Passion and Virtuosity
CBC 30-under-30 violinist David Baik and pianist Frédéric Lacroix pair Franck’s introspective Violin Sonata with Wieniawski’s dazzling Faust Fantasy, blending soulful lyricism with virtuosic brilliance.
Past DOMS Concerts
Winter 2025 Season
Schubert’s Arpeggione
Bibik Duo, comprising violinist Anna Baksheeva and pianist Natalia Bibik, plays Romantic masterpieces for the violin and piano by Schubert, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky.
Three Miracles
Celebrated Ottawa organ virtuoso Matthew Larkin performs music for Epiphany and beyond, evoking the sacred journey from darkness to light.
Tendre et fidèle
Countertenor Matthew Muggeridge and lutist Jonathan Stuchbery explore themes of love, courtship and heartbreak in music by prolific seventeenth-century troubadours
Conversations
Virtuoso pianist Philippe Prud’homme and flutist Pascale Margely mine the expressive potential of the flute and piano pairing, playing sonatas by Hindemith, Poulenc, and Desmarais.
Indigenous Sounds
Collaborators pianist Elaine Keillor C.M. and composer/pianist Beverley McKiver play excerpts from the significant and growing body of piano music by Canadian Indigenous composers.
Madrigalia!
A chamber choral group sings a program of a capella madrigals and art songs from the 16th century to modern day under the direction of Roland Graham.
Hopewell Showcase VII
Students from Hopewell Elementary School share their gifts with the community, with offerings by the Junior, Senior, and Jazz bands under the direction of Marya Woyiwada.
Fingerprints
Multiple award-winning ‘Made in Trio’, comprising Rute Fernandes (flute), David Dias da Silva (clarinet), and Sinforosa Petralia (piano) - plays pop and folk-influenced chamber music.
Heartbreak Songs
Acclaimed Canadian jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer, Steve Amirault, plays original music in an exclusive solo concert featuring instrumental piano pieces and vocal compositions.
Duelling Harps
Harp duo Lucile Hildesheim and Susan Toman play Celtic music to honouring St. Patrick's day, baroque music to engage the mind, and tango music to fire the heart.
Where the Music Comes From
Classical tenor, jazz vocalist and pianist Barrington Coleman joins Ottawa pianist James McGowan to perform a selection of classic American art songs, spirituals, and jazz standards.
Fall 2024 Season
Art of Fugue
Join award-winning pianist Fiona Wu as she premieres an ambitious new solo recital program exploring the development of the fugue across three musical epochs.
Beethoven Violin Sonatas
The first installment of a two-part series of Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas, performed by violinist Ralitsa Tcholakova and pianist Joycelin Mosey.
Ballads of Autumn
The Primary Colours jazz trio — Deniz Lim-Sersan, piano; Chris Pond, bass; José Hernandez García, drums — plays a selection of classic and original ballads for the fall.
¡Leyenda! Guitar Legends
Classical guitarist Vincea McClelland leads a musical voyage across Spain and Latin America, featuring stories, legends, traditional songs, and dances.
Autumn Memories
Flutist and vocalist Gertrude Létourneau teams up with guitarist Garry Elliott to capture the essence of fall with a captivating blend of classical music and evocative songs in both French and English, perfectly complementing the warm hues and nostalgic feelings that the season brings.
A Walk Across Europe
Bass clarinetist Sylvie Duchesneau and pianist Frederic Lacroix play chestnuts from the classical treasury, contrasting the dark sonorities of the reed with the brilliance of the piano.
The Unheard Classics
Historical pianist Charlotte Tang performs keyboard music of the 19th century by Wölfl, Clementi, Mendelssohn, Schubert, and more.
Tradition and Innovation
Pianist Miguel de Armas bridges jazz, world music, and Cuban contemporary fusion in a unique blend of tradition and innovation.
The Passenger Immortal
Baritone Luc Lalonde and pianist Fabien Tousignant interpret songs and song cycles themed on travel and the passage of time by Vaughan-Williams, Thompson, Holst, and Mana-Zucca.
Classic Cinema
The Ottawa Guitar Trio, comprising François Lacelle, Alex Bougie, and Nathan Bredeson, present classic film soundtracks arranged for acoustic guitar trio.
At the Opera!
Karim Nasr (18th c. clarinet), Sallynee Amawat (18th c. violin), and Francis Palma-Pelletier (18th c. violone) play baroque-style trio arrangements of Mozart opera arias and excerpts.
The Colin Perry Quintet
Colin Perry (vocals and guitar), Peter Mika (piano), Sage Reynolds (upright bass), Mark Wheaton (drums), and Michael Johancsik (reeds) — from Montreal — explore jazz music of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
Tableaux de Noël
Award-winning pianist Benjamin Bertin presents a Christmas program featuring transcriptions of seasonal sacred works by Handel and Messiaen, Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker suite and more.
Antiphons for Advent
Caelis Academy Ensemble and director organist/pianist Matthew Larkin sings and plays pre-Christmas music by Howells, Joubert, Larkin, Palestrina, Willan and more.
Christmas in Song!
An enchanting program of Christmas music from the Canadian and European traditions featuring singers from celebrated Polish-Canadian soprano Maria Knapik's advanced vocal studio.
Spring 2024 Season
The Voice of the Cello
Cellist Paul Marleyn and pianist Frédéric Lacroix present an eclectic program pairing music by romantic composers Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev with 20th-century successors Sollima, Sokolovic and Lutosławski.
The Ed Lister Group
Ed Lister’s newest ensemble of leading jazzmen (Ed Lister, Ben DiMillo, Deniz Lim-Sersan, JP Lapensee, Jose Garcia) play original, witty compositions along with catchy reinterpretations of jazz favourites.
Innocence
Ottawa-based soprano Whitney Sloan and pianist Fabien Tousignant play French Mélodies by Duparc, the Chansons de Bilitis by Debussy, and the final set of Romances (Op. 38) by Rachmaninoff.
Piano Perspectives
Mexican pianist Fabrizzio Vargas explores the influence of nations on the piano, featuring works by composers Debussy (Images Livre II), Mozart (K 533) and Rachmaninoff (Op 16), whose influences defined their time and place.
Bach Inspirations
Baroque flautist Alexa Raine-Wright reveals the versatility of the Baroque flute, playing original arrangements of J. S. Bach's three violin partitas along with new works by Canadian composers Matthias Maute and Grégoire Jeay.
Les Deux Guitares
Acoustic guitarists Justin Duhaime and Christian Flores explore the Parisian café tradition inspired by Sinti luminary Django Reinhardt, playing impassioned improvisatory music from the start of the 20th century to modern day.
Dance with Me!
Pianist four-hand duo Mauro Bertoli and Frédéric Lacroix breathe life into a selection of instrumental dances by Eastern European and Russian composers written for and adapted to the piano.
Collected Strands
Stylistically versatile improvisors (cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne, violinist Leah Roseman, pianist James McGowan, and percussionist Mike Essoudry) assemble to fuse classical, world and jazz traditions.
Our Universe
The Diabolus in Musica jazz trio (Mia Beaudoin-Dion, compositions and piano, Denis Rousseau, trombone, and Keiran Warskett-Lambert, double bass) presents a program of original indie jazz compositions influenced by the city.
New World Inspirations
Filipino-American pianist Tristan Savella and Canadian Jean-Luc Therrien present music by French and North American composers of the 20th century showcasing the evolution of styles, sources of inspiration, and the artistic exchange.
Nature Seems to Say
Nature, the timeless muse, evokes love, the divine, the circle of life itself. Soprano Julia Jordan and pianist Carson Becke explore nature depicted by great composers for the voice in ranging styles from Rameau to Barber.
Shades of Night
Pianist Alexander Merpaw interprets piano works by Chopin (Nocturne Op 48-1, Scherzo Op 39, Mazurka Op 59-1 ) and Ravel (Gaspard de la Nuit), exploring “night time terrors” and their antidote, in works that variously sooth and agitate.
The New Standards
The Mark Ferguson Quartet (Mark Ferguson, piano/trombone; Mike Tremblay, saxophones/flute; John Geggie, double bass; Jamie Holmes, drums) plays jazz arrangements of Cohen, Lightfoot, Lennon & McCartney and Simon.
Winter 2024 Season
The Leipzigers
From Mendelssohn and Schumann to J. S. Bach, Megan Milatz (piano) and Cameron Crozman (cello) present music by composers who called Leipzig home.
Jazz Psalm Project
With Michael Curtis Hanna, James McGowan, and Chris Pond, original lyric adaptations of psalms come alive in jazz classics and jazz-infused gospel tunes.
Little Jazz Mass
The Ottawa Choral Workshops choir presents music it will take to Nicaragua in February: Bob Chilcott’s Little Jazz Mass, music by Fauré, Palestina, Mozart and more. Roland Graham directs, Elisabeta Cojocaru, piano
Magia Vestis Café Orchestra
Magia Vestis Café Orchestra (Latin for ‘Magic Carpet’) plays a melange of European and Venezuelan waltzes and Cajun dance tunes alongside Quebecois and Scandinavian folk music.
The French Harpsichord in Germany
In their musical tastes, German composers from Bach to Buxtehude were avowed francophiles. Suren Barry explores the connection in their works for harpsichord.
Salut d’amour
The Stelios Quartet shares their passion for music on Valentine’s day with works from the start and end of the Romantic period by Beethoven, Bartók, and Webern.
Études-Tableaux
Montreal pianist Roman Timofeev plays the complete Études-Tableaux ("study pictures") of Russian composer and virtuoso pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Hopewell Showcase VI
An annual mid-February tradition continues as the talented students of Hopewell Elementary School under Marya Woyiwada share their gifts with the community.
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Gatsby stars Carmen Harris (soprano) and Adam Sperry (tenor) with composer Andrew Ager (piano) present a selection of musical theatre numbers.
Poet of the Piano
Celebrating Frédéric Chopin, the most iconic composer of the Romantic generation, Antonio di Cristofano plays piano works from throughout the composer’s life.
Primary Colours II
From soft heart-wrenching ballads to energetic grooves, the Primary Colours jazz piano trio continues blending jazz tradition with their own voices in original works.
Cantatas for Lent
Caelis Academy Ensemble, orchestra Les Temps Perdus and soloists directed by Matthew Larkin mark times of transition singing J. S. Bach’s Cantatas 4 (Christ lag), 150 (Nach dir, Herr), and 170 (Vergnügte Ruh) along with Handel’s Gloria for solo soprano.
Fall 2023 Season
Rhapsodie Universelle
Hungarian violinist Istvan Lakatos and Canadian pianist Tong Wang introduce the vibrant world of Hungarian music, from traditional folk melodies to classical works.
Simon Kempston
Scottish singer-songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Simon Kempston blends folk-baroque, blues, and classical styles in his original compositions.
Parkdale Quartet
The Parkdale Quartet features award-winning musicians Petr Cancura, Chris Pond, Michel Delage and Garrett Warner playing all-original sets of groovy, roots-infused jazz.
Sing to Me Again
Duo Madeline Hildebrand + Caitlin Broms-Jacobs weave together the dramatic and enchanting art songs and Klezmer with fiery folk dances of eastern Europe.
Ben Rosenblum Trio Returns
Ben Rosenblum, Ira Coleman, and Ben Zweig select from jazz standards and Ben’s compositions making a unique program shaped by the setting and audience.
BaroqueN Strings
Andrew Mah and Susan Toman play Baroque music by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, and Bach they arranged for the rarely heard instrumental pairing of harpsichord and guitar.
Across the Waves
Pianist Stephen Runge performs barcarolles and other works from the last two centuries inspired by waves, water, and the ocean.
Lyric Living
The Resonance Ensemble, led by Peter Woods, grooves and swings effortlessly and joyously, looking for the unexpected and finding the lyrical quality in every moment.
Love, Loss, and Death
An offering of romantic music of Debussy, Fauré, Bizet and the Four Last Songs of R. Strauss honouring love, loss and death. With Stephanie Piercey Beames and Matthew Larkin.
Duo Li-Montreuil
David Montreuil (viola) and Jui-Sheng Li (piano) excitedly reunite to explore beautiful works by Clarke, Haydn, and Schumann.
Happy 150th Sergei!
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth, Brandon Wilkie and Ryan Phelps perform some of the greatest works of the 20th century for cello and piano.
Saxophones in All Styles
The Crius Saxophone Quartet performs original and creative music, blending the freedom of jazz with the precision and intricacy of chamber music.
Theatre Tropes
Soprano Carmen Harris and pianist Matthew Larkin explore a selection of common theatre tropes across popular and classical traditions from the 1700s to modern day.
Hope and Elegy
The Oxbow Piano Trio presents four works that show us how aspiration can flourish within loss. As winter approaches, we are reminded that the hope of spring and rebirth are around the corner.
Holiday Jazz
Four of Ottawa’s finest musicians perform original instrumental arrangements of your seasonal favourites.
Holiday Classics
Soprano Ania Hejnar and accompanist and composer Andrew Ager perform favourite holiday works from Handel and Tchaikovsky to classic Christmas carols.
Spring 2023 Season
Romantic Landscapes
Mauro Bertoli, pianist recently turned police officer, plays his favourite works by Romantic composers from over his 20-year career as a concert pianist.
Doux printemps d’autrefois
Inspired by themes of springtime and love, Montreal-based Julie Ekker (soprano), Julien Leblanc (piano), and Matthieu Deveau (violin) play French and Russian music.
Harlem Bounce
Yves Laroche presents his early jazz compositions from his recent CD with this trio, exploring blues, youthfulness, rhythm, and with a slight touch of Oscar Peterson.
Re:Imagine
Extending across artforms, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson (dance) and Kathryn Patricia Cobbler (viola) explore, share, and react improvising based on the solo repertoire of J.S. Bach.
Perspectives
Pianist Jonathan Tsay contrasts depictions of countryside life and nature by Respighi, Tchaikovsky, Liszt with portrayals by Taiwanese composers (Wen-Ye and Shui-Long).
Inspired by Friends
Nationally renowned performers Paul Marleyn (cello) and Frédéric Lacroix (piano) showcase Romantic works inspired by the composers’ close cellist friends and family.
Rejoice in the Lamb
Members of Roland Graham’s Spring Choral Workshop and organist Maria Gajraj perform Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and other works to celebrate DOMS’ 10th anniversary.
Baroque to Impressionist
On tour in Canada, pianist Ishay Shaer covers three centuries of keyboard music, from Bach (partita no. 1, 1725) to Chopin (preludes, 1839) to Debussy (Images set 2, 1907).
Primary Colours
From soft heart-wrenching ballads to energetic grooves, the Primary Colours jazz piano trio plays original compositions blending jazz tradition with their own voices.
A Taste of Paris
Gertrude Létourneau (flute) and Catherine Donkin (piano) explore the relationship between musical elements and ingredients from French cuisine.
Justin Duhaime Organ Trio
Jazz musicians Justin Duhaime (guitar), Mark Ferguson (organ), and Valeriy Nehovara (drums) play groove, swing, and bossa music with a classic organ trio sound.
Voice
David Baik explores the vocal nature of the violin in duets with pianist Frédéric Lacroix with a diverse selection of works by Fauré, Beach, and Beethoven.
The Beatles in Jazz
The Mark Ferguson Quartet, four of Ottawa’s finest musicians, perform original instrumental arrangements of songs selected from the Beatles repertoire.
Winter 2023 Season
Shostakovich Chamber Works
Seminal chamber works by Dimitri Shostakovich to kick off the new year: Piano Quintet in G minor (Op. 57) and four Preludes for Violin and Piano (Op. 34), plus Bibik’s Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 (Op. 85), featuring Anna Baksheeva and Tianping Chen (violins), Shalva Chabukiani (viola), Joan Harrison (cello) and Natalia Bibik-Chabukiani (piano).
Music of Andrew Ager
Music composed and arranged by Ottawa’s own Andrew Ager, including a chamber suite on themes from his new opera Dracula, recently premiered by New Opera Lyra, played by Adam Sperry (tenor), Adam Nelson (violin) and Andrew Ager (piano).
Jazz in the Key of Atwood
Pete Woods (saxophone), Kyle Jordan (guitar) and Jacob Clarke (bass) play music inspired by Margaret Atwood’s literary universe. From warm and witty to dystopic and incisive, the music and words invite us to engage in the here and now.
Chinese Music and Beyond
A showcase of Chinese music, ancient, modern and infused with modern Western influences, featuring traditional musical instruments, the guzheng (‘Chinese zither’), played by Yutong Huang and the pipa (‘Chinese lute’), played by Yadong Guan.
Tchaikovsky’s Seasons
Pianist Roman Timofeev interprets Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, Op. 37a, a solo piano suite of twelve charming character pieces depicting the months of the year.
Electric Pleasures
JUNO award-winning composer and guitarist Andrew Paul MacDonald, playing electric archtop guitar, and pianist Carmen Picard present an electrifying program of music by Bach, Gershwin, and MacDonald.
Renaud–Boudreau Duo
David Renaud (clarinets, saxophone) and Steve Boudreau (piano) play originals and classics in styles ranging from Swing and Latin to Ballads and Contemporary.
Everything Turns
A DOMS 10th anniversary exclusive presentation: Award-winning Canadian dancer François Richard dances to music performed by distinguished Canadian musicians, Vincent Lauzer (recorder) and Dorothéa Ventura (harpsichord).
Wanderlust
Flautist Lara Deutsch and guitarist Adam Cicchillitti lead a musical world tour exploring folk-inspired repertoire from all across the globe.
Beethoven’s 10th for DOMS’ 10th
Frédéric Lacroix plays early piano sonatas (Op. 10) by the great German composer on a period-accurate fortepiano, a copy of Beethoven's first Viennese instrument.
Shadows and Light
Soprano Kimberley Lynch and pianist Polina Gubnitskaia perform works for voice and piano exploring darkness and light by Boulanger, Poulenc, Ravel, and Price.
Hopewell Showcase V
Students from Hopewell School led by director Marya Woyiwada resume an annual tradition. This year’s performance will feature the school bands, along with excerpts from the year-end musical they are preparing.
Fall 2022 Season
Jazz Piano Conversations
Local jazz pianists Steve Boudreau and Peter Hum play freshly recorded original two-piano material showcasing their distinctive interactive improvising style.
A Thanksgiving Offering
Maria Gajraj, newly appointed organist of Ottawa’s Christ Church Cathedral, plays music themed on gratitude by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Dame Ethel Smyth, Bert Matter and Messiaen.Maria Gajraj, pipe organ
Songs of Storms
Transcendental music by Schubert (Sonatina in A minor, Op. 137-2) and Brahms (Sonata No. 3, Op. 108) for violin and piano.Anna Baksheeva, violin Natalia Bibik-Chabukiani, piano
Ed Lister Sextet
Hard swingin' feel-good music: six of the city's finest come together to perform original music and creative re-interpretations from the ‘Hard Bop’ and ‘Jazz Soul’ eras.Ed Lister, trumpet / leader Mark Ferguson, trombone Mike Tremblay, tenor saxophone Boshko Maric, drums Deniz Lim Serzan, piano JP Lapensee, bass
Clair de Lune
Local Nicholas Deek plays keyboard works from the baroque, classical and romantic eras characterized by beautiful singing melodies and deep inner contrasts.Nicholas Deek, piano
Werther of the World
Selections from Brahms’ magnificent and tragic Piano Quartet in C Minor, also known as the “Werther Quartet”, and complementary works including Elgar’s Salut d’Amour.Sonya, Sweeney, piano Adam Nelson, violin Olivier Philippe Auguste, viola Gabriela Ruiz, cello
The Blind and the Beautiful
Maple Blues award laureates guitarist Lucas Haneman and vocalist Megan Laurence return to DOMS with an unplugged presentation of blues classics and originals.Lucas Haneman, acoustic guitar and vocals Megan Laurence, vocals
Harlequinade!
Music composed for the Commedia del’Arte: 250 years of dramatic music for comic theatre performed on woodwinds by The Harmonious Pigs Trio.Shauna Barker, clarinet Susan Butler, oboe Benjamin Glossop, bassoon
The Guitarist-Composer
A celebration of composer-interpreters: poetic works written idiosyncratically for their instrument by Dilermando Reis, Garoto, Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Francisco Tárrega and Johann Kaspar Mertz.Andrew Mah, guitar
As the Seasons Turn
Pianist Kevin Chen explores darkness and shadows in music with Haydn’s stormy Sonata in C major, Ravel’s ghoulish Gaspard de la nuit, and Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ Sonata.Kevin Chen, piano
Exquisite Elgar
A showcase of music by England’s most prominent romantic, Edward Elgar, including his 'Sea Pictures' song-cycle for mezzo-soprano, cello concerto, and Salut d’Amour.Pauline van der Roest, mezzo-soprano Joan Harrison, cello Frédéric Lacroix, piano
Jazz for the Holidays
A celebration of music for the season, featuring jazz trio versions of Christmas carols, popular favourites and selections from Charlie Brown’s Christmas album.Mark Ferguson, piano & trombone Scott Latham, vibraphone & percussion John Geggie, double bass
Spring 2022 Season
Gypsy Muse
Inspired by the legacy of legendary manouche guitarist Django Reinhardt, Justin Duhaime (guitar) and David Renaud (clarinet) bring new energy to jazz standards.
Schubert: The Traveller
Mathieu Gaudet performs works by Schubert, including the virtuosic Wanderer Fantasy, composed around the romantic figure of the lone traveller.
Alouette Space Agency
Contemporary jazz with an eight-piece band featuring two drummers, two keyboardists, trombone, flutes and saxophones.
Towards a New Era
Thierry Montpetit shows the evolution of Beethoven’s musical language, which heralded a new age of music making, in three of the composer’s great piano sonatas.
Nebula Organ Trio
Bringing to mind the best of the classic jazz organ trio format and beyond, the Nebula Organ Trio offers a mix of slow jams, burners, and original numbers.
Beau Soir
Jenifir Thies-Thompson, David Thies-Thompson, and Caroline Léonardelli play French music for flute, violin, viola, and harp by Debussy, Saint-Saëns, and Ibert.
Fuego
Combining the tradition of flamenco with Latin American music, Katarzyna Musiał and Hanser Santos Gómez bring music to life with elements of flamenco dance.
Faces of Love
Soprano Julia Jordan and pianist Jean Desmarais explore the many faces of love through song, from Britten’s patriotic love to Ravel’s new love and more.
Reaching In, Reaching Out
The Despax String Quartet and Modasaurus express their internal thoughts, deep emotions and hope in a classical-jazz fusion journey with works by James McGowan.
À la Française
Victor Herbiet and Jean Desmarais play some of their favourite works for saxophone and piano by francophone composers from France, Belgium, Québec and Ontario.
Open Skies
Putting the interactive nature of jazz in the foreground, Tom Reynolds, George Koller, and Lorne Matthew Nehring share songs that convey emotional vitality and depth.
Bach Avant Tout
Pianist Patrick Cashin celebrates J.S. Bach’s monumental work The Well-Tempered Clavier and its influence on composers of the following centuries.
Music of the Enlightenment
Violinist Adam Nelson and pianist Roland Graham play music for violin and piano by J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel and W.A. Mozart to conclude the season.
Winter 2022 Season
Ray Charles Tribute Hour
Music by the iconic and ground breaking artist, performed by an all-star line up of the best in local talent. Jeff Rogers, piano/vocals; Jamie Holmes, drums; Ed Lister, trumpet; Petr Cancura, saxophone
The Last War Sonata
Masterworks for keyboard/piano by J. S. Bach, Schumann, Liszt/Wagner and Prokofiev. Fiona Wu, piano
Dynamic String Duos
An engaging and varied program of duo works from the classical era to contemporary. Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh, violin/viola; Sonya Matoussova, cello
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
An exploration of the great American jazz pianist’s most celebrated and provocative compositions. Garry Elliott, guitar; Steve Boudreau, piano
Préludes
A mixture of baroque, folk, and newly-commissioned Canadian works for solo cello. Julia MacLaine, cello (NACO)
Michael Hanna & The Boys
Timeless blues, jazz and soul originals and classics including hits from Bill Withers and Donny Hathaway. Michael Hanna Sr., vocals; Ed Lister, trumpet/keys; Alex Moxon, guitar; JP Lapensee, bass; Jamie Holmes, drums
Music We’ve Been Missing
A program of beloved vocal works from the worlds of Oratorio, Musical Theatre, and more. Ania Hejnar, soprano; Judy Ginsburg, piano
Animals & Fairy Tales
Cats, mice, birds, wolves & magic: an imaginative program of piano music exploring animals in literature. Chenxing Huang, piano
Holst’s Planets
Duo Octavian's two-piano arrangement of Holst's classic. Suren Barry, piano; Carson Becke, piano
Shades of Grief
Coriolis Piano Trio examines grief and transcendence through works by Lekeu, Pärt, and Rachmaninoff. Tomoko Inui, piano; Jung Tsai, violin; Rebecca Morton, cello
Pool of Light
Hope and wisdom shone through the lens of Canadian poet/philosopher/musician Jan Zwicky. Peter Woods, saxophone; Tom Reynolds, piano
Weekes’ Wilderness
A folk quartet performs original, contemporary folk music inspired by Northern wilderness. Kate Weekes, guitar/banjo/vocals; James Stephens, fiddle/mandolin; Brian Sanderson, sousaphone; Rob Graves, percussion
Fall 2021 Season
“Rejoice, you hearts”
Easter Cantatas BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todes Banden" and BWV 66 "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen", with chorus, soloists, and baroque orchestra, celebrating the victory of life over death and freedom over shackles.
From Bach to Bibik
Duet AnNat, Anna Klochkova (violin) and Natalia Bibik-Chabukiani (piano), performs sonatas from the baroque, romantic and contemporary worlds demonstrating the continuity of music across the ages.
My Piano Pieces
Montreal pianist and composer Steve Amirault presents a set of original pieces ranging from melancholic folk-influenced songs to hard swinging jazz works.
Diabolus in Me
Influenced by the community, culture and sounds of their city, Gatineau jazz trio Diabolus in Musica performs music that speaks to fans across the musical spectrum. With Denis Rousseau, trombone; Mia Beaudoin-Dion, piano; Kieran Warskett-Lambert, double bass
Virtuoso Violin
In honour of the anniversary of Paganini’s birth, Justin Saulnier (violin) and Frédéric Lacroix (piano) pair a selection of Paganini’s Caprices with Franck’s violin sonata.
A Spicy Blend of Latin Jazz
Ottawa quartet Pimienta Blanca performs Latin jazz that packs a punch with infectious rhythms and high-energy repertoire that gets audiences out of their seats. With Karen Rauh, piano; Allyson Rogers, drums; Mark Fraser, bass; Adrian Matte, tenor saxophone
Sounds of Nature
Harpsichordist Susan Toman explores music by French composers of the Baroque who delighted in incorporating sounds of the natural world into their compositions.
The Classical Piano
In his debut solo recital, pianist Jeremy Hare-Chang (student of Roland Graham) explores contrast in idiosyncratic works by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin.
French Connection
Duo Cecilia, Gertrude Létourneau (flute) and Catherine Donkin (piano), plays a colourful program of music by Mel Bonis, Jules Mouquet and Claude Debussy.
An Afternoon in Paris
Andrew Sords (violin) and Cheryl Duvall (piano) unite to play works by Poulenc, Chopin, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns in this characterful and impassioned program.
Firebird
Alexis Reed (soprano) and Lucas Porter (piano) offer a blended 19th/20th century program of vocal and solo piano works by Granados, Stravinsky, Strauss and Grieg.
Shakespeare’s Viola
A pairing of music and poetry: works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Ichmouratov arranged for viola interspersed with Shakespeare, Walter and Misbakhova. With Elvira Misbakhova, viola; Irina Krasnyanskaya, piano; Alina Ichmouratov, narrator
Sleepers Wake
Southminster’s Chamber Choir, baroque orchestra and soloists, directed by Roland Graham, presents Bach’s Advent Cantata, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 and Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052