About Us

The Victoria College Choir has been a fixture of the Vic community since the move to Toronto from Cobourg in 1892. Though it has seen many different forms and incarnations over the past century, including the Victoria Glee Club and a Gilbert and Sullivan Appreciation Society, the musical presence at Vic has been consistently dominated by the Chorus. Many important moments in Vic history have involved the Chorus, including but not limited to the first staging of The Bob comedy review (oldest such performance in Canada) and the founding of The Strand newspaper. The present Vic Chorus was established in 1991 as a non-audition, community wide chorus open to students, faculty, alumni, and staff. Our performances have included the opening of the Isabel Bader Theatre and various gala events around Toronto, as well as our bi-annual concerts and many Christmas events. By participating in all of these events, the choir has become an intergral part of the campus life, continuing its strong musical tradtion.

Director - Taylor Sullivan Taylor Sullivan has been the Director of the Vic Chorus since 1991. An accomplished organist and choir director, he is also music director at Newtonbrook United Church and the Taiwanese United Church in Toronto, Newtonbrook’s sister congregation. He has given freelance concerts and performed globally in such far away places as Taipei, Taiwan; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. In 2001 he provided musical leadership for the biannual conference of Taiwanese churches held in Sao Paulo, Brazil and in 2003 he was organist for the choir of All Saint's Anglican Church, Toronto on their tour to the cathedrals in Dublin, Ireland.