Our 2026-2027 Season

Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 3:00pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University

with special guests:
India Gailey, cello
Sara Hahn-Scinocco, flute
Sarah Gieck MacDonald, flute
Peter-Anthony Togni, composer

Peter-Anthony Togni returns to Calgary for the premiere of Chrysanthemum, a new piece written for cellist and multidisciplinary artist India Gailey along with Luminous Voices. This new piece features Togni's sonorous setting of the poem, Looking into the World, by Chögyam Trungpa, in combination with Gailey’s own unique improvisatory style. The performance is highlighted by a remount of Togni’s Sea Dreams, premiered in 2018, with flautists Sara Hahn-Scinocco and Sarah Gieck MacDonald. The work was later released on our first JUNO-nominated recording. This all-Togni program showcases incredible instrumentalists in collaboration with Luminous Voices.

Tickets on sale June 26!

Thursday, December 31, 2025 at 7:30pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University

with special guest:
Kensington Sinfonia

Luminous Voices’ New Year’s Eve celebration has become an annual tradition. This year’s program features a collaboration with the Kensington Sinfonia. The program includes a powerful Estonian folk tune arrangement entitled Kreek’s Notebook, Tarik O’Regan’s Triptych, and a new arrangement by Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden, Songs for the Invisible Stars. The dazzling combination of voices and strings will leave you spellbound. Sparkling wine and chocolates round out this Calgary choral holiday tradition.

Tickets on sale June 26!

Sunday, February 28, 2027 at 3:00pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University

with special guests:
Vancouver Chamber Choir

We are thrilled to host the Vancouver Chamber Choir in a shared performance as part of their 2027 tour. Led by conductor Kari Turunen since 2019, the Vancouver Chamber Choir is Canada’s longest-running professional choir, celebrating their 56th season. They are known for their regular programming and commissioning of Canadian works as well as an extensive recording catalogue. Both Luminous Voices and the Vancouver Chamber Choir will be featured individually before joining forces in harmony.

Tickets on sale June 26!

Friday, March 26, 2027 at 7:00pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University

with special guests:
Rosa Barocca
Cantaré Children’s Choir
Lawrence Wiliford, Evangelist
Tyler Duncan, Jesus
Jonathon Adams, Pilate
Hannah Pagenkopf, soprano
Nicholas Burns, countertenor
Zach Finkelstein, tenor

Our performance of J.S. Bach’s masterpiece marks 300 years since it was first performed on Good Friday 1727 in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. St. Matthew Passion is considered one of the most profound and influential works of the Baroque period. Written for double choir, double orchestra, and soloists, the work combines dramatic storytelling with reflective chorales and intimate arias that invite personal contemplation on themes of sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Today, it is widely regarded as one of Bach’s greatest masterpieces.

This performance includes our frequent collaborators, Rosa Barocca, having performed major works together including Bach’s St. John Passion, B Minor Mass and Monteverdi Vespers. A stellar cast of soloists round out what will be one of the classical concerts of the year in Calgary and beyond.

Tickets on sale June 26!