La Traviata re-imagined
On Thursday, May 27, Nicolas Ellis and the Agora Wind Quintet accompanied the young participants of « Espace Transition à l’opéra », a project initiated by the Opéra de Montréal, for a performance of a musical inspired by Verdi’s famous opera, La Traviata.
This innovative project of rehabilitation through the performing arts gave these young the opportunity to write and produce this show: the result on stage was very impressive! Read More
Canadian conductor Nicolas Ellis wins $125,000 Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer 2021-2022
Canadian conductor Nicolas Ellis, Artistic Director & Founder of Orchestre de l’Agora and Artistic Partner to the Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, is the winner of the $125,000 Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer 2021-2022 for Collaborative Emerging Artist. During the pandemic, $50,000 of the prize creates $1,000,000 Mécénat Musica Orchestre de l’Agora endowment fund.
Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer is the biggest prize in Canada and one of the largest in the world for a collaborative emerging artist in classical music.
Watch us in an episode of “L’avenir nous appartient”
Over the past few months, we have been followed by Télé-Québec for their new program “L’avenir nous appartient”. In each episode, they present different projects that help build a better future, such as the projects initiated by the Orchestre de l’Agora.
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Educational video capsules for young people
In the last few months, conductor Nicolas Ellis and his brother Frédéric Ellis, illustrator, have developed together for the Orchestre de l’Agora a project of musical and educational video capsules for young people aged 8 and under, the “Ellistrations”.
The first episode, Brigitte the Double Bass and Gaston the Violin (starring Chloé Chabanole and Samuel-San Vachon) will be presented to elementary school classes after the holidays, in the context of Zoom meetings with Nicolas Ellis.















Espace Transition at the opera
On Monday, December 14, Orchestre de l’Agora wind quintet and Nicolas Ellis offered a mini-concert and workshop to young people of Espace Transition. They also had the opportunity to conduct the quintet in a conducting workshop!
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Discover our benefit concert teaser!
Orchestre de l’Agora presents its very first benefit concert
Orchestre de l’Agora presents its very first benefit concert, with the great Montreal soprano Karina Gauvin, Nicolas Ellis (at the piano for the occasion) and the Orchestre de l’Agora String Quartet. Read More




What a great moment the Orchestra had on Monday, November 23rd!
Thank you to the Festival Bach Montréal for the invitation to this year’s edition, as well as for the collaboration and warm welcome of their entire team!
Our Bach, Corelli and Telemann concert at Salle Bourgie with Nicolas Ellis, the musicians of the Orchestre de l’Agora and the fantastic Marina Thibeault will be available on Québec Baroque until Monday November 30rd!
Offre d’emploi: Coordonnateur, administration et communication
Conditions d’embauche :
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- Date limite pour postuler : Lundi 21 septembre 2020;
- Entrée en poste : 1er juin 2021;
- Horaire de travail : 2 à 3 jours / semaine (15 à 21 heures), et disponibilité lors des soirs de concert. Possibilité de télétravail;
- Salaire : 19$/heure;
- Poste à temps partiel, contrat de six mois. Possibilité de prolongation du poste, suite au contrat;
- Les candidats doivent être citoyens canadiens ou résidents permanents au Canada, issus de de la diversité culturelle (communautés culturelles) et de l’immigration nouveaux arrivants ou de la première génération, puis domiciliés sur l’île de Montréal.*