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The “Cycle of Song”

Well everyone, although our Mother’s Day Concert is our last “official” offering for our 2015-2016 Season our work is not yet done and while we rehearse and share for those last guest performances…we also start the “cycle” for the new 2016-2017 Season.

Life with a choir reminds me of the caterpillar/butterfly life cycle each and every season.  Some might even say there is a similarity to the “Butterfly Effect” in the Chaos Theory.  It can often feel that way when you are in the middle of things.

Through whichever way we choose to look at it, life in a choir fits both scenarios.  Each individual has the potential to influence the overall whole of the choir and the organization.  As young people go through the evolution – sometimes seems like a revolution – from caterpillar, chrysalis to adult, the appropriate environment, challenges and influences are key.  For the ORYC the voice and the person must be nurtured in order to flourish and reach for their potential. The ORYC certainly recognizes the challenges as we have had many of our own.

Help us evolve and grow to our potential!  We are currently auditioning new young men and women to sing and grow with us. Each individual influences every outcome for the choir.  The tone, the pitch, the emotion …the musicality of the whole. Up for the challenge?

Be a part of something amazing, creative and growing…part of the “Cycle of Song” for the 2016-2017 Season.  Auditions are currently being scheduled for June 5th and June 9th, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

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Mother’s Day 2016

   This Mother’s Day say it with song … or better yet let the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

say it for you … On Sunday May 8th at 3:00 p.m. the increasingly well-known Ottawa

Regional Youth Choir presents a captivating and engaging program featuring sacred

works by the timeless classical masters Franz Schubert and William Byrd, as well as the

hauntingly beautiful, contemporary choral sounds of Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre

at St. Joseph’s Parish, 174 Wilbrod (at Cumberland).

Tickets are available from Choir Members or via e-mail (send your requests to

orycinfo@gmail.com). Tickets purchased in advance by e-mail will be available at the

box office on the day of the concert and payment can be made at the time of pick-up.

For more information, please email orycinfo@gmail.com

Sunday, May 8th, 3:00 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Parish, 174 Wilbrod (at Cumberland)

Adults: $30 | Seniors and Students: $20 | 12 and under: Free

$5 discount for tickets purchased before May 6th.

Special Fundraising tickets are also available for $50

(Reserved seating, 25$ tax receipt, advance discount not applicable)

 

Adults: $30 | Seniors and Students: $20 | 12 and under: Free

$5 discount for tickets purchased before May 6th.

Special Fundraising tickets are also available for $50

(Reserved seating, 25$ tax receipt, advance discount not applicable)

Looking forward to performing the Lord Nelson Mass as the star of our first concert for the 2015-2016 season.

Doors will open at 2:00 so that you can browse and bid on our Silent Auction items and then the performance follows at 3:00.

Tickets available through Choir Members, email info@oryc.ca or at the door.

Tickets: Adults – $30 | Seniors & Students – $20 | 12 and Under Free
$5 discount for tickets bought by November 7th

Special “Friends of the Choir” Fundraising tickets: $50. (Reserved Seating, $25 Tax Receipt, advance discount not applicable)

So, here we are one rehearsal into our 2015-2016 season. As we go forward we know that some folks are just getting settled in school and learning what their schedules are going to be so we would like to offer some additional opportunities to audition for this year. We have some exciting performances, collaborations and activities in store.

The next set of audition dates are as follows:

Tuesday, September 8 from 4pm to 6:45pm
Thursday, September, 10 from 4pm to 7:30pm
Friday September, 11 from 6pm to 8pm
Tuesday, September 15 from 4pm to 6:45pm
Thursday, September, 17 from 4pm to 7:30pm

Amazing dress Rehearsal.  The Ottawa Regional Youth Choir singing “Is Someone Singing” with Col. Chris Hadfield in preparation for their performance at Noon on Parliament Hill on July 1, 2013.  Many thanks to the family of one of our choristers for sharing this with the ORYC.

Canada Day Live on Parliament Hill (www.cbc.ca )

Live coverage from Parliament Hill of the nations Canada Day celebrations with host Evan Solomon. Skip to 1:37:20 to see the ORYC and Chris Hadfield perform “Is Somebody Singing” to an estimated crowd of 80,000 people!