Public Events at CRMSS Ontario 2025
Final Course Concert
Back to topSunday, June 1, 2025: 4:30pm
At CRMSS Ontario this year, we've been focusing on the music of two great masters: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando Gibbons. 2025 is anniversary year for both: 500 years since Palestrina's birth and 400 years since Gibbons' death.
This concert will take place at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in London Ontario. It is located at 280 St James St, London, ON N6A 1X3
Sunday Eucharist services at St. John the Evangelist
Back to topWe will be singing at two Sunday morning Eucharist services at our host church, St. John the Evangelist in London, Ontario.
Sunday, May 25, 2025: 10:30am
On this the first morning of the course, CRMSS staff members will form a consort to provide music at the service.
Sunday, June 1, 2025: 10:30am
And on the final morning of the course, before our final concert, CRMSS staff and some participants will join forces with the choir of St. John the Evangelist to sing two anthems, plus one piece on our own.
These services are open to the public and there is no fee to attend. Just come along!
St John the Evangelist Anglican Church is located at 280 St James St, London, ON N6A 1X3
You can find a map on our contact page.
Choral Evensong Services
Back to topEvensong & Benediction at St. John the Evangelist
Back to Choral Evensong ServicesWednesday, May 28, 2025: 4:00pm
We are delighted to provide the music at a service of Choral Evensong & Benediction at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in London, Ontario.
This service is open to all and will last approximately 45 minutes.
St John the Evangelist Anglican Church is located at 280 St James St, London, ON N6A 1X3
You can find a map on our contact page.
Evensong at Huron University College
Back to Choral Evensong ServicesFriday, May 30, 2025: 4:00pm
We will return to Huron, where we have many CRMSS memories, for another service of Choral Evensong. This will contain different repertoire from the service at St. John the Evangelist on Monday the 28th.
This service is open to all and will last approximately 45 minutes.
The Chapel at Huron University College is located at 1349 Western Road, London, ON N6G 1H3
You can find a map on our contact page.
Latin Choral Vespers at The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph
Back to topThursday, May 29, 2025: 4:30 pm
Second Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
Please join us at the amazing Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate for a Choral Vespers service featuring psalm settings and motets by Palestrina, Gibbons, and others, as well as Gregorian Chant, sung by the participants of the Canadian Renaissance Music Summer Schools Ontario 2025 course. There is no charge to the public, and you do not have to be Roman Catholic to attend this service.
The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate is located at 28 Norfolk St, Guelph, ON N1H 4H8
You can find a map on our contact page.
Compline at The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph
Back to topThursday, May 29, 2025: 8:00 pm
We are also singing a Roman Catholic Compline service (sung in English) at the Basilica on this day, Thursday, May 29, at 8:00pm.
All are welcome.
The Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate is located at 28 Norfolk St, Guelph, ON N1H 4H8
You can find a map on our contact page.
Nightly Compline services at St. John the Evangelist
Back to topThroughout the week, at the end of each day, we will sing a service of Compline. These services will take place at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in London, Ontario each day (Saturday, May 24 through Saturday, May 31 inclusive) except Thursday, May 29.
Our Compline services at St John the Evangelist begin at 9pm each day.
St John the Evangelist Anglican Church is located at 280 St James St, London, ON N6A 1X3
There will be no Compline service at St. John the Evangelist on Thursday, May 29, as we are in Guelph all day on the 29th.
You can find a map to St. John the Evangelist on our contact page.
Our Compline service is simple and largely made up of plainsong, with a few simple motets for contrast, and is a way of bringing our day together to a peaceful close - precisely as the service was designed to do in its original monastic context. These services serve as a way for us to come together as a course and to experience the daily rhythm of liturgical music making that formed the wider context for most of the music we are studying.
Our nightly Compline services were open to the public and there is no charge to attend.