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Jean-Sébastien Vallée

Conductor

Jean-Sébastien Vallée is appointed as the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s eighth Artistic Director

"Toronto Mendelssohn Choir has continued to be a vital artistic partner throughout the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's history, including our annual performance of Messiah. I am pleased to offer a heartfelt welcome to Jean-Sébastien Vallée, who I know will continue to evolve the choral artform, enrich the TSO audience experience and serve Toronto music lovers. I look forward to working with Jean-Sébastien and wish him the best as he embarks on his new role."

- Gustavo Gimeno, Music Director, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

About

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Canadian-American conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée is an internationally recognized musician, scholar, and pedagogue with a focus on vocal, choral and orchestral repertoires. Maestro Vallée has conducted ensembles throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has prepared choruses for leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, and the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa. 

 

Maestro Vallée is Artistic Director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Studies, and Coordinator of the Ensembles & Conducting Area at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. Jean-Sébastien previously served as Director of Choral Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and was on the choral faculty of the University of Redlands. Dr. Vallée holds degrees from Laval University, Sherbrooke University, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a doctorate in conducting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

In addition to his interest in choral, operatic, and orchestral music, Jean-Sébastien is an advocate for contemporary music, making one of his priorities to premiere and commission works by young composers and program rarely performed repertoire. As a scholar, his research interests are varied and focus primarily on Renaissance French music, the oratorical works of Michael Tippett, and conducting pedagogy, more specifically the connection between audiation and gestural communication. Dr. Vallée has been invited to present his research at several national and international conferences including the American Choral Directors Association Conventions, Festival 500 in Newfoundland, the National Collegiate Choral Organization conference, Podium—the national convention of Choral Canada, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, and the World Symposium on Choral Music in Spain (2017), New Zealand (2020), and Portugal (2022) .

 

Maestro Vallée’s work is broadcast internationally and can be heard on his albums Lux (ATMA, 2017), Requiem (ATMA, 2018 – requiems by Fauré and Duruflé), and Distance (ATMA, 2021). Upcoming engagements include concerts at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, a tour with the National Youth Choir of Canada, concerts with l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, performances with the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and workshops at the World Expo on Choral Music in Lisbon, Portugal.​

 

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Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229 - Johann Sebastian Bach
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Lux Aerterna - Edward Elgar
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When the Violin - Reena Esmail
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Laudibus in Sanctis - Uģis Prauliņš
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Distance

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Domine Jesu Christe - Maurice Duruflé
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Libera me - Maurice Duruflé
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Introit & Kyrie - Gabriel Fauré
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In paradisum - Gabriel Fauré
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Requiem

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A Spotless Rose - Herbert Howells
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O magnum mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
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Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars - Jonathan Dove
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Venite, Gaudete - Adrian Peacock
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LUX

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Alleluia - Randall Thompson
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Os Justi - Anton Bruckner
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Selig Sind die Toten - Heinrich Schütz
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Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré
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A new heaven

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