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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 2025/26 season runs from November until May or June and includes four different events. Concerts in the spring of 2026 are PopCappella (on March 6th and 7th at St. Andrew’s-Wesley in downtown Vancouver) and The Big Roar (on May 8th and 9th at the Chan Centre at UBC).

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 May or 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 Concert – a special choral tribute on November 11th, 2025. The concert take place at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United in Vancouver.
  • 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 – 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 have special performances featuring a blend of choral and pop music.

Songs they performed at the Popcappella concerts last year included the following, most of which are hits you’ll probably recognize (and 2026 will likely be comparable):

  • 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 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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