A Sunday with Bach  FALL GARDEN PARTY 2016 Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 2:00 PM Hosted by Ambassador Mr. Werner Wnendt, and his wife, Dr. Eleonore Wnendt-Juber, at the residence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of G You are cordially invited to join us for a delightful Fall Garden Party, A Sunday with Bach, in a captivating setting in Rockcliffe Park with beautiful music performed by the Ottawa Bach Choir, authentic […]

DONATE BETWEEN JUNE 1 AND JUNE 30, 2016 The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is a contest sponsored by CanadaHelps that will give the Ottawa Bach Choir a chance to win a $10,000 prize! Every dollar donated between June 1 and June 30 gives the choir another chance at winning the grand prize. All donations will receive a tax receipt issued by CanadaHelps on behalf of the Ottawa Bach Choir. Please consider giving through this wonderful opportunity […]

The Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC), along with organist Matthew Larkin and Ensemble Caprice Baroque Orchestra, will be taking its music to China with an invitation to perform at the prestigious Meet in Beijing festival in April 2016. The OBC will be performing several concerts, including masterclasses led by artistic director Dr. Lisette Canton, in Beijing and Shanghai. This will include performing in the Opening Ceremonies of the festival with the Symphony Orchestra […]

The Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC) presents its final subscription concert in this season of magnificent choral works: Charpentier: Messe à quatre chœurs; Langlais: Messe solennelle, Saturday, May 7, 2016, 8PM, at Christ Church Cathedral, 439 Queen Street, Ottawa. This concert also features organist Matthew Larkin in this grand setting in Ottawa’s Anglican cathedral. Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s rarely performed Mass for Four Choirs is stylistic of the 17th century Italian polychoral form, typical of Gabrieli, […]

The Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC) presents its second subscription concert in this season of magnificent choral works: Songs for Chamber Ensemble, Saturday, January 30, 2016, 8:00PM, at Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Avenue, Ottawa. A small ensemble of solo singers from the OBC will perform with pianist Frédéric Lacroix in an intimate setting. The concert will feature Brahms’ Zigeunerlieder, Debussy’s Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans, Poulenc’s Un soir de neige, as well as works […]

The Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC) presents its opening subscription concerts in this season of magnificent choral works: J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Saturday, November 14, 2015, 7:30PM, at Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road, Toronto; and Sunday, November 15, 2015, 7:30PM, at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa. This concert features the full setting of one of Bach’s last and greatest compositions, completed in 1749, but only first […]

“Join the OBC for a concert celebrating the coming of spring with some of the best madrigals and chansons of the Renaissance period paired with Haydn’s rarely heard part-songs,” says Founder and Artistic Director, Lisette Canton. “We invite you to immerse yourself in the beauty of the season with this magnificent music.” The Ottawa Bach Choir was founded in 2002 by Dr. Lisette Canton and offers a wide range of […]