What is Bytown Voices? 

The Bytown Voices is a non-audition (i.e., no tests to prove your vocal competency) community choir in Ottawa, Canada. The choir celebrates singing continuously since 1999. Bytown Voices is made up of more than 90 enthusiastic singers from across the National Capital Region (ON/QC). The choir is SATB: sopranos, altos, tenors and basses and includes children ages 9 and up as an integral part of the choir. We present 2 concerts per year. Some of the requisites to join are to have a love of music and singing, have some musical experience, and attend the majority of our weekly rehearsals.     (click here for more)

We have just celebrated our 25th anniversary with Celebration! on May 4, 2025 in St. François d'Assise Church, 20 Fairmont Ave at Wellington St W. We performed the timeless classic Vivaldi's Gloria and the Ottawa premiere of Elaine Hagenberg's Illuminare . Joining the choir were Ottawa soloists Devon Thivierge and Kathleen Radke and a local 15 member chamber group led by Joan Fearnley, Bytown Voices Artistic Director and assisted by our pianist Carla Klassen on both the box organ and the grand piano. We were extremely pleased with our audience feedback!

A Taste of how we sounded in 25th Anniversay Concert

Thank you to our primary concert sponsors

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Bob Brocklebank, (bass and member for 25 years) and John Waddington, (tenor and Bytown Voices Past President)  talk about their time with Bytown Voices as the choir celebrates a quarter-century of music-making. 

They share what they have learned, why they have loved their choir experiences and look ahead to a bright future for Bytown Voices.  Have a listen! (8:55)

             
Recorded and produced on March 26-27, 2025 by Kevin Burns, BV's volunteer recordist. 
Includes a selection of mini-clips from past BV concert performances  including: We Rise Again (Dubinsky/Adams)   Fall 2019 , Va Pensiero  (Verdi)  Spring 2016;  Frobisher Bay (J. Gordon)    Spring 2023;  A Place in the Choir (Staines/Phare-Bergh)  Spring 2024; Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)  Fall 2013, with Shiru Lac Choir; A Lullaby  (L. E. Bolden)  Fall 2023;  Old Lady Rose  (Baker/Nickel) Spring 2023.

For concert music list from 1999 to present  CLICK HERE

 Two sessions per season
Fall session  and Winter-Spring session
Adults  $125 / session |  Children  $60 / session
Link to information about Fall Registration for New Members 
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