Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Top 10 reasons to Audition for The Stairwell Carollers - 3...2...1!

You are here... but only if you audition! Email info@stairwellcarollers.com now
Auditions tonight! Email us now!! 
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Top 10 reasons to audition for my Ottawa Choir, The Stairwell Carollers:

3 – Did I mention we love singing in foreign languages? 

Since I joined the choir in 1993, I can recall singing in English, French, Latin, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Catalan, Welsh, Scottish, Russian, Finnish, Huron, and this year for the first time: Swedish!

No video yet of us singing it, but here is a nice rendition by another choir to give you an idea.


2 – Auditions can be fun! A chair is waiting for YOU! C’est toute une aventure!
Tina, Graham and Ludwig enjoy a relaxing chat after rehearsal in a local pub.
1 – Pub nite!
We are a very social group, and you never know what ancient drinking (or hunting) song we might start singing at one of New Edinburgh’s fine public houses after our Wed nite rehearsals.


If you have a soprano, tenor or bass voice, email us NOW info@stairwellcarollers.com.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Top 10 reasons to Audition for The Stairwell Carollers - 4 - Be a Man!

The Men of the Stairwell Carollers sing in concert for OCISO - photo, Iryna Zamchevska
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Top 10 reasons to audition for my Ottawa Choir, The Stairwell Carollers:

4 – If you’re a tenor or a bass, come join us for a bowl of musical Wassail. Many of our songs feature men’s voices!

2018 Stairwell Carollers audition notice

If you're a soprano, tenor or bass, email info@stairwellcarollers.com now.

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Monday, August 27, 2018

Top 10 reasons to Audition for Les chanteurs Stairwell Carollers - 5 - Français et Anglais!

Our recent 40th Anniversary - Les Chanteurs Stairwell Carollers
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Top 10 reasons to audition for my Ottawa Choir, The Stairwell Carollers / 
Les 10 meilleures raisons d'auditionner pour ma chorale d'Ottawa,  Les chanteurs Stairwell:

5 - You like singing in English and French. Vous aimez chanter en anglais et en français.
We are a proudly bilingual choir and, sometimes, we even sing French and English (and other languages) in the same song! 

NB: the English verse is a John Rutter arrangement.

2018 Stairwell Carollers audition notice

If you're a soprano, tenor or bass, email info@stairwellcarollers.com to set up your audition time.

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Au sujet des Chanteurs Stairwell:

C'est en 1977 que notre ensemble vocal naît de l'initiative de Pierre Massie, un étudiant en musique à l'Université d'Ottawa. En tant que lauréats des concours de l'Ontario Music Festival Association de 2010 et 2013, nous pouvons affirmer que nous nous classons parmi les meilleures chorales de l'Ontario.

Nous sommes un organisme de bienfaisance canadien enregistré et les recettes de nos concerts, de la vente de CD, de téléchargements et de streaming nous permettent d'aider notre communauté. Ainsi, depuis 1997, nous avons remis plus de 143 800 $ en dons à des organismes caritatifs locaux et en bourses d'études.

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Top 10 reasons to Audition for The Stairwell Carollers - 6 - John Rutter Tunes

Director, Pierre, recently met up with old friends John Rutter and Lydia Adams at Music and Beyond
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Top 10 reasons to audition for my Ottawa Choir, The Stairwell Carollers:

6 – Are you a John Rutter fan? Did you attend one of his Music & Beyond concerts in Ottawa this summer?

We love singing his songs, and we have a whole playlist of 16 Rutter tunes!

Enjoy!

2018 Stairwell Carollers audition notice

If you're a soprano, tenor or bass, set up an audition by emailing info@stairwellcarollers.com.
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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Top 10 reasons to Audition for The Stairwell Carollers - 7 - A Composer's Dream!

David and Terry discuss.. what else? Music! - at The Galilee centre Stairwell Retreat
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7 – Other choir members compose too, and this year we’ll be singing new pieces by my bass buddy Terry Brynaert (his rollicking “Sans Day Carol”) as well as my own, “In natali Domini.”
2018 Stairwell Carollers audition notice

If you're a soprano, tenor or bass, set up an audition by emailing info@stairwellcarollers.com.
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Friday, August 24, 2018

Top 10 reasons to Audition for The Stairwell Carollers - 8 - Pierre Massie Original Compositions

Our director with our Dominion Carilloneur, Andrea McCrady and her arrangement of his carol, Mourning Dove
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Top 10 reasons to audition for my Ottawa Choir, The Stairwell Carollers:

8 - You get to sing songs by an award-winning composer, our Director, Pierre Massie. Here is our playlist of 38 (38!) Pierre Massie arrangements and compositions.

2018 Stairwell Carollers audition notice

If you're a soprano, tenor or bass, set up an audition by emailing info@stairwellcarollers.com.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Top 10 reasons to audition for The Stairwell Carollers - 9 - Audience Connection

Our director Pete grins from the tenor section at a rehearsal
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Top 10 reasons to audition for my Ottawa Choir, The Stairwell Carollers:

9 – Do you see what I see? Are there any other 30-voice choirs in the world that are led by their director, not from out front, but while singing within the choir?

2018 Stairwell Carollers audition notice

If you're a soprano, tenor or bass, set up an audition by emailing info@stairwellcarollers.com.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Top 10 reasons to audition for The Stairwell Carollers - 10 - The A cappella Advantage

The Stairwell Carollers 2017 - goodbye to some -- hello Auditions!
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Top 10 reasons to audition for my Ottawa Choir, The Stairwell Carollers:

10 – Veni Veni! Come audition for a choir that only sings a cappella, without instrumental accompaniment.
The Stairwell Carollers sing a cappella style2018 Stairwell Carollers audition notice
And here's a taste of that a cappella...
If you're a soprano, tenor or bass, set up an audition by emailing info@stairwellcarollers.com.

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