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.
Ensemble ArtChoral is recipient of the PRIX OPUS Musical Event of the Year 2020. Ensemble ArtChoral has established Maison symphonique as home for its Montreal concert series and is the professional choir in residence 2023-2027 with Festival Classica and le 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. 1: Baroque I
ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and Mécénat Musica are proud to present Art choral, vol. 2 : Baroque I with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute. Volume 2 surveys choral repertoire by late Renaissance and early Baroque masters such as Claudio Monteverdi (Italy), Carlo Gesulado (Spain), Gaspar Fernandes (Portugal), Heinrich Schütz, Hans Leo Hassler (Germany) and Henry Purcell (England) — composers whose music reflects the flowering of vocal polyphony in pre-baroque Europe.