Ottawa-Gatineau Choirs and Choruses
This list will assist singers in finding musical opportunities in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. It can also be used to find concert
information from choirs of interest.
Before joining or auditioning for a choir, it is best to view the choir’s website and attend at least once concert. Some
choirs allow potential members to participate in a couple rehearsals, but please check with the director or choir
representative beforehand.
Some choirs indicated that sight reading is not required, but it is always an asset to have some sight reading ability. If you
are a beginner singer, you may feel more comfortable joining your local church choir as they are almost always looking
for choristers and are forgiving in terms of sight reading ability.
Contact [email protected] to make a correction.
NOTES:
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Choir
Location
Members
Audition?
Akord - Ukrainian Men’s Choir of Ottawa
http://www.akordchoir.ca/index.htm
Ottawa
Men, 4 part,
a cappela
No
Level of Sight
Reading
Any
Anglican Chorale of Ottawa
http://www.anglicanchorale.ca
Ottawa
(downtown)
Youth & adult,
SATB
Yes
Advanced
Atlantic Voices
http://www.atlanticvoices.ca
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
No
Not required
Big Soul Project
http://bigsoulproject.com
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Bytown Beat (Sweet Adelines)
http://www.bytownbeat.com
Orleans
Adult women
Yes
Not required
Bytown Voices
http://www.bytownvoices.com/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
No
Not required
Canadian Centennial Choir
http://www.ccc-ccc.ca/home_e.html
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Intermediate
Canadian Showtime Chorus (Sweet Adelines)
http://www.canadianshowtimechorus.com
Ottawa
(Bell’s
Corners)
Adult women,
4 part
Yes
Not required
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. June 22, 2015
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Choir
Location
Members
Audition?
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
http://www.cantatasingersottawa.ca/index.php
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Canterbury Trebles
http://www.canterburytrebles.com/
Ottawa
Women
Yes
Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa
http://www.cantiamogirlschoir.ca/
Ottawa
Girls, 12-20
Yes
Intermediate
Capital Chamber Choir
http://www.capitalchamberchoir.ca/
Ottawa
Yes
Advanced
Capital Chordettes, Inc.
http://www.capitalchordettes.ca/
Ottawa
Advanced
singers, Adult,
SATB
Adult women,
4 part
Yes
Not required
Capital City Chorus
http://www.capitalcitychorus.org/
Ottawa
(Britannia
Park)
Ottawa
Adult men, 4
part
Yes
Not required
Capital Vox Jazz Choir
http://www.capitalvox.ca/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Intermediate
Carleton University Choir
http://www.carleton.ca/choir/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Intermediate
to advanced
Castenchel Choir ♦
www.castenchel.ca
Chelsea,
Quebec
Adult, SATB
No
Not required
Les Chansonniers d'Ottawa ♦
http://www.LesChansonniersOttawa.com
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Not required
Chapman Mills Sound Connection
http://soundconnection.yolasite.com/
Barrhaven
Yes
Not required
Choeur Classique de l'Outaouais ♦
http://www.choeurclassiqueoutaouais.ca
Gatineau,
Québec
Women, 4-part:
Tenor/Lead/
Baritone/Bass
Adult, SATB
Yes
Beginner intermediate
Capital City Workers' Choir (CCWC)
http://www.workerschoir.ca/
Level of Sight
Reading
Intermediate
La Chanterelle ♦
http://lachanterelle.qc.ca/index.php
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. June 22, 2015
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Choir
Location
Members
Audition?
Chœur de l'Île♦
www.choeurdelile.com
Gatineau,
Québec
Adult, SATB
Yes
Level of Sight
Reading
Not required
Choeur Nomade ♦
http://choeurnomade.wordpress.com/
Gatineau,
Quebec
Adult, SATB
No
Not required
Le Chœur de Pom ♦
http://petitenation.qc.ca/choeurdepom/presse/indexeng.html
Saint-AndréAvellin
Adult, SATB
Le Chœur qui bat ♦
www.choeurquibat.ca
Yes
Chorale Gospel Outaouais ♦
www.choralegospel.ca
Chorale Lyrica
http://www.choralelyrica.com/
Hull
Chorum Chamber Choir
Orleans
Children/Youth
(ages 6-15)
No
Not required
Adult, SATB
Yes
Moderate
[email protected]
Chorus Ecclesiae
Lawrence Harris (613-567-7729) or
[email protected]
Ottawa
(downtown)
Concordia Frauenchor
Ottawa
613-834-2788
Coro Vivo Ottawa
http://www.corovivoottawa.ca
Orleans
Adult, SATB
Yes
Beginner intermediate
Crosstown Harmony
http://www.crosstownharmony.org
Barrhaven
Adult women,
4 part
Yes
Not required
Cross Town Youth Chorus
http://www.ctyc.ca/
Orleans &
Alta Vista
No
Not required
Cumberland Community Singers
http://www.cumberlandcommunitysingers.ca
Orleans
Junior Choir
(5-10)
Senior Choir
(11-15)
Adult, SATB
No
Not required
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. June 22, 2015
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Choir
Location
Members
Audition?
Ewashko Singers
http://www.ewashkosingers.com/
Ottawa
Yes
Folklore Centre Choirs
 The OFC Daytime Choir
 The OFC Evening Choir
 Two Rise Up Singing Choirs: (Thurs. & Sundays)
http://www.ottawafolklore.com/2014/09/announcing-4new-exciting-choirs/#.VDBCCeeVv9B
Old Ottawa
South
Advanced
singers, Adult,
SATB
Adult, SATB
Level of Sight
Reading
Advanced
No
Not required
Friends in Song
Lynda Joyce, 613-733-3250
Nepean
Women, SSA
No
Moderate
Goulbourn Jubilee Singers
http://www.gjsingers.com/about.php
Stittsville
Adult, SATB
Goulbourn Male Chorus
http://www.goulbournmalechorus.com
Males, TTBB
No
Beginner
/Intermediate
Harmonia Choir of Ottawa
http://www.harmoniachoir.com
Stittsville,
Kanata &
southwest
communities
Ottawa
(Alta Vista)
Adult, SATB
Yes
Moderate intermediate
Harmonic Generation
Nepean
Adult, SATB
Yes
In Harmony (formerly Ottawa Women's Chorus)
http://inharmony.stormpages.com/index.html
Ottawa
Adult women
Just Voices
http://www.justvoices.ca/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
No
Kanata Choral Society
http://www.kanatachoralsociety.ca/
Kanata
Adult, SATB
Yes, small
group
Intermediate
Madrigals (Canadian Federation of University Women)
http://cfuw-ottawa.org/page-1197257
Alta Vista
area, Ottawa
Women, SSA
Mirage, Groupe Vocal ♦
www.miragegv.ca
Gatineau
(Hull)
Adult, SATB
Yes
Not required
Montagna Singers
http://www.montagnasingers.com/
Ottawa
Musica Ebraica
http://www.musicaebraica.ca/
Ottawa
SATB
Yes
www.harmonicgeneration.ca
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. June 22, 2015
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Choir
Location
Members
Audition?
Level of Sight
Reading
Musica Viva Singers
http://musicavivaottawa.ca
Ottawa
(downtown)
Adult, SATB
Yes
Moderate intermediate
Nepean Choir
http://www.nepeanchoir.ca/
Westboro
Adult, SATB
Yes
Basic reading
is an asset
Northern Stars Chorus
http://www.harmonize.com/northernstars/
OttawaGatineau
Men, 4 part
Opera Lyra Chorus
http://www.operalyra.ca/inside-olo/chorus.php
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Ottawa Bach Choir
http://www.ottawabachchoir.ca
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Intermediate
(also acting &
movement)
Advanced
Ottawa Brahms Choir
http://www.ottawabrahmschoir.ca/
Ottawa
Adult, mixed
No
Moderate
Ottawa-Carleton Choristers
https://www.facebook.com/OttawaCarletonChoristers
Ottawa
No
Moderate
Ottawa Carleton Male Choir
www.ottawacarletonmalechoir.com
Ottawa
Current or
former
employees of
the OttawaCarleton
District School
Board, relatives
and friends
Men
No
Not required
Ottawa Catholic School Board Choirs
http://mail.ottawacatholicschools.ca/~MaryAnn.Dunn/
Ottawa
Children
Ottawa Celtic Choir
http://ottawacelticchoir.ca/
Ottawa
(downtown)
Adult, mixed
No
Not required
Ottawa Children's Choir
1. Viva choir
2. Concert choir
3. Chamber choir
http://www.ottawachildrenschoir.ca/
Ottawa
(downtown)
1. Youth 9-11
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
1. Not
required
2. Not
required
3. Moderate
Les Notes du Chœur ♦
www.lesnotesduchoeur.com
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. June 22, 2015
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3.
Youth 11-15
Youth 11-15
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Choir
Location
Members
Audition?
Level of Sight
Reading
Ottawa Chinese You-In Chorus
http://www.youinchorus.com/
Ottawa
(downtown)
Ottawa Choral Society
http://www.ottawachoralsociety.com/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
ModerateAdvanced
Ottawa Classical Choir
http://www.ottawaclassicalchoir.com/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
Not required
Ottawa Folk Choir
http://www.harmoniachoir.com/folk/
Ottawa
Ottawa Gay Men's Chorus
http://www.cgogmc.ca
Ottawa
Adult men
No
Not required
Ottawa McGill Alumni Choir
https://www.alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/eventstravel/EventDetails.php?id=MjM1OA%3D%3D
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Ottawa Police Chorus
http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/community/chorus.aspx
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Ottawa Regional Youth Choir
http://www.oryc.ca/
Ottawa
Youth (15+),
SATB
Yes
Basic reading
is an asset
Ottawa Shape Note Chorus
http://ottawashapenote.org/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
No
Not required
Orleans
Adult, SATB
Yes
Not required
but is an asset
Adult, SATB
Yes
Ottawa Valley Music Festival
http://www.valleyfestival.ca/
Pleinchant of Ottawa ♦
www.pleinchant.ca
Seventeen Voyces
http://www.seventeenvoyces.ca/
Ottawa
Savoy Society of Ottawa
http://www.ottawasavoysociety.org/
Ottawa
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. June 22, 2015
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Choir
Location
Members
Shout Sister
http://shoutsisterottawacentre.groupanizer.com/page/ho
me
http://shoutsisterottawawest.groupanizer.com/page/hom
e
Ottawa
Women
(downtown
and west end)
Audition?
No
Level of Sight
Reading
Not required
Simplement NOUS ♦
[email protected]
Children 5+,
SA
Youth & Adult,
SATB
Sparrows Children’s Choir/Sacred Music Society
http://sacredmusicsociety.com/
Ottawa
St. Cecilia Singers
http://www.stceciliasingers.ca/
Ottawa
Adults
Stairwell Carollers
http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/
Ottawa
Adults, SATB
Symposium "Training" Choir
Lawrence Harris (613-567-7729) or
[email protected]
Ottawa
(downtown)
Tone Cluster
www.tonecluster.ca/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Yes
University of Ottawa Choir
http://www.uottawachoir.ca/E-Home.php
Ottawa
(downtown)
Adult, SATB
Yes
Voices in Harmony (formerly Orpheus Choral Group)
http://voicesinharmony.ca/
Ottawa
Adult, SATB
Vox Eclectica Women’s Choir
http://www.voxeclectica.ca/
Ottawa
Women, SA
West Ottawa Ladies Chorus
[email protected]
West Ottawa
Adult - SSAA
No
Not required
for children
and youth;
basic for
adults
Yes
Not required
No
Taught
Yes
Intermediate
to Advanced
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. http://cammac.ca/english/Regions_External/Ottawa_Gatineau/Choirlist.pdf
SATB = Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
SSA =Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto
♦ = primarily francophone
Contact [email protected] to make a correction. June 22, 2015
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