2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
(parking behind church on Warwick off Sherwood, bus #14)
Free for members; $8 for non-members
Join us as we welcome back Gordon Johnston in the reading Handel's rousing Coronation
Anthems. See if you agree with the opinion of those who attended its premiere.
In addition to having conducted CAMMAC Ottawa- Gatineau's winter event for several
years, Gordon Johnston is the Director of Music at The Church of St. John the Evangelist, where
he plays the organ and conducts the choir. He is also directs of The Strings of St. John's,
a local community orchestra. His other musical pursuits are being Director of Music for
the Anglican Community at St. Paul's University, composing and playing the harp. Gordon
started his musical studies at a young age and went on to receive bachelors and masters
degrees at Brigham Young University, USA. In 2003 he received his Doctorate in Sacred
Music from the Graduate Theological Foundation in Indiana, USA.
Instruments needed: Trumpets in C (or D or Bb), strings. Priority will be given to CAMMAC
members up to Tuesday Sept 8th (especially for winds and string section heads).
Winds and string section heads, please contact Elizabeth at elizgillies@yahoo.ca,
613-724-3719. For other instrumentalists, pre-registration is recommended but not necessary.
All singers are welcome. Pre-registration is not necessary. For info contact elizgillies@yahoo.ca.
This is a reading, but arrangements to get the music ahead of time can be made for
anyone who wishes to look at it before-hand (again, especially useful for winds and
string section heads).
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
Cost: $10 members, $15 non-members pre-registered.
Maximum of 15 persons per session.
As singers, our instrument is our whole body, not just our vocal chords. Holding
tension in our bodies and improper alignment affects vocal quality.
The Alexander Technique provides tools to improve the entire structure and tone of the body.
Students are encouraged to observe the thought processes and unnecessary tensions associated
with their activities. As the principles of the technique are assimilated, over time the student begins
to develop greater freedom of movement, poise and less stress.
While the technique is best learned through a series of private lessons with a qualified teacher,
participants of this workshop will be introduced to these basics including a "hands-on" demonstration:
-- the 5 principals of the technique (e.g. "directions" and "inhibitions")
-- preparation for standing prior to singing
-- how to interpret instructions from voice teachers and music directors.
The workshop will be led by Brigitte Caron. She studied Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa.
She was introduced to Alexander Technique in 1984 and took private lessons for 9 years before
training to become a teacher at the Toronto School of the Alexander Technique (1993-1996). She
has been teaching in the Ottawa region since 1996 while continuing to work with Master
Alexander Technique teachers. She plans to open a teacher training school in 2012.
Brigitte is the main teacher at the Siempre Tango School of Argentine Tango
(http://www.siempretango.ca) with her husband
Francis Caron (Director and Teacher). They also perform together.
MADE IN CANADA!
A workshop based on music by Canadian composers and arrangers
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
$10 for members, $15 for non-members.
Registration at the door $5 extra, but only if space available.
Some of the greatest riches of the Canadian scene are our composers. Come, join the treasure
hunt for something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue - all produced nationally!
The three R's are encouraged! Read, recycle and reuse! Bring along a favourite Canadian
secular or sacred title of your own to share with the participants that day.
BARBARA CLARK has long been a leader in the field of children's and youth choirs and a
strong advocate for Canadian music. An elementary teacher for 35 years, Ms. Clark was
named to the Order of Canada in 2001 and received an honorary doctorate from her alma
mater, Carleton University, in 2006. A highly esteemed teacher and an accomplished
singer, she is best known for her 23 years as conductor of the Ottawa Central Children's Choir
and for her 25 years as conductor of the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir which she founded.
A frequent guest conductor and clinician, Ms. Clark has also given freely of her time and
expertise to numerous choral and music organizations provincially , nationally and internationally.
In May of 2008 she was presented with a Distinguished Service Award by the Association of
Canadian Choral Conductors at its national conference in New Brunswick. She currently volunteers
as Youth Liaison for the Friends of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and enjoys working
with her team to plan Tunetown activities for the Family Adventure Series.
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
There is no more room for participants in the masterclass, but AUDITORS are more than welcome
to any part of the event -- free for members and $5 for non-members.
It is time to form ensembles and choose music for our fall recorder masterclass. This year
we will be coached by Gerald Corey, former solo bassoonist Canada's National Arts Centre
Orchestra (1972-2003) who is well known to Ottawa audiences and as a leading proponent of
better teaching methods for bassoon, the family of recorders and contra-bassoon.
Gerald has taught at CAMMAC Lake MacDonald for several summers, both private recorder lessons
and class recorder and ensemble training. He has coached chamber music for
CAMMAC-Ottawa-Gatineau. Gerald also taught recorders at the Bethesda Community Center in
Washington, D.C. while playing bassoon with the National Symphony Orchestra (1960-62). He
has given masterclasses in several countries. Gerald was a founding member of the Baltimore
Recorder Quartet, that appeared on nationwide Public Broadcasting television in the U.S. His
noted students during the years he taught recorders and early music recorder ensembles at The
Department of Music, University of Ottawa (1973-77) were: Claire Heistek, Natalie Michaud, and
Rohahes (Ian Phillips).
We are looking for additional volunteers for this event. If you would like to take over the
organizing, or, just as important, help out, please contact Elizabeth at 613-724-3719.
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
$10 for CAMMAC Members, $15 for non-members; $5 extra if paying at the door.
Join us for an introductory exploration of singing vocal jazz and an afternoon of singing.
This participatory workshop will include: discussion and practice of 'swing' feel, general vocal jazz
terminology, how jazz singing differs from other styles, frequently occurring harmonies, what
'guide tones' are and how they can lead your ear to help you improvise, and standard blues form.
We'll listen to how different artists have treated the same song. We'll create a "vocal big band"
together. We'll also sing through a couple of sections of a jazz mass, and explore the similarities and
differences between it and a traditional setting. No prior jazz experience is required, but some prior
singing experience is helpful.
Elise Letourneau is the founding music director of Capital Vox, which has been hailed as
Canada's first community jazz choir. She is a member of the music performance faculty at Carleton
University, teaching jazz and pop voice; and she heads the voice department at Alcorn Music
Studios, where she enjoys a diverse voice and piano instruction practice. She has an active
performance schedule, and can be heard at venues throughout Ottawa, including a weekly
engagement at Cafe Paradiso, one of Ottawa's finest jazz/dinner venues. Elise has extensive
experience in composing, arranging, workshop presentation, directing, teaching, and performing.
She earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Boston's Berklee College of Music, and her Master
of Education Degree in Creative Arts and Learning at Lesley College in Cambridge MA.
Please visit www.eliseletourneau.com or www.capitalvox.ca for more information.
Messiah Choruses: Come learn Handel's Messiah in a relaxed setting!
For those who wish to improve their reading and knowledge of the Messiah choruses in preparation
for the December performance, we offer three Saturday morning rehearsals.
Organist and Choir master Alan Thomas will conduct the rehearsals. Rehearsing with Alan is
always great fun - his piano accompaniment will jazz up any chorus in a surprising way! He will go
over all the choruses which are to be sung on December 4th. Usually, we look at about half-a-dozen
choruses every week, rehearsing some of the more difficult ones more than once.
No pre-registration necessary! But please come early on your first rehearsal, to register.
BYOM
We ask that you bring your own music. However, a few copies will be available for sale at a reasonable price.
WHERE
Parkdale United Church, 429 Parkdale at Gladstone (directions
are here).
WHEN
November 14, 21 and 28, 2009, from 10:00 to 12:15.
COST:
Members: $5 per session (or $10 for all 3 sessions)
Non-members: $10 per session (or $20 for all 3)
'Come Sing Messiah' is a very special event which is dear to the hearts of a large number of singers throughout
the National Capital Region. So come and join us to sing Handel's great masterpiece.
We will be ably and energetically directed by Louis Lavigueur; Alan Thomas will be at the organ; we will have
an accomplished chamber orchestra under concertmaster Kevin James and four talented soloists.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church, O'Connor at Cooper (directions are here)
Doors open at 5 :30 pm
Rehearsal at 6 :00 p.m.
Performance at 8 :00 p.m.
Tickets go on sale November 14th.
Singers $8; Audience $15
Seating is limited. Get your tickets early.
Tickets are available at:
Book Bazaar, 417 Bank at Frank
The Leading Note, 370 Elgin near Gladstone
Granata Music, 1558 Merivale near Meadowlands
Collected Works, 1242 Wellington near Holland
Scores available from Book Bazaar, The Leading Note and Granata Music.
We are overflowing with enthusiasm about the 2009/2010 annual winter concert. Dr. Deirdre Piper,
composer and recently retired professor at Carleton University, has offered to compose and conduct this
year's program. This is a wonderful and exciting opportunity for CAMMAC choristers and instrumentalists,
and we encourage you all to line up to participate.
Born and educated in the United Kingdom, Deirdre Piper studied at the University of Manchester (PhD in
historical musicology) and at the Royal Manchester College of Music (organ and cello). Having held
teaching positions at the University of Manchester and Huddersfield Polytechnic, she emigrated to
Canada and joined the staff of Carleton University in 1972. Dr. Piper retired this year from the position
of Associate Professor of Music and Supervisor of Performance Studies in the Music program. She is
active as a performer (organist, pianist, choral conductor), and is Organist and Director of Choirs at St Matthias
Anglican Church in Ottawa. As a composer, she has produced works for various solo, chamber and choral media.
She is a member of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the Canadian Musical Heritage Society, and the
Canadian League of Composers. She serves on the board of the Association of Canadian Women Composers,
is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, and is affiliated with SOCAN.
The "Canticles of Asaph" is a very approachable and interesting modern setting of three Psalms. Reviews of other
works of Dr. Piper have described her compositions as "charming, and full of delightful rhythms" with "exquisite
lines". Discovering this new work with the composer herself promises to be a rewarding and enjoyable experience.
The CAMMAC Ottawa-Gatineau choir and orchestra will be joined by a guest soloist, mezzo-soprano Nadia Petrella.
Members $40; Non-members $55 plus $10 refundable deposit for music.
The rehearsals and performance will take place at St. Matthias Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here).
Voice rehearsals:
Saturday, January 9, 2-5 pm
Saturday, January 16, 2-5 pm
Saturday, January 23, 2-5 pm
Saturday, January 30, 2-5 pm
Orchestra rehearsals:
Saturday, January 23, 10:30 am - 1 pm (strings only)
Saturday, January 30, 10:30 am - 1 pm
Voice and orchestra rehearsal:
Sunday, February 7, 2-5 pm
Dress rehearsal:
Saturday, February 13, 10:30 am - 1 pm
Performance:
Sunday, February 14, 4 pm
Tickets: $10 ($5 for students and seniors)
CAMMAC plans to hold its Chamber Music Workshop on Saturday February 27, 20010. The workshop is
intended for all chamber music players, quartets, trios, duos, involving any combinations of chamber instruments, including vocal.
Following last years very successful event, the Workshop will again be coached by Brigitte Amyot, who is known to many
of you as a highly regarded teacher, violinist/violist active in the Ottawa/Gatineau region. Brigitte is a member of the
Orchestre Symphonique de Gatineau, the Virtuosi Orchestra, and Harea String Quartet. As free lance musician,
Brigitte has frequently played in the Thirteen Strings, Musica Viva, Savoy Society, Orpheus and many other local professional groups.
The fee for the workshop is $ 60.00 per group for each 1 hour coaching session, and registration for the workshop
will be on first come first served basis for suitable groups. Up to six groups can be accommodated.
Each group is responsible for selecting and preparing its own chamber music piece for the Workshop. The selected music
for each registered chamber group will need to be made available to Brigitte at least two weeks in advance of the Workshop.
Auditors are also welcome - free for members and $5 for non-members.
For further information and registration in the Chamber Music Workshop, CAMMAC members and their chamber
music friends interested in participating in this event are invited to contact: Khalid Ahmad, 613 829 7277,
kmad@rogers.com.
Choral Reading of MISA CRIOLLA by Ariel Ramirez
With Gloria Jean Nagy
Sunday, March 7
2:00-5:00 p.m.
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
$10 for members, $15 for non-members; registration at the door $5 extra.
The Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez is synthesis of popular and liturgical styles based on South American folk music, in particular
from Argentina. The various and beautiful rhythms are a delight to sing and play. This work was an instant success when it
was published in 1963 and remains a favourite especially for amateur choirs worldwide. The Foreword from the Lawson-Gould
edition says, "It proves that indigenous musical forms can communicate the highest values of life and that religious beliefs can
be conveyed through a popular medium of expression".
Gloria Jean Nagy is a well- known performer, teacher, choral conductor, clinician, adjudicator and administrator. She is a
vocal instructor at Carleton University, De La Salle High School and Canterbury High School . She maintains a busy vocal
studio and conducts more than twenty choral concerts a year. She is the founding director of the vocal/piano duo Cantabile
(Gloria Jean Nagy & Katarina Jovic) celebrating its twenty-third season in 2009.She is currently founding director of The Amabile
Singers of Nepean ,the West Ottawa Children's Chorus, director of the Kanata Choral Society and choir director/ pianist for St.
Paul's Presbyterian Church. In May 2009, Ms Nagy was named special teacher of the year for the Ottawa Region branch of
ORMTA. In 1994, Ms. Nagy published A Singers' Overview to Canadian Contemporary Vocal Literature for the 1994 NATS
convention which is now available through the Canadian Music Centre in Toronto for a small fee.
We need a guitarist to enhance the instrumentation of this piece. If you are interested, please contact Penny Annand by January 15.
Let us Sing, let us Play!
Music for Recorders, Viols and Voices
with Jennifer Davis
Sunday, March 21st, 2-5 pm
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
An afternoon of some of beautiful Renaissance and early Baroque music written for voices and/or instruments. We
shall explore some Madrigals and Chansons from England and France, church music of Tomas Luis deVictoria, and
revisit the double choir repertoire from St. Mark's in Venice.
We shall need recorders of all types, Viols, and especially voices in all ranges to recreate the "cori spezzati" of
San Marco!
Please note that this workshop is now full, except for viol players.
This workshop requires intermediate to good sight-reading skills.
The music may be obtained ahead of time by contacting Elizabeth 613-724-3719 or
music.eliz@yahoo.ca.
Jennifer Davis is a well-known local recorder teacher. She taught recorder with the Ottawa Board of Education for
many years and since retirement directs the adult Carleton Recorder Ensemble. She also plays piano, accompanies
friends on the harpsichord and is a member of an occasional viol consort. She is a member of the Ottawa Choral
Society and coordinates the Society's small Ensembles.
A devoted CAMMACer, she served on the local board for many years, graduating to the National Board, where
she also served as President.
The fee is $5 for members and $10 for non-members.
You may also just e-mail Elizabeth at music.eliz@yahoo.ca.
Registration is $2 extra at the door.
It is helpful to know the number of people coming, so we can get the right amount of music.
Woodroffe United Church,
207 Woodroffe Avenue between Carling and Richmond (north of the Carlingwood Shopping Centre)
(location is here)
OC Transpo routes 18, 87 and 156
This year we shall be singing in Easter sunrise at a new location. The First Unitarian Congregation where we usually
sing, is having its own early service and we have been welcomed by Woodroffe United Church. This also has a large
east facing window so we are still blessed by the rising sun as we lift our voices in Messiah choruses.
As Jane will be busy at Cleary Avenue we have asked Dr James Wright to accompany us. We have two young
soloists - soprano Samhurdhi Gunawardena and tenor Ben Buchanan, and the inspirational Alan Thomas
to lead us - so all is right with the world!
The morning will start as usual at 6:30 am with coffee, muffins and friendship.
Tickets, still only $5, will be available at Leading Note and Book Bazaar after March 19th, and at the door.
If you intend coming but can't buy a ticket before Easter Sunday please let Janet (613-728-9657) know so that
we will have enough muffins for all. Talking of which, contributions of muffins will be gratefully received.
See you at Woodroffe United April 4th , and don't forget your 'Messiah' scores!
COME AND SING AND PLAY VIVALDI'S GLORIA
for choir, orchestra and soloists
directed by STEPHEN CANDOW
2:00 - Orchestra / 2:45 - Choir
St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Ave. (directions
are here)
Free for CAMMAC members, $5 for non-members
Stephen Candow developed his passion for the English choral tradition as a young boy soprano at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Newfoundland. There, he was introduced to the organ and received his
first music training. He continued his education at Memorial University in Newfoundland and the University
of Toronto in performance and music education.
Prior to being appointed Organist and Director of Music at St. Matthew's Church in Ottawa in 2005,
Stephen was the Assistant Organist at Canada's "Methodist Cathedral", the Metropolitan United (which
houses both the largest pipe organ and functional carillon in Canada! ) He is also presently the co-director
of the Anglican Chorale of Ottawa. Stephen has been choral accompanist for several groups including
Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, The Conservatory Boys' Choir and Seventeen Voyces.
ORCHESTRA: C trumpet, all strings.
Vocal soloists: Soprano and alto
All choristers welcome.
If you would like the music before-hand it can be arranged (section heads and soloists in particular).
Choristers do not have to contact us or pre-register. Vocal soloists must pre-register - contact Janet at
janetlstevens@bell.net, 613-728-9657. Choristers may also contact this number for info.
For orchestra: Khalid at kmad@rogers.com, 613 829-7277:
All strings are welcome (contacting us would be appreciated, but not necessary). Winds must pre-register.
If you have a score, please bring it.
Notice of CAMMAC Ottawa-Gatineau Annual General Meeting
Please note that the AGM of CAMMAC Ottawa-Gatineau will be held after the reading. The AGM is a chance to see
what activities we have had, to make suggestions, and to be elected to our Regional Management Committee. If you'd like to
know what kind of work and fun the committee involves, please contact Janet at janetlstevens@bell.net,
613-728-9657. In any event, if you are a member, please attend our AGM!
The concert will take place on Friday, 3 December 2010 at
Dominion-Chalmers United Church. Rehearsals will take place on the
three Saturdays preceding the event, that is, on November 13, 20, and 27 at
Parkdale United Church.
We will provide more details once we get closer to those dates.
