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The Marion Singers began informally in the early 1990s with a core of voices from the Orpheus and St. Clement’s Choirs to celebrate the wedding of Marion Thompson. The continuing bonds of music and friendship have led to the development of a distinctly accomplished choir whose chosen restriction of performing (and rehearsing) a cappella enables it to meet the ultimate demands on the blend and tonal shades of their collected voices. The resulting fluency and ease within their discipline has yielded an effortless joy of performance in a repertoire spanning the sacred and the secular from the 15th to the 20th century. The Marion Singers is an all-volunteer group, performing recitals in and around the Greater Toronto Area, raising funds for various humanitarian, non-profit causes from relief work to restoration. Their first CD, self-titled The Marion Singers, was released in 2000. |
 Marion Thompson
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“...a choir ranking among the finest to have performed in the distinguished list to have appeared at Sharon Temple.”
Ruth Mahoney, Site Director, Sharon Temple |
| Director Tony Browning began his career playing double bass in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and singing counter tenor in the Minster Choir while studying at the University of York. He is a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music and an Associate of the Royal College of Music. On coming to Canada, he joined the Cathedral Choir of St. James, Toronto; performed in oratorios throughout Ontario; performed for CBC and in recital. On assuming directorship of The Marion Singers in 1997, Tony’s depth and range of experiences has flourished in conducting and composing. |
 Tony Browning
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notes by Ann Corkett , Maria Ringo and Robin Harmer
quote by Ruth Mahoney, Site Director, Sharon Temple |
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