Choral Concerts Spring 2019 PROGRAMME - Stairwell Carollers

What's as relaxing and soul satisfying as a babbling brook in early spring?

A Stairwell Caroller Spring Choral concert!   TICKETS FOR JUNE 1st ONLINE

The Evenings Programme

Here is a little teaser of the songs you will hear:

About The Stairwell Carollers:

Pierre Massie created our a cappella choir in 1977 while he was a music student at Ottawa University. We are ranked among the best of Ontario choirs, winning both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competitions. 

A registered Canadian charity, The Carollers also help local charities with net proceeds from concert, CD and cookbook sales.

St. Columba Concert Tonight is SOLD OUT!

Christmas Carol CONCERT TONIGHT IS SOLD OUT!

Wednesday, December 19th at St. Columba Anglican Church, 24 Sandridge Rd, Ottawa, (ON) - 7:30pm. 

St. Columba concert IS NOW SOLD OUT. 

We accept Debit and Credit Cards for CD purchases at our concert with The Square.

About Us:

Pierre Massie started our a cappella choir in 1977 while a music student at Ottawa U. We are ranked among the best of Ontario choirs, winning both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competitions. 

A registered Canadian charity, The Carollers also help local charities with net proceeds from concert, CD and cookbook sales.

Saturday Dec 15th Christmas Concert -- only a few tickets left!

Christmas Carol CONCERT TOMORROW!

Saturday, December 15th at Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave, Ottawa, (ON) - 7:30pm.

This church is a comfortable size with incredible sound! We will be presenting a $2000 gift to Harmony House - as well as recording our YouTube video at this concert.

THEN...

Wednesday, December 19th at St. Columba Anglican Church, 24 Sandridge Rd, Ottawa, (ON) - 7:30pm.  NOTE: Seating is limited

St. Columba is our rehearsal home year round. A warm wood lined church with great acoustics. Our favourite venue for recording our CDs.

St. Columba is a smaller church, so don't wait to buy your ticket!

Stairwell Caroller concerts- 2 left! 

Tickets online 

We accept Debit and Credit Cards for CD purchases at our concert with The Square.

About Us:

Pierre Massie started our a cappella choir in 1977 while a music student at Ottawa U. We are ranked among the best of Ontario choirs, winning both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competitions. 

A registered Canadian charity, The Carollers also help local charities with net proceeds from concert, CD and cookbook sales.

An A Capella Christmas - 2018 Xmas concerts on NOW

So much to tell you about this years concert season -- and it all starts TONIGHT in Carleton Place at  St. Mark Evangelist Church, 1606 Fisher Ave., Ottawa, (ON) at 7:30pm.

Thanks to our stalwart lighting and sound Tech Crew headed by René - Darren, Aditi, Paul, Henry and Christoph.

Sunday, Dec 9th, we head off to St. James Anglican Church, 225 Edmond St, Carleton Place, (ON)for an afternoon concert starting at 2:30pm.

Next week, our FINAL evening concerts are happening!

Saturday, December 15th at Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave, Ottawa, (ON) - 7:30pm.

This church is huge and has incredible acoustics! One of my favourites to sing in. We will be doing our YouTube video recording at this concert as well as presenting a $2000 gift to Harmony House for all the good work they do.

Wednesday, December 19th at St. Columba Anglican Church, 24 Sandridge Rd, Ottawa, (ON) - 7:30pm.  NOTE: Seating is limited

St. Columba is really our "Home" church since we rehearse year round there. A cozy church with excellent acoustics, most of our CDs were recorded here professionally in multiple sessions without audience. 

St. Columba is a smaller church, however, so don't wait too long to buy your ticket if you choose this concert. 

Stairwell Caroller concerts! 

Tickets available online 

We accept both Debit and Credit Cards for CD purchases at our concerts with The Square.

About The Stairwell Carollers:

Pierre Massie created our a cappella choir in 1977 while he was a music student at Ottawa University. We are ranked among the best of Ontario choirs, winning both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competitions. 

A registered Canadian charity, The Carollers also help local charities with net proceeds from concert, CD and cookbook sales.

How to take a good group Photo PART 5 - The Devil is in the DPI

Yes, before you tell me..  I used a similar title in our last Choral Cacophony Podcast . But as with all metaphors, it means something different here.

Detail - or the lack of it - as in a low DPI (Dots Per Inch) image can ruin the chance of your photo being used in a publication or, as in our case, our slick and gorgeous Program for our 40th Season.

I thought I knew almost all I could about my Canon Rebel t3i, but our new bass (and graphic arts expert), Terry Brynaert, taught me a thing or two.

In other words, don't be scared to shoot in the RAW.

No, not naked. Behave.

Luckily, I shot our group photos in RAW format, which has the potential for at least 300 DPI - the requirement for professional publishing. My mistake was to convert them with the wrong program which reduced their DPI (or PPI - Pixels Per Inch) automatically to un unusable 72. Terry was adamant that we needed the fine detail for the photos to look good in the Program, which motivated me to dig through my drawer of ignored CDRoms for the CD that came with my camera.

I popped it into my disk drive and crossed my fingers. After all, this is old tech trying to work with new Mac tech.

Computer grumbling...

Woh, it worked! Easy Peasy, thanks Canon!

I now apologize to everyone that I brushed away with one hand while shooting hundreds of shots with the other. Better to shoot a few less images in RAW format with the incredible detail and range of colour and shade that a high DPI can bestow than to waste time on multiple low DPI shots.

Next - The wonders and limits of my iPhone 6 plus for group photography

HOW TO TAKE A GOOD GROUP PHOTO  PART 1   - The Learning Curve
 PART 2  - Roll Call
 PART 3 - Here Comes the Sun
Part 4 - Lights, Camera, Action!

Resonet in laudibus Programme -- Concert coming up! Saturday June 3rd, 7:30 p.m.

Hi Everyone!

Short and sweet (and late ) today. Thought you'd like to see our song lineup for our upcoming Spring Concert, June 3rd 7:30 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church, 70 James street - downtown Ottawa.

Our Spring A cappella Choral Concert of music spans the Renaissance up to famous and original Contemporary.

22 songs will be performed by the choir, in English, Latin, Italian, German, Spanish and French - spanning centuries to the present day!

Modern pieces include: "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre, "Earth Song" by Frank Ticheli, "Contre Qui Rose" by Morten Lauridsen and "One Last Song" by Michael McGlynn.

Popular renaissance madrigals like "Come Again" by John Dowland, "El Grillo" by Josquin Des Prez and "Il bianco e dolce cigno" by Jaques Arcadelt will be heard.

Also, Antonio Lotti's popular Renaissance Mass will be sung in its entirety.

And that's not all! Local fiddle group, Fiddlehead Soup will be performing two pieces - one in a Turkik dialect!

More info on the concert.

Advance tickets are $15 - available online. $20 at the door. Children 12 and under are free.

Hopefully there will be some tulips left to see from the Tulip Festival too!

Sign up for our Newsletter!  So much happening for our 40th Year!

If you are on Facebook - check out our Event listing there.

Please DONATE to support our 40th year events for everyone! 
All Donations receive a charitable receipt.

Don't miss out! BOOK YOUR AD in our Gorgeous 2014 Concert Program! Deadline November 3rd !

 Stairwell Carollers 2012 Concert season playbill cover (front and back)

Corporations and Small Business owners -- Don't miss this excellent sponsorship opportunity!

                              

RESERVE YOUR AD NOW !

The Stairwell Carollers concert playbill.  

Any company or organization, or anyone wanting to promote an event or celebration, is more than welcome to request to purchase space in our concert booklet.   

Be aware, however, our concerts are family friendly and we reserve the right to refuse ads or companies promoting gambling, drug paraphernalia or adult content.

Book your ad for 2014 NOW.  

 Deadline November 3rd...
 

WHY ADVERTISE IN OUR PLAYBILL? This one playbill serves FIVE evening concerts in  Ottawa and in Stittsville! 

Our concerts are well attended and often sell out!

We perform in MANY VENUES throughout Ottawa and WE USE ONE PLAYBILL  for all our evening concerts, so ALL ADS ARE SEEN BY ATTENDEES AT FIVE evening CONCERTS THIS YEAR!

 
  Our 2014 Christmas season Playbill cover is printed on glossy stock in colour. 

 The interior is printed in black and white on standard stock. 
 
The size is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" (folded 8 1/2"x 11"). 
 
Ads are mixed with concert info through the playbill to encourage viewing of sponsors ads.
 

Ad Prices

BUSINESS CARD ad = $75

HALF PAGE ad = $1o0

FULL-PAGE ad = $2o0
INSIDE front or back COLOUR ad = $250
BACK COVER COLOUR ad = $300

Example Page

Past years advertisers

Campbell Douglas Keyboards - 1547 Merivale Road

Clocktower Pub, 575 Bank Street

CD warehouse

Books on Beechwood

Christopher Wheeler Heating & Cooling

Great Books Great Gifts Ottawa U Book Store

Lester's Barber Shop - 13 Beechwood

Fraser Café - 7 Springfields at Beechwood

New Edinburgh Pub

Hampton Wellness Centre - 1419 Carling
Ottawa Regional Youth Choir
Farris-manning photography 
Le Saint-Ô
Campbell Douglas
 

Charitable Contribution

If you would like to make a tax deductible contribution to the choir in someone's memory, or have a Christmas message placed, you can either supply your own artwork which we will scan or we can do it for you. Please describe the look you would like (font, type of clip art) as best you can, with the proper wording for your message, and Holly will design it accordingly.

Email info@stairwellcarollers.com  NOW to book your ad !

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Our latest CD, CANTATE DOMINO - a selection of Renaissance Sacred choral pieces.
Cantate Domino is dedicated to the memory of Paul Churchill, Tenor, whose voice and heart will be forever remembered.

If you live in the Ottawa area, you can purchase our CDs directly from choir members. 

You can also buy them at Ottawa area stores, online, or at our live concerts.