30 Years of Song!

Welcome to the online home of the Annex Singers, an eclectic, sixty-voice community choir, now celebrating its 30th year of singing!

The Annex Singers of Toronto is one of the city’s oldest community choirs.  It began in 1979, with a small group of people singing Christmas carols in the Annex neighbourhood under the direction of Lesia Deacon, a pianist and music teacher, who was our first music director.  Since that time, it has grown to a membership of sixty choristers.

For that past four years, the choir has flourished under the able direction of Maria Case. Conducting the Annex Singers since 2005, Maria has brought dynamic leadership and inventive programming to the choir, including some of her own compositions.

Two formal concerts are held each year, as well as outreach performances in various downtown Toronto locations and a themed cabaret at the close of the season. The cabaret provides a supportive and light-hearted venue for fledgling performers.

The 2009-10 season opened with a December 12th concert, Christmas Near and Far featuring carols from home and abroad.  The season continued with our spring presentation, Songs of the Earth on April 17th.  Our final performance of the season was our cabaret, on May 29th.  It`s About Time was a celebration of our 30 years as a vibrant, community choir.

As we bring another fantastic season of singing to a close, we invite you to join us!