Ottawa choir performs "The Cherry Tree Carol” arranged by Sir David Willcocks

Cherub relief sculpture at StStephens church, Chelsea, Quebec

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers, perform "The Cherry Tree Carol” arranged by Sir David Willcocks.

The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competition. They are a non-profit organization, who raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.

Buy our CDs and help Ottawa/Gatineau charities reach their goals!!!

Visit our blog or our website for updates.

Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013.
Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington
Editing: Pierre Massie

2014 Xmas Concert Season with the Stairwell Carollers starts TONIGHT !

The Stairwell Carollers in Concert at a church near you :)

TONIGHT

The Stairwell Carollers are at St.Thomas Church in Stittsville

at 7:30 pm

We are so excited about this season! All the songs in our 2014 Christmas Concert repertoire will be recorded on our next Christmas CD this coming January, 2015. Can you guess the title? O Magnum Mysterium, of course!

As with all our Chrismas CDs, this title piece is an original composition by our director, Pierre and is premiering this season at our concerts.

See you at a concert!

Holly

The Stairwell Carollers

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2014 CONCERT SCHEDULE

O magnum mysterium

Friday, December 12^th
Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St, Ottawa (ON), 7:30pm.

Wednesday, December 17^th
St Columba Anglican Church24 Sandridge Rd, , Ottawa, (ON), 7:30pm.

For these two performances only, advance tickets can be purchased for $15

using the following options..

BUY THEM NOW ONLINE through PayPal-----➤

Purchase online tickets for these two concerts. Choose a location. Instructions for your online purchase

Purchase tickets at the following locations...

• Leading Note, 370 Elgin St., Suite No. 2
• Compact Music, 206 & 785 1/2 Bank Street locations OR
• Books on Beechwood, 35 Beechwood Ave.

Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $20.

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Our other Xmas concerts

Friday, November 28^th
St. Thomas Anglican Church, 1619 Stittsville Main St, Stittsville, (ON), 7:30pm.


Saturday, November 29^th
First Unitarian Congregation Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave, Ottawa, (ON), 7:30pm.

Saturday, December 6^th
Église du Sacré Coeur, 591 Cumberland St, Ottawa, (ON),7:30pm..

Sunday, December 7^th

National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Dr Ottawa, 3pm, in the Garden Court..

Save shipping costs and get our 4 CDs for $50 deal by buying in person at the concerts.

Gift baskets are only $25 and include a music CD, coffee or tea or cider, a mug, a cookbook CDrom, chocolate, Christmas decorations -- and cookies or biscuits -- a fantastic deal for the price!

Thanks to all the local retailers that donated goodies for the baskets! *

Give a gift that keeps on Giving!

* Thanks to Baarhaven Loblaws, Sobeys, Starbucks, Second Cup, Buck or Two, Home Depot, Stittsville and Merivale Farm Boy and Stittsville Independent for gift basket goodies. And thanks to Kit and Kaboodles in Manotick for all the lovely Spring Fill.

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Je sais Vierge Marie, a traditional French Christmas Carol, sung by the Stairwell Carollers

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform Je sais Vierge Marie, a traditional French carol.
The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competition. They are a non-profit organization, who raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.
Buy our CDs and help other charities reach their goals!!!
Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013.
Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington
Editing: Pierre Massie

Balulalow, a Christmas Carol, sung by Ottawa's Stairwell Carollers

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform the Christmas carol, "Balulalow" arranged by Peter Warlock.
The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competition. They are a non-profit organization, who raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.
Buy our CDs and help Ottawa/Gatineau charities reach their goals!!!
Visit our blog or our website for updates.

Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013.
Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington
Editing: Pierre Massie

Quality Xmas Shopping -- Stairwell Caroller CDs at Watsons Mill Christmas Market Nov. 22, 23 and 30th 2014

We will be at the 2014 Watson's Mill Christmas Market and Fine Art Sale Nov. 22, 23 and 30th ONLY with CDs, Gift Baskets, MP3s and Cookbooks to fulfill all your Christmas gift needs.

Save shipping costs and get our 4 CDs for $50 deal by buying in person. Gift baskets are only $25 and include a music CD, coffee or tea, a mug, a cookbook CDrom, chocolate -- and cookies or biscuits -- a fantastic deal for the price! 

Thanks to all the local retailers that donated goodies for the baskets! *

Give a gift that keeps on Giving! 

Proceeds from all Stairwell Carollers Merchandise go towards helping local charities. 

We do what we do best to help our community groups do what they do best!

I also have Concert Tickets at the ADVANCE PRICE of $15 ($20 at the door) for two of our concerts coming up. Friday Dec 12th at Knox Presbyterian on Lisgar Street in Ottawa and Wednesday Dec 17th at St. Clumba Anglican Church, 24 Sandridge Rd Ottawa. 

The Stairwell Carollers have been benefiting local charities since our first recording in 1987 that made $53,000 for Manoir Ronald McDonald House.  We continue our charitable mandate with live concerts and our high quality CDs -- recorded at St. Columba on Sandridge and St. Barnabas on James street in Ottawa. Both churches have incredible acoustics.

See you there!

* Thanks to Baarhaven Loblaws, Sobeys, Starbucks, Second Cup, Buck or Two, Home Depot, Stittsville and Merivale Farm Boy and Stittsville Independent for gift basket goodies.

From Irish roots comes "A Virgin most pure” -- a Christmas Carol by Charles Wood

Stairwell Carollers scarf

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers, perform "A Virgin most pure" by Charles Wood (1866 – 1926) an Irish composer and teacher. 

The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competition. 

They are a non-profit organization, who raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.

This version of "A Virgin most pure" will be included in our "O magnum mysterium" CD released in October . All our CDs are available on our website in both CD form and as MP3 downloads.

Buy our CDs and help Ottawa/Gatineau charities reach their goals!!!

Visit our blog or our website for updates.

Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013.

Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington
Editing: Pierre Massie

From Irish roots comes "A Virgin most pure” -- a Christmas Carol by Charles Wood http://t.co/KpzZKS0fJK on @bloglovin

— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 21, 2014

The Stairwell Carollers perform "I Saw a Maiden” an Old Basque Noël

Angels

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform "I Saw a Maiden” an Old Basque Noël with refrain by Edgar Pettman (1866 - 1943).

This version of "I saw a Maiden" will be included in our next Xmas CD, "O Magnum Mysterium". Expected release date will be October 2015. All our CDs are available on our website in both CD form and as MP3 downloads.

The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competition. They are a non-profit organization, who raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.

Buy our CDs and help other Ottawa/Gatineau charities reach their goals!!!

Visit our blog or our website for updates. 

Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013. 

Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington 

Editing: Pierre Massie

The Stairwell Carollers perform "I Saw a Maiden” an Old Basque Noël http://t.co/5R8F8k5NSh on @bloglovin
— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 19, 2014

Stairwell Carollers appear on Daytime Ottawa with Derick Fage

Daytime Ottawa with Derick Fage, Rogers TV

Yay!
 A small contingent of the Stairwell Carollers were invited to appear on Daytime Ottawa with Derick Fage. We braved one of the first snow storms of the season to arrive at the Rogers TV station in lots of time for the live show at 11:00. The hour show is repeated throughout the day.

We warmed up in an unused studio and premiered the new black cloaks for the guys. We think they look pretty cool and they are actually cooler than the green cloaks (lighter weight fleece).

We sang two carols, Wassail Song and Carol of the Bells. Pete chose these since we know them by heart and they are well known favourites.

Andrew, a new Stairweller this year, and obviously very 'puter literate, popped our segment on his YouTube channel -- you can watch it below. A tiny version of the Stairwell Carollers, which now has 30 singers.

Stairwell Carollers appear on Daytime Ottawa with Derick Fage http://t.co/qhjLlTMbpo on @bloglovin
— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 19, 2014

All My Heart This Night Rejoices - The Stairwell Carollers

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform "All My Heart This Night Rejoices” by Johann Georg Ebeling (1637-1676). 

The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competition. 

A non-profit organization, they raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.

Visit our blog or our website for updates.

Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013.

Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington
Editing: Pierre Massie

All My Heart This Night Rejoices - The Stairwell Carollers http://t.co/qLDHk66ic3

— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 17, 2014

The Stairwell Carollers Christmas Concert Lineup!

Male Cardinal at our feeder

We are so excited about this season! All the songs in our 2014 Christmas Concert repertoire will be recorded on our next Christmas CD this coming January, 2015. Can you guess the title? O Magnum Mysterium, of course!

As with all our Chrismas CDs, this title piece is an original composition, by our director, Pierre and is premiering this season at our concerts.

I will be posting the song list in a week or two.

See you at a concert!

Holly

The Stairwell Carollers Christmas Concert Lineup! http://t.co/LVK47unSiI on @bloglovin

— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 16, 2014

The Stairwell Carollers

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2014 CONCERT SCHEDULE

O magnum mysterium

Friday, December 12^th
Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St, Ottawa (ON), 7:30pm.

Wednesday, December 17^th
St Columba Anglican Church24 Sandridge Rd, , Ottawa, (ON), 7:30pm.

For these two performances only, advance tickets can be purchased for $15,

using the following options..

BUY THEM NOW ONLINE through PayPal-----➤

Purchase online tickets for these two concerts. Choose a location. Instructions for your online purchase

Purchase tickets at the following locations...

• Leading Note, 370 Elgin St., Suite No. 2
• Compact Music, 206 & 785 1/2 Bank Street locations OR
• Books on Beechwood, 35 Beechwood Ave.

Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $20.

---

Our other Xmas concert listings

Friday, November 28^th
St. Thomas Anglican Church, 1619 Stittsville Main St, Stittsville, (ON), 7:30pm.


Saturday, November 29^th
First Unitarian Congregation Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave, Ottawa, (ON), 7:30pm.

Saturday, December 6^th
Église du Sacré Coeur, 591 Cumberland St, Ottawa, (ON),7:30pm..

Sunday, December 7^th

National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Dr Ottawa, 3pm, in the Garden Court..

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O Tannenbaum, a traditional German Carol for Christmas

Xmas tree at Knox Presbyterian, Ottawa

Ottawa chamber choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform O Tannenbaum, a traditional German Christmas carol about the tradition of the Christmas Tree. 

O Tannenbaum, a traditional German Carol for Christmas http://t.co/hQrYN6MtCz on @bloglovin
— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 16, 2014

The carollers, an a cappella choral group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competition. They are a non-profit organization, who raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.

O Tannenbaum is available on the carollers first CD, Qui Creavit Celum

Buy our CDs and help other Ottawa/Gatineau charities reach their goals!!!

Visit our blog or our website for updates.

Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013.

Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington
Editing: Pierre Massie

"Up good Christen folk and listen!” a quaint English Christmas carol

"Up good Christen folk and listen!” a quaint English Christmas carol http://t.co/11wUMn0zY4 on @bloglovin

— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 14, 2014

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform "Up good Christen folk and listen!" a traditional English carol arranged by G.R. Woodward. The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ottawa choirs by choral critics. They are a non-profit organization, who raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales.

Buy our CDs and help other charities reach their goals!!!
 
Visit our blog or our website for updates.

Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 14th, 2013.

Videographers: Sébastien Lemay, Kevin Millington
Editing: Pierre Massie

Favourite Christmas carols -- a Youtube playlist from The Stairwell Carollers

Twinkle Christmas tree

Tenors and Basses at rehearsal

We are practicing our Christmas carols now, getting ready for O Magnum Mysterium, our 2014 concerts in the Ottawa region! Here's a special playlist for you of our most loved Xmas carols on YouTube.

Favourite Christmas carols -- a Youtube playlist from The Stairwell Carollers http://t.co/ghGuR30PsT on @bloglovin

— Stairwell Carollers (@StairwellChoir) November 13, 2014

November 2014 Choral/Vocal Music Linky Party Happening NOW!

LINK up your Vocal Music- related   videos, vines, Pinterest discoveries, articles, compositions, photos, and blog posts here :) 

An InLinkz Link-up

October Top 3

Behind the Spotlight with Canadian Composer, 

Matthew Emery

 

Another wonderful article written by foremost Canadian choir blogger Missable,

The Choir Girl

 Her erudite post includes an extensive interview with the composer and two videos of  his works -- a must-listen!

Tonal Tuesday - Oh Happy Day Or Not 

Some fun tips to weather a rainy day rehearsal

Groove Me

A fun post by Kimberly at Being a Wordsmith

listing songs that evoke memories and "speak to her"

NOW you can connect with other music bloggers!

Use our easy Linky tool to share your fave choral videos, composition tips, singing techniques,  and ideas for the best recording venues. Funny Choral photos, Listicles and fave vocal songs are cool too!

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