FRieNDS OF THE
KINGSTON CHORAL SOCIETY
Supporting Kingston, Ontario’s oldest secular choir.
Next KCS Concert
Into the dreaming
Sunday may 3rd, 2026, 2:30 pm
The Spire, Kingston
Lavish, soothing, & imaginative music to bring your dreams to life:
Dreamweaver by Ola Gjeilo, The Dreams that Remain by Thomas La Voy,
& music by Morten Laurisden & Eric Whitacre.
Accompanied by Clare Marion & a string ensemble.
WHO WE ARE
The Friends of the Kingston Choral Society is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes Kingston, Ontario’s oldest secular choir. The Kingston Choral Society was formed more than 70 years ago, and occupies a special place in the Kingston music scene.
A proud member of the Kingston Symphony Association, the KCS is lucky to perform with the spectacular musicians associated with that organization. Each December, the choir will joins forces with the Kingston Symphony for three performances of the much-loved Candlelight Christmas at The Isabel Bader Centre – get your tickets early! KCS also seeks out regional artists with which to collaborate, and routinely provides performing opportunities for developing artists from across the province.
Kingston Choral Society & Kingston Symphony Association performing at the Isabel Bader Centre For the Performing Arts
The 2025-2026 season
In 2025/26, the KCS brought music lovers more masterworks by the world’s greatest composers, which have become the choirs’ hallmark, as well as newer works inspired by those classics. The season opened with an astonishing 4-hand piano arrangement of one of the world’s most remarkable masterworks - the Mozart Requiem, with its drama, beauty & splendour experienced in a totally new way, and with superb performances by pianists Clare Marion and Emily McPherson. Audiences were charmed by a KCS Christmas party concert on December 6th featuring a dramatisation of Dicken’s Christmas Carol with Christmas music, and, as is traditional, KCS featured in the Kingston Symphony’s annual Candlelight Christmas Concerts on December 15, 16 and 17. The current season closes on May 3rd with Into the Dreaming, featuring Dreamweaver by Ola Gjeilo, The Dreams that Remain by Thomas La Voy, and music by Morten Laurisden and Eric Whitacre.
