About us
Ensemble ArtChoral is a professional choir steeped in the grand tradition of choral music in Quebec for over 40 years, with the mission to present professional choral music in Québec, Canada and internationally.
Winner of the 2020 Opus Award for Musical Event of the Year and the 2025 Félix Award for Classical Album of the Year, the ensemble has made the Maison symphonique its home for its Montréal concert series and serves as the professional choir in residence (2023–2027) of both the Festival Classica and the Nouvel Opéra Métropolitain.
With extensive touring in Canada and Quebec, ArtChoral has provided outstanding choral music to cities and communities in all 10 Canadian provinces. ArtChoral’s annual tour with Handel’s Messiah has become a staple of cultural life in Quebec.
The choir’s director, Matthias Maute, recipient of two JUNO Awards, has earned an international reputation for his work as artistic director of Ensemble ArtChoral, Ensemble Caprice, the Bach Society of Minnesota and as co-artistic director of the Montreal Baroque Festival.
Art Choral, Vol. 10 : Hallelujah
Under the inspired direction of Matthias Maute, Ensemble ArtChoral offers a sensitive and deeply evocative immersion into the Jewish choral tradition—a surprisingly recent heritage, yet one of remarkable expressive richness. Before the emancipation of the 18th century, Jewish music relied primarily on oral transmission and monophonic singing; modernity then opened a vast field where Jewish culture and Western classical language meet and transform each other. The program on this album captures this complex history with finesse, offering a vibrant mosaic of styles—from early sacred polyphony to 20th-century American reinventions—where tradition and innovation, memory and renewal converge to reveal Jewish music as the living, ever-evolving voice of a culture in motion.
Latest album release
Community intitiatives
Mini-Opéras Santé
Since 2020 Ensemble ArtChoral co-founded Mini-Concerts Santé and Mini-Opéras Santé, where duos of professional singers deliver «door-to-door» concerts to disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
Choral Arts
Art Choral is a unique project that follows the history of choral singing performed by professional singers, with works by 50 composers from the 1500s to today, including Québec, Canadian, and Jewish composers.
Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes
Ensemble ArtChoral is cofounder of Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes, dedicated to developing new contemporary operas by emerging Canadian female or non-binary Canadian teams of composers and librettists who demonstrate extraordinary promise in opera creation.
