The beautiful, airy Glass Thorsteinson Staircase in the newly rejuvenated National Arts Centre lobby was the perfect place to film the anthem of this year's Music Monday: Oscar Peterson's "Hymn To Freedom". All three Cantiamo choirs spent Monday evening recording the version of this piece of Canadian music history that will be used to prepare… Continue reading Reflections on Recording Oscar Peterson’s Freedom Anthem at the NAC
Written by Anna C. Photography by Peter Farris-Manning On December 16, the Cantiamo Choirs of Ottawa preformed a holiday concert at Woodroffe United Church, featuring carols from around the world which were accompanied by cellist Thaddeus Morden, the world premiere of a piece by Ottawa composer Laura Hawley, and the seven-movement piece Salvator Mundi. The… Continue reading A World Of Carols
On September 23rd, 2018 our Cantiamo Girls and Music Educators took part in the Babette Lightner- The Language of Wholeness ™ workshop. A wonderful opportunity to learn from such an innovative and engaging researcher and guide in the area of human structure & movement. “I am a tree with deep roots, wide branches and full… Continue reading The Language of Wholeness
Article by chorister: Anna C On June 3rd 2018, the three Cantiamo Choirs and Soprano Ellen McAteer, joined at the end by several Cantiamo alumni, gathered together at Woodroffe United Church to celebrate another year of wonderful singing and Cantiamo's 15th Anniversary! "I would say the most meaningful thing about the concert is that it… Continue reading Our 15th Anniversary Concert
By Anna C. A group of over 300 young choristers and musicians celebrated the annual Music Monday event at the National Arts Centre here in Ottawa on May 7. Music Monday is all about spreading a love of music throughout Canada's youth and strives to make music eductation more accessible to children through school programs… Continue reading Music Monday Celebration
By Anna C. The Cantiamo Apprentice Choir and the Cantiamo Training Choir sang at a service at the Trinity United Church on February 10th. It was a beautiful and meaningful service, in which our choirs could show our thanks for practicing at this amazing church with such a vibrant community. "I always love when we… Continue reading Trinity Church Service
by Anna C. On March 24th, the Training Choice, the Apprentice Choir and the Girls Choir all learned from one another at a workshop at Trinity United Church. Each choir regularly has workshops alone, or with one other choir, but rarely does this happen with all three together. During the workshop, we rehearsed our repertoire,… Continue reading Trinity Workshop
Our season is up and running and off to a fabulous start! It is important at the start of the season to make connections personally and artistically. On Sunday, September 17th choristers in Cantiamo and the Apprentice Choir did just that in a workshop afternoon with Babette Lightner. Babette has studied human design, movement… Continue reading Babette Lightner Workshop
In the interview below, I have the opportunity to chat with the incredibly talented Dr. James Wright, a Carleton University professor, and his grad student and fellow musician and composer Matt Devost. This spring they were heavily involved in the Listen Up! project, the flagship community outreach program by the Ottawa Chamber Music Society who… Continue reading An Interview with Composers James Wright and Matt Devost: Collaborating with Cantiamo Since the Beginning
by Georgia B. The Cantiamo June concert was a blast! A large audience enjoyed a variety of songs in the beautiful place of Dominion-Chalmers United Church. As well as performing the World Premiere of Respira by composer, musician (and Cantiamo parent) Stephen Eisenhauer, we sang a number of pieces, including The Arrow and the Song… Continue reading Cantiamo Sings World Premiere at Spring Concert
