NEWS / UPCOMING EVENTS
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December 14, 2025
Candle Light & Star Glow
QVE Annual Christmas Concert
It's time to light up the season with the Quintessential Vocal Ensemble!
Featuring "O Holy Night" with soprano Maria Lacey, a John Rutter 80th birthday celebration with classical guitarist Ben Diamond, Rachmaninoff's magnificent "Blessed Is the Man", Eric Whitacre's "Stopping By the Woods On a Snowy Evening", and a special guest performance by Solara Youth Voices.
Sunday, December 14, 4 pm (Doors open 3:15 pm)
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (The Kirk), Queens Road.
Tickets available at holyhearttheatre.com (709-579-4424).
$30/$25 student & senior (plus fees), free for kids 12 and under.
Past Events
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November 1, 2025
Where You Belong
Songs of Hope
We take heart in a troubled world, where there is still goodness and beauty to be found, and where purpose and hope endure. QVE comes together with a special program to open its 2025-26 season, including the classic "Alleluia" by Randall Thompson, and music by Matthew Emery, Pärt Uusberg, Säje and Bob Dylan.
Saturday, November 1, 7:30 pm (Doors open 7 pm)
D.F. Cook Recital Hall, MUN School of Music.
Tickets available at holyhearttheatre.com (709-579-4424).
$30/$25 student & senior (plus fees), free for kids 12 and under.
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March 30, 2025
World O World
Music to Move the Earth and Stars
Prepare to be moved by an extraordinary evening among the planets at the Johnson Geo Centre with the Quintessential Vocal Ensemble!
Music by Jacob Collier, Katerina Gimon, Andrew Balfour, Nicholas Ryan Kelly, Jason Jestadt, Voces8 and more. QVE traces a choral journey through the Vedic zodiac and the writings of Galileo, to our first footsteps on worlds beyond, and our power to save the world we call home. Doors open 7 pm. Cash bar will be open before showtime and at intermission.
Sunday, March 30, 7:30 pm
Johnson Geo Centre, 175 Signal Hill Road, St. John's, NL
Tickets available at holyhearttheatre.com. $40/$30 senior & student (plus fees), free for kids 12 and under. ***EARLY BIRD SALE $35/$25 (plus fees) until February 16!***
December 15, 2024
Winter Songs
QVE Annual Christmas Concert
Get cozy with a heartwarming concert under the dome at First Light Centre with the Quintessential Vocal Ensemble!
QVE sings up the holiday magic with a cappella favourites like “White Winter Hymnal” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, and seasonal classics including “O Holy Night” with this year’s soloist, Elizabeth Johnson, all under the direction of conductor Susan Quinn and assistant conductor Rob Pittman.
Sunday, December 15, 7:30 pm (doors open 6:45 pm)
First Light Centre for Performance and Creativity
81 Cochrane Street, St. John's, NL
Tickets $30/$25 senior & student, free for kids 12 and under.
Available at qve.eventbrite.ca and at the door.
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First Light Centre graciously accepts donations of food items and personal care items at the door for tenants of its Indigenous-priority affordable housing units.
November 10, 2024
Following the Moonroad
Songs of Refuge and Remembrance
QVE and cellist Nathan Cook present a concert for Remembrance Day that speaks boldly and profoundly to our present situation as a human family.
QVE is proud to present the NL premiere of "Following the Moonroad" by Canadian composer Christine Donkin — a powerful new work for choir and cello, with texts by Lozan Yamolky, Connie Braun, and George Elliott Clarke. Through the words of a refugee, a child of refugees, and a descendant of refugees, this compelling work speaks of seeking refuge from danger, imprisonment, and conflict in search of safety, freedom, and peace. The concert will also feature themes of home and hope in selections by Josef Rheinberger, Don Macdonald, Stephen Paulus and James Woodhall.
Sunday, November 10, 3:30 pm (doors open 3 pm)
First Light Centre for Performance and Creativity
81 Cochrane Street, St. John's, NL
Tickets $30/$25 senior & student, available at qve.eventbrite.ca and at the door.