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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

by Allison W. Music Monday is an annual event organized by the Coalition for Music Education that aims to promote music in schools across Canada. It's actually the world’s largest single event dedicated to raising awareness for music education. Annually, hundreds of thousands of students, teachers and musicians participate in a simultaneous nationwide concert performance of an… Continue reading The Largest Single Music Education Event in the World

Jen Chandler talks to former Cantiamo chorister Megan Batty who has come full circle and is now completing a practicum as Artistic Staff for Cantiamo, as part of her B.Ed. at Queen's. Megan Batty hit a chord when she joined Cantiamo back in 2006. Her overwhelmingly positive experience with the choir helped her develop leadership… Continue reading A Musical Life: Interview with Megan Batty

by Ruby J. and Kyra W. The Cantiamo Girls Choir and the Training Choir recently spent a morning together at a workshop which included lots of singing, mentoring and leadership—the three key parts of the Choir's mission. Training Choir member Ruby J. and Cantiamo chorister Kyra W. share their thoughts below on this great workshop.… Continue reading Reflections from our Joint Choir Workshop