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. Some of them are one-night only, and some have multiple performances. PopCappella 3D, for example, happens on March 7th, 8th and 9th in 2025. Harmonia: The Leonids & Chor Leoni, meanwhile, is a one-day event on May 1st. The final two concerts this season are the The Big Roar on May 3rd at the Chan Centre at UBC and the C/4: Canadian Choral Composition Competition on June 11th at Canadian Memorial United Church.

Continue reading to learn about the choir and all its 2024/2025 concerts.

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

POPCAPPELLA 3D IN MARCH

Chor Leoni usually sing primarily classical music. On the weekend of March 7th to 9th in 2025, however, they have special performances featuring a blend of choral and pop music at the Rio Theatre. Tickets cost between just $20 and $75. Admission includes a complimentary pair of 3D glasses which can be fun to use during some of the songs where the screen behind the choir has 3D special effects. It’s very trippy!

Songs they’ll be performing at the Popcappella 3 D concerts this year include 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)

For tickets and details about the concerts, visit the chorleoni.org website.

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

2024/2025 Season Concerts

Chor Leoni’s in-person concert schedule starts in November and runs until June each year. Tickets range from around $20 to $85 depending on the show and how close to the front you sit.

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

PopCappella 3D – another series of concerts spread across the Thursday to Saturday of March 7th to 9th, 2025. The choir tackles famous pop songs while using special lighting and film projection effects to create a more immersive experience. Tickets cost $20 to $75 and the shows happen at the Rio Theatre at 1660 East Broadway.
Harmonia: The Leonids & Chor Leoni – Chor Leoni performs in tandem with The Leonids (Chor Leoni’s professional ensemble) at the Canadian Memorial United Church, located at the corner of Burrard Street and West 15th Avenue. The show is on May 1st, 2025. Tickets cost between $20 and $75.
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 3rd, 2025. The event happens at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, located at 6265 Crescent Road. Tickets cost between $20 and $70, although there are some TD Community Roar ones that are actually available for just $5.
C/4: Canadian Choral Composition Competition – the choir performs music created by three different Canadian composers in a celebration of local music. The one-night-only show runs on June 11th, 2025, at the Canadian Memorial United Church. General admission is $30.