Chor Leoni's The Big Roar

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 2026/2027 season starts in November and continues until May. There are four different events this season, beginning with a Remembrance Day concert on November 11th and ending with The Big Roar event on May 7th and 8th.

There is also the Resound Annual Fundraising Gala that happens at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church in downtown Vancouver. The event typically happens in late May, with the 2027 date to be confirmed.

Continue reading to learn about the choir and all its 2026/2027 concerts.

Visit chorleoni.org for the choir’s official website.

Chor Leoni’s Choir Concerts

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.

Visit chorleoni.org for the official choir’s website.

Popcappella with Chor Leoni — Chor Leoni at the Rio Theatre

2026/2027 Season Concerts

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

Below is the schedule for this season in the last half of 2026 and the first half of 2027. The concerts take place at different venues around Vancouver. As of mid-July we have the dates for each show, but the venues have not yet been confirmed.

Remembrance Day Concert – a special choral tribute on November 11th, 2026. Last year’s event happened at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church in Vancouver.
Christmas with Chor Leoni – a festive series of holiday concerts that happen on December 17th, 18th and 19th, 2026. It will likely also happen at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church.
Bound Away – Chor Leoni and La Nef Musical Company join forces to sing sea shanties in a pair of performances on March 5th and 6th, 2027.
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 May 7th and 8th, 2026. Last year’s event happened at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

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

PopCappella Concerts

Chor Leoni sings primarily classical music. In the spring, however, the choir sometimes has special performances featuring a blend of choral and pop music.

There doesn’t appear to be a PopCappella concert in 2026/27. There was one last season, which included the following songs:

Once Upon Another Time (by Sara Barellies)
Roam (by the B-52’s)
I Would Walk (500 Miles) (by The Proclaimers)
Country Roads (by John Denver)
A New Serenity Prayer (by Terre Roche)
God Only Knows (by the Beach Boys)
Army Dreamers (by Kate Bush)
My Girls (by Animal Collective)
Rolling in the Deep (by Adele)
Mr. Blue Sky (by ELO)
Dancing in the Dark/Dancing in the Street (by Bruce Springsteen, Martha and the Vandellas, Ken Cormier)