Jake Levesque)
  • Three Little Birds (by Bob Marley)
  • We Belong (by Pat Benatar)
  • Where the Streets Have No Name/Dreams (by U2 and the Cranberries)
  • You Keep Me Hanging On (by The Supremes)

 

Popcappella 3D at the Rio Theatre
Popcappella 3D at the Rio Theatre

 

Other Information

For more information about the choir, visit the Chor Leoni website.

The photos in this article are by David Cooper (of the choir at the beach) and Phil Jack (at St. Andrew’s Wesley and at the VanMan Summit Concert.)

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