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| OCSB Children's Choir in concert - 2014 photo by Jim McIntyre |
Once again in the school year 2015 -2016, students who will be in Grade 4, 5 or 6 in the Ottawa Catholic School Board Schools will have the opportunity to audition for the Board Choir.
In the past 24 years the choir has given annual Christmas and Spring concerts and performed at various Board functions. They have been invited to many high profile events in the city at venues such as National Arts Centre, the National Military Cemetery, the House of Commons, to name a few. They are repeated trophy and scholarship winners at the Kiwanis Music Festival. They enjoy singing in benefit concerts and in our own schools. They have also performed in Kingston, Niagara Falls, and Montreal.
The choir rehearses weekly on Mondays from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Basil’s Church, Rex Avenue, Ottawa (Maitland North at the Queensway) and one Saturday morning per month.
Because this is an Honours group, selected by audition, certain performance expectations are placed on successful candidates: punctuality and regular attendance at rehearsals and performances, memorization of all performance material, care of choir uniform and professional behaviour at all venues. A core group of 75 members will be chosen. A second listing of students will be directed to the Training Choir, Young Voices directed by Patricia Kaiser.
Candidates will be contacted for a June audition, (email contact preferred) where they will be asked to sing “O Canada” and to perform other common impromptu exercises such as echo singing and clapping. Students will be notified by regular mail or email of audition results.
The choir works with an executive team under the direction of MaryAnn Dunn. The annual membership fee is $75.00. Transportation is the responsibility of the parents.
Please follow the link to register for an audition spot for the Ottawa Catholic Children's Choir.
If you are not comfortable with filling out the form online, please place the following information in an email and send it to choirs@ocsb.ca.
Child's Name
School and Grade in September
Parents Names, phone numbers and emails
Address
Thank you,
Patricia King
Manager, OCSB Children's Choir
