Ottawa-Gatineau Choirs and Choruses This list will assist singers in finding musical opportunities in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. It can also be used to find concert information from choirs of interest. Before joining or auditioning for a choir, it is best to view the choir’s website and attend at least once concert. Some choirs allow potential members to participate in a couple rehearsals, but please check with the director or choir representative beforehand. Some choirs indicated that sight reading is not required, but it is always an asset to have some sight reading ability. If you are a beginner singer, you may feel more comfortable joining your local church choir as they are almost always looking for choristers and are forgiving in terms of sight reading ability. Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. NOTES: SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Choir Location Members Audition? Akord - Ukrainian Men’s Choir of Ottawa http://www.akordchoir.ca/index.htm Ottawa Men, 4 part, a cappela No Level of Sight Reading Any Anglican Chorale of Ottawa http://www.anglicanchorale.ca Ottawa (downtown) Youth & adult, SATB Yes Advanced Atlantic Voices http://www.atlanticvoices.ca Ottawa Adult, SATB No Not required Big Soul Project http://bigsoulproject.com Ottawa Adult, SATB Bytown Beat (Sweet Adelines) http://www.bytownbeat.com Orleans Adult women Yes Not required Bytown Voices http://www.bytownvoices.com/ Ottawa Adult, SATB No Not required Canadian Centennial Choir http://www.ccc-ccc.ca/home_e.html Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Intermediate Canadian Showtime Chorus (Sweet Adelines) http://www.canadianshowtimechorus.com Ottawa (Bell’s Corners) Adult women, 4 part Yes Not required SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. June 22, 2015 1 Choir Location Members Audition? Cantata Singers of Ottawa http://www.cantatasingersottawa.ca/index.php Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Canterbury Trebles http://www.canterburytrebles.com/ Ottawa Women Yes Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa http://www.cantiamogirlschoir.ca/ Ottawa Girls, 12-20 Yes Intermediate Capital Chamber Choir http://www.capitalchamberchoir.ca/ Ottawa Yes Advanced Capital Chordettes, Inc. http://www.capitalchordettes.ca/ Ottawa Advanced singers, Adult, SATB Adult women, 4 part Yes Not required Capital City Chorus http://www.capitalcitychorus.org/ Ottawa (Britannia Park) Ottawa Adult men, 4 part Yes Not required Capital Vox Jazz Choir http://www.capitalvox.ca/ Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Intermediate Carleton University Choir http://www.carleton.ca/choir/ Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Intermediate to advanced Castenchel Choir ♦ www.castenchel.ca Chelsea, Quebec Adult, SATB No Not required Les Chansonniers d'Ottawa ♦ http://www.LesChansonniersOttawa.com Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Not required Chapman Mills Sound Connection http://soundconnection.yolasite.com/ Barrhaven Yes Not required Choeur Classique de l'Outaouais ♦ http://www.choeurclassiqueoutaouais.ca Gatineau, Québec Women, 4-part: Tenor/Lead/ Baritone/Bass Adult, SATB Yes Beginner intermediate Capital City Workers' Choir (CCWC) http://www.workerschoir.ca/ Level of Sight Reading Intermediate La Chanterelle ♦ http://lachanterelle.qc.ca/index.php SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. June 22, 2015 2 Choir Location Members Audition? Chœur de l'Île♦ www.choeurdelile.com Gatineau, Québec Adult, SATB Yes Level of Sight Reading Not required Choeur Nomade ♦ http://choeurnomade.wordpress.com/ Gatineau, Quebec Adult, SATB No Not required Le Chœur de Pom ♦ http://petitenation.qc.ca/choeurdepom/presse/indexeng.html Saint-AndréAvellin Adult, SATB Le Chœur qui bat ♦ www.choeurquibat.ca Yes Chorale Gospel Outaouais ♦ www.choralegospel.ca Chorale Lyrica http://www.choralelyrica.com/ Hull Chorum Chamber Choir Orleans Children/Youth (ages 6-15) No Not required Adult, SATB Yes Moderate asarazin@rogers.com Chorus Ecclesiae Lawrence Harris (613-567-7729) or choirclass@hotmail.com Ottawa (downtown) Concordia Frauenchor Ottawa 613-834-2788 Coro Vivo Ottawa http://www.corovivoottawa.ca Orleans Adult, SATB Yes Beginner intermediate Crosstown Harmony http://www.crosstownharmony.org Barrhaven Adult women, 4 part Yes Not required Cross Town Youth Chorus http://www.ctyc.ca/ Orleans & Alta Vista No Not required Cumberland Community Singers http://www.cumberlandcommunitysingers.ca Orleans Junior Choir (5-10) Senior Choir (11-15) Adult, SATB No Not required SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. June 22, 2015 3 Choir Location Members Audition? Ewashko Singers http://www.ewashkosingers.com/ Ottawa Yes Folklore Centre Choirs The OFC Daytime Choir The OFC Evening Choir Two Rise Up Singing Choirs: (Thurs. & Sundays) http://www.ottawafolklore.com/2014/09/announcing-4new-exciting-choirs/#.VDBCCeeVv9B Old Ottawa South Advanced singers, Adult, SATB Adult, SATB Level of Sight Reading Advanced No Not required Friends in Song Lynda Joyce, 613-733-3250 Nepean Women, SSA No Moderate Goulbourn Jubilee Singers http://www.gjsingers.com/about.php Stittsville Adult, SATB Goulbourn Male Chorus http://www.goulbournmalechorus.com Males, TTBB No Beginner /Intermediate Harmonia Choir of Ottawa http://www.harmoniachoir.com Stittsville, Kanata & southwest communities Ottawa (Alta Vista) Adult, SATB Yes Moderate intermediate Harmonic Generation Nepean Adult, SATB Yes In Harmony (formerly Ottawa Women's Chorus) http://inharmony.stormpages.com/index.html Ottawa Adult women Just Voices http://www.justvoices.ca/ Ottawa Adult, SATB No Kanata Choral Society http://www.kanatachoralsociety.ca/ Kanata Adult, SATB Yes, small group Intermediate Madrigals (Canadian Federation of University Women) http://cfuw-ottawa.org/page-1197257 Alta Vista area, Ottawa Women, SSA Mirage, Groupe Vocal ♦ www.miragegv.ca Gatineau (Hull) Adult, SATB Yes Not required Montagna Singers http://www.montagnasingers.com/ Ottawa Musica Ebraica http://www.musicaebraica.ca/ Ottawa SATB Yes www.harmonicgeneration.ca SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. June 22, 2015 4 Choir Location Members Audition? Level of Sight Reading Musica Viva Singers http://musicavivaottawa.ca Ottawa (downtown) Adult, SATB Yes Moderate intermediate Nepean Choir http://www.nepeanchoir.ca/ Westboro Adult, SATB Yes Basic reading is an asset Northern Stars Chorus http://www.harmonize.com/northernstars/ OttawaGatineau Men, 4 part Opera Lyra Chorus http://www.operalyra.ca/inside-olo/chorus.php Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Ottawa Bach Choir http://www.ottawabachchoir.ca Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Intermediate (also acting & movement) Advanced Ottawa Brahms Choir http://www.ottawabrahmschoir.ca/ Ottawa Adult, mixed No Moderate Ottawa-Carleton Choristers https://www.facebook.com/OttawaCarletonChoristers Ottawa No Moderate Ottawa Carleton Male Choir www.ottawacarletonmalechoir.com Ottawa Current or former employees of the OttawaCarleton District School Board, relatives and friends Men No Not required Ottawa Catholic School Board Choirs http://mail.ottawacatholicschools.ca/~MaryAnn.Dunn/ Ottawa Children Ottawa Celtic Choir http://ottawacelticchoir.ca/ Ottawa (downtown) Adult, mixed No Not required Ottawa Children's Choir 1. Viva choir 2. Concert choir 3. Chamber choir http://www.ottawachildrenschoir.ca/ Ottawa (downtown) 1. Youth 9-11 1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Yes 1. Not required 2. Not required 3. Moderate Les Notes du Chœur ♦ www.lesnotesduchoeur.com SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. June 22, 2015 2. 3. Youth 11-15 Youth 11-15 5 Choir Location Members Audition? Level of Sight Reading Ottawa Chinese You-In Chorus http://www.youinchorus.com/ Ottawa (downtown) Ottawa Choral Society http://www.ottawachoralsociety.com/ Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes ModerateAdvanced Ottawa Classical Choir http://www.ottawaclassicalchoir.com/ Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes Not required Ottawa Folk Choir http://www.harmoniachoir.com/folk/ Ottawa Ottawa Gay Men's Chorus http://www.cgogmc.ca Ottawa Adult men No Not required Ottawa McGill Alumni Choir https://www.alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/eventstravel/EventDetails.php?id=MjM1OA%3D%3D Ottawa Adult, SATB Ottawa Police Chorus http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/community/chorus.aspx Ottawa Adult, SATB Ottawa Regional Youth Choir http://www.oryc.ca/ Ottawa Youth (15+), SATB Yes Basic reading is an asset Ottawa Shape Note Chorus http://ottawashapenote.org/ Ottawa Adult, SATB No Not required Orleans Adult, SATB Yes Not required but is an asset Adult, SATB Yes Ottawa Valley Music Festival http://www.valleyfestival.ca/ Pleinchant of Ottawa ♦ www.pleinchant.ca Seventeen Voyces http://www.seventeenvoyces.ca/ Ottawa Savoy Society of Ottawa http://www.ottawasavoysociety.org/ Ottawa SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. June 22, 2015 6 Choir Location Members Shout Sister http://shoutsisterottawacentre.groupanizer.com/page/ho me http://shoutsisterottawawest.groupanizer.com/page/hom e Ottawa Women (downtown and west end) Audition? No Level of Sight Reading Not required Simplement NOUS ♦ jog_map@sympatico.ca Children 5+, SA Youth & Adult, SATB Sparrows Children’s Choir/Sacred Music Society http://sacredmusicsociety.com/ Ottawa St. Cecilia Singers http://www.stceciliasingers.ca/ Ottawa Adults Stairwell Carollers http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/ Ottawa Adults, SATB Symposium "Training" Choir Lawrence Harris (613-567-7729) or choirclass@hotmail.com Ottawa (downtown) Tone Cluster www.tonecluster.ca/ Ottawa Adult, SATB Yes University of Ottawa Choir http://www.uottawachoir.ca/E-Home.php Ottawa (downtown) Adult, SATB Yes Voices in Harmony (formerly Orpheus Choral Group) http://voicesinharmony.ca/ Ottawa Adult, SATB Vox Eclectica Women’s Choir http://www.voxeclectica.ca/ Ottawa Women, SA West Ottawa Ladies Chorus ladieschorus@bell.net West Ottawa Adult - SSAA No Not required for children and youth; basic for adults Yes Not required No Taught Yes Intermediate to Advanced Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. http://cammac.ca/english/Regions_External/Ottawa_Gatineau/Choirlist.pdf SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto ♦ = primarily francophone Contact anna.lehn@lac-bac.gc.ca to make a correction. 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