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Join Hypatia as we close our 10th Anniversary Season, celebrating a decade of harmony, vibrancy, and community with a program celebrating the profound beauty of contemporary choral music.

The highlight of the evening is the beautiful and haunting brilliance of Kim André Arnesen’s Magnificat. This stunning work will be conducted by Christopher Ducasse and feature guest artists:

• Soprano Soloist Ania Hejnar

• Organist Shawn Potter

• A professional string orchestra

The program also features beloved works, including Ola Gjeilo’s Song of the Universal and the powerful favorite, Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria, along with more musical gems.
Don’t miss this unforgettable finale to our anniversary year!

Get ready to party with Hypatia! Join us for our annual fundraiser, True North Sounds – Canada’s Greatest Hits!

Our talented singers will entertain you with a fantastic evening of music, featuring full choir performances, solos, duets, and small ensembles singing some of your favorite toe-tapping Canadian folksongs, pop melodies, and iconic hits. 

It’s more than just a concert—it’s a complete evening out! Enjoy refreshments and a Silent Auction with fantastic items to bid on.

Come celebrate Canadian music and support Hypatia’s Voice! Tickets available soon.

Join us for a special anniversary concert celebrating our 10th season!
The concert centers around the world premiere of DAWN, composed by Laura Hawley and commissioned specifically for this milestone.

Our program also features selections hand-picked by the chorus members themselves, giving you a beautiful glimpse into the heart of our choir. Prepare to be immersed in the lush, six-part a cappella arrangement of Rheinberger’s Abendlied ,  Hildegard von Bingen’s O Virtutis Sapientiae, arr. by Katerina Gimon, the iconic tones of Gordon Lightfoot’s Song For a Winter’s Night, among other treasures.

To make this occasion truly unique, we’re thrilled to welcome back two former Artistic
Directors as guest conductors:

• Laura Hawley (Founding Artistic Director, 2015-2018)

• Deirdre Kellerman (Previous Artistic Director, 2018 – 2023)

They will join our current Artistic Director, Christopher Ducasse, on the podium for this exciting celebration!

Tickets: Pay what you can, starting at $15, online or at the door.

Orpheus reunites with the acclaimed Hannaford Street Silver Band to celebrate the holiday season in style. Hear your favourite holiday classics performed majestically by combined choir and brass forces, as well as former Scholar and rising-star mezzo soprano Alex Hetherington. A world premiere by Ottawa-based Haitian composer Christopher Ducasse will cap this festive and vibrant program.

Our Christmas concert is on Sunday, December 7th at 3 pm at Église Ste-Françoise Cabrini. Below is the link to get your tickets online.

Join 4 OCC choirs for an afternoon of fun songs, sing-a-longs and holiday favourites.

Our end-of-session concert is Sunday, June 8th, 2025, at 3 pm at St-Maurice Church, 388 Boulevard Adolphe Chapleau, Bois-des-Filion.          

Tickets are available via this link:

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/concert-le-petit-choeur-de-rosemere-chant-la-joie  or at the door.

15$ for adults, $10 for 12-16 years, free for 12 years and under.

Join Hypatia’s Voice for a special evening at our Spring 2025 concert, Songs of Hope! Immerse yourself in a vibrant tapestry of choral works designed to uplift and inspire. Featuring powerful compositions that celebrate resilience and unity, this concert promises an evening of music that speaks to the heart and spirit.

Don’t miss out—stay tuned for exciting updates on tickets and the program!

Musical talent often abounds in families. In A Family Affair the Ottawa Choral Society will offer scintillating pairings of works by husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, fathers and sons. The composers will include works created individually by Gustav and Imogen Holst; Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn; Franz Josef and Michael Haydn; Thomas and Randy Newman; and Lili and Nadia Boulanger. And the works of George and Ira Gershwin as respectively composer and lyricist, and poet Gabriel T. Guillaume with composer son Sydney Guillaume, will round out the program.

Featured Artists

Christopher Ducasse - Assistant Music Director and Conductor

Gabrielle Gaudreault - OCS Artistic Director

Scott Richardson - Piano

Join all 4 OCC choirs for a spring concert and experience the joy of singing! Hear each choir sing individually and join together as we celebrate the end of another choral year.

Events: Workshops on April 25-26 & Free Concert on April 27 at 4:00 pm.

Join us for the inaugural TrebleFest Ottawa: Upper Voices Choir Festival, hosted by Hypatia’s Voice in April 2025! This exciting event will celebrate the rich sound of treble choirs, featuring adult and high school-age sopranos and altos. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, Professor Emerita from the University of Toronto and a distinguished expert in treble choirs, will be our resident clinician and guest Artistic Director.

This inclusive event features guest choirs—Aella Choir, Cantiamo Choirs of Ottawa, and OCC Chamber Choir—and the host choir Hypatia’s Voice, alongside individual sopranos and altos from across the region. All singers in the soprano or alto range, regardless of gender identity, are invited to join in workshops, festival choir rehearsals, and a culminating concert. Dr. Apfelstadt will also lead a conducting workshop designed to nurture the skills of emerging conductors.

The final event of the festival is a free concert at St. Matthew’s on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 pm. The program will offer an inspiring showcase of repertoire for upper voices performed by the festival choir as well as each of the guest choirs.

For more information see: http://www.treblefest.ca

To Benefit Sun Youth's Children's Program.

Featuring La Chorale Junior de la commission scolaire English Montreal, Le Petit Choeur de Rosemère, Le Choeur classique des Basses-Laurentides, and Choir Gesu.