Upcoming Events 2023
* indicates performance as a soloist
December 19-20
Messiah / Orchestre Metropolitain at Bourgie Hall / soprano
December 4-10
Messiah / L’Harmonie des Saisons / Québec and US Tour / soprano
OCTOBER 1
* Byrd 400 / Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal / Works by William Byrd directed by Andrew McAnerney
auGUST 2
* The Ladies Vespers / Early Music Vancouver Bach Festival / Works by Isabella Leonarda, Chiara Cozzolani, and Francesa Caccini, directed by Alexander Weimann
auGUST 3
* Milton in Love : The Birth of Opera in the Eternal City / Early Music Vancouver Bach Festival / Works by Rossi, Mazzochi, and Marazzoli
auGUST 18-19
Les Vêpres à la Vierge / L’Harmonie des Saisons / Works by Monteverdi directed by Eric Milnes, twelve singers / soprano
July 3-8
Story-Singers of the English Baroque / Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance / Apprentice instructor for course exploring relationship between solo singer and continuo while exploring aspects of style, ornamentation and rhetoric. Directed by Jonathon Adams with Charles Daniels
July 11,15
Douce Mémoire / Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal / Works by Josquin des Prés, Ockegam, and de Rore, presented in Ottawa and Orford by ten singers
June 30
Solo project / An evening of singer-songwriter music at the Glitter Bean Cafe with Avery Dakin, Halifax Nova Scotia
June 18
Chaos and Confetti / Ensemble Art Choral / Works by Gesualdo and Monteverdi / soprano
June 16
Requiem / Les Rugissants / Works by Fauré and Duruflé
2023
Claire de Lune - Une Fête Chorale / Ensemble Art Choral / Les vingt chanteurs professionnels, dirigés par Matthias Maute, proposent un bouquet du répertoire, tel que le célèbre Ave verum corpus de Mozart, Maison Symphonique, Montreal
Renaissance - O Vos Omnes / Ensemble Art Choral / Une programmation inspirante dans l’ancienne chapelle des Hospitalières, Montreal
* The Wand’ring Prince of Troy / Solo project / Guest lecture-performance at Carleton University. Discussing the lives of troubadours and performing troubadour songs
BWV 27 – BWV 155 et BWV 194 / l’Harmonie des Saisons / Une programme commandé par la Fondation Arte Musica, qui présente à la Salle Bourgie, Montreal
Messaien en Deux Temps / I Musici / Works by Olivier Messiaen directed by Jean-François Rivest for Société de musique contemporaine du Québec / soprano
* Perle Musicali / Oasis Musicale / Duo Caldera presents Adriano Banchieri Vezzo di Perle Musicali at historic downtown Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal / soprano
Sarah Was Ninety Years Old / One Equall Musick / Ellen joins One Equall Musick as their newest member for works by Arvo Pärt, Josquin des Prez, and commissioned works by OEM's music director, Rona Nadler / soprano
BWV 174, 178, 147 / Orchestre Metropolitan / Directed Yannick Nézet-Séguin wraps up Bach's complete cantatas at Bourgie Hall with twelve singers / soprano
* Salon Night / Sapphonix Salon / Performing electronic fusion baroque music at sapphic salon night
Bach & Buxtehude / Ensemble Caprice & Choir of St. Andrew & St. Paul / Good Friday Choral Service / soprano
Égéries / Les Rugissants / Douze chanteuses, leur chef, Xavier Brossard-Ménard et un quatuor à cordes: works by Brahms, Nadler, and Martinu / soprano
* Solo project / Quai des Brûmes / Solo electronic and contemporary folk music concert
Sea Symphony / L'Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes / Ralph Vaughan Williams choral masterpiece under the direction of Francis Choinière at Maison Symphonique / soprano
Mass in B Minor / Ensemble Caprice / Directed by Matthias Maute at Maison Symphonique, Montreal and Palais Montcalm, Quebec City / soprano
L’Homme Qui Rit / Ensemble Art Choral / New opera written and directed by Airat Ichmouratov / opera chorus
Lux Aeterna / Ensemble Art Choral / works by Fauré, Duruflé, and Ralph Vaughan Williams / soprano
* Hope Conquers Fear / Vermont Choral Union / Works by Bach, Brahms, and Britten directed by Eric Milnes / soprano soloist
2022
* Arominco Tributo / Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Program / Performing with tenor, Isaiah Bell for Early Music Vancouver’s Bach Festival
* Baroque Innovations : The Next Generation / performing with violinist Marie-Nadeau Tremblay for for Early Music Vancouver’s Bach Festival
* Tea-Table Miscellany / Performance of Scottish songs with with David Greenberg and David McGuiness for Early Music Vancouver’s Bach Festival
* St. Mark’s Heritage Foundation Concert series / Guest soloist for Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir
Vivaldi Gloria / L’Orchestre Symphonique de la Côte-Nord / soprano
* In Alternatim / Festival des couleurs de l’orgue français / Singing French-baroque style Gregorian chant, with organist Abraham Ross
Rossi / Ensemble Art Choral / Performance of European choral music from the 19th century including psalm settings by Rossi at the Montreal Jewish Museum / soprano
In Memoriam / Voces Boreales / Early and contemporary choral music exploring grief and loss
* LĀR / Solo project / Presentation of Ellen's solo original performance/lecture which explores early music and its folk origins. Presented by Acadia School of Music's Concert and Lecture series, Nova Scotia
* Solace / Solo project / Ellen Torrie and Michelle Boyd (piano) perform works with themes of comfort and catharsis from the medieval to modern periods in historic St. John's Anglican Church, Nova Scotia
Hommage à Saint-Cécilia / Musica Orbium / Repertoire of works dedicated to St. Cecilia featuring Charles Gounod's Mass for St. Cecilia / soprano
Winter Magnolia / Oasis Musicale Series / Singer-songwriters Ellen Torrie and Savannah Shea present folk music through the ages in the historical Christ Church Cathedral
Messiah / l’Harmonie des Saisons / Québec and US tour directed by Eric Milnes / soprano
Madrigaux Monteverdi / Ensemble Art Choral / directed by Matthias Maute / soprano
* Wassail! / Manning Chapel Choir / Wassails from the British Isles, tradition folk tunes of Ireland and Scotland, haunting medieval carols, and glorious seasonal choral music, Nova Scotia
* Judith / Capella Antica / Title role in Charpentier’s oratorio 1685 Oratorio in Redpath Hall, Montreal
2021
* Kalliope / Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity / Concerts in Nova Scotia with tenor, Kerry Bursey for Evo:Fest Classical Evolution
* Mini-Concerts Santé / Mecenat Musica / Duet performances with Suzie LeBlanc
Messiah / L’Harmonie des Saisons / Québec and US tour directed by Eric Milnes