ORYC

Well things are well underway for 2018-2019!

There are many returning members and we are all welcoming a large group of new choristers this season so it will be exciting to get together on September 4th at 6:45 sharp. We are still welcoming more young people to our auditions, with three more dates scheduled for them:

Thursday, August 30th,

Tuesday, September 4th,

Tuesday, September 11th

Alternative dates or arrangements can be made when scheduling your appointment.

If you, or someone you know, might be interested we would love to schedule an appointment for you.  More info or Schedule an Audition.

 

We are hitting the ground running this season as our first event will be at the National Art Centre on November 9th at 7:00 PM when we will be taking part in the the Benjamin Britten – War Requiem performance (NAC performance and ticket info ) This will mean many rehearsals preparing for this as this requiem is new for all of us. We are excited to meet and work with many talented individuals for this collaboration which will include members of Germany’s National Youth Orchestra (BJO), the National Art Centre Orchestra, members from other choral organizations and Chorus Master, Duain Wolfe . 

All of our lives will be certainly be filled with learning, challenges and hopefully fun while getting to know everyone in the weeks to come.

Hope you will come back and visit for updates on our season — concerts, performances, fundraisers, and whatever else comes may our way!

Celebrate Mother’s Day 2018 with the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir’s performance highlighting Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna

ORYC is proud to present this exciting and reflective work by American composer, Morten Lauridsen, in honour of his mother and fitting for this Mother’s Day concert. The concert will feature Organist, Shawn Potter.

“…Lauridsen composed the requiem Lux Aeterna in 1997, the year his mother died. She was the “muse” who introduced him to music, playing swing jazz and singing to him as a toddler. She also taught him to play the piano. The consolation for grief offered by Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna is often compared to that of Fauré’s Requiem and Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem, both works inspired by the deaths of the composers’ mothers. These works also have in common a deceptive simplicity, yet their capacity to touch the listener reveals mastery at expressing through music the depth of human emotion.” – Carol Talbeck

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Ticket Prices:

“Friend of the Choir” Tickets: $50 (includes reserved seating and a $25 tax receipt)

General Admission Tickets: Early Bird $25; At the Door $30

Senior/Student Tickets: Early Bird $15; At the Door $20

Children ages 12 and under are free

Well things are well underway for 2017-2018! Our regular Fall fundraising campaign — wonderful wreaths and centerpieces — is launched and we are racing towards our first major concert of the season, “Duruflé” at the amazing Paroisse Saint-François-d’Assise at the corner of Viewmont and Wellington Street West. Support us! Join Us! Remember with us!

Updated rehearsal and performance schedule is added to Members’ page.

Come meet the Board of Directors and learn how you can help in shaping the future of the ORYC!

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