Celebrating Bytown Voices' 25 years of choral singing 
Celebration ! Concert
Sunday, May 4, 2025  at 3 p.m.

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Celebrating 25 years of music-making 

Bob Brocklebank

John Waddington

John Waddington, (tenor and Bytown Voices President) and Bob Brocklebank, (bass and member for 25 years) 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)

BV at 25 MIXDOWN 1.mp3

Recorded and produced on March 26-27, 2025 by Kevin Burns, BV's volunteer recordist. 

The recording contains mini-clips of Bytown Voices in concert throughout the years:

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 (L. Cohen)  Fall 2013, with Shiru Lac Choir

A Lullaby (L. E. Bolden)                       Fall 2013

Old Lady Rose  (Baker/Nickel)          Spring 2023

What is Bytown Voices? 

  • The Bytown Voices is a non-audition (i.e., no tests to prove your vocal competency) community choir. The choir has sung continuously since 1999. 

  • 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.

  • We also welcome children from ages 9 (grade 4) and up. They are an integral part of the choir.

  • The only requisite to join is to have a love of music and singing.  

  • The choir practices each Tuesday evening during the session from 7:30 pm tp 9:30 pm. Practices take place at St. Basil's Church, 940 Rex Ave off Maitland just north of the Queensway. The first rehearsal of the  2025 Winter-Spring session is Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

  • Between weekly rehearsals, members are expected to set aside time to do home-practice using the learning aids provided. 

  • We perform two concerts per year, with additional outreach concerts at seniors' residences and long- term care facilities.

  • Masks are no longer required for practices or concerts but all choir members are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated and to stay home when sick. 

    What do we sing?

    Bytown Voices has a varied repertoire from various time periods, styles, cultures, languages and degrees of difficulty. As a non-audition and inclusive choir, the  membership ranges from people singing in a choir for the first time to experienced musicians. Most importantly, many new members become long-time members dedicated to the community.

Our artistic director, Joan Fearnley, is an engaging conductor committed to bringing out the best in each member. Her music choices are thoughtful and varied with something for everyone and she will send you home enriched, energized and humming a tune after rehearsal. Joan is supported by our excellent pianist, Carla Klassen, our music team associate Devon Wastle-Thivierge, and our children's mentor Mélanie Hartshorn-Walton, as well as a dedicated volunteer executive board and volunteers from the choir and community. 

The Bytown Voices Community Choir has made a transition to a multi-generational choir model. The new model includes children (age 9 and up) and a better representation in the broad range of generation groupings:  Silent-1925-1945; Boomers-1946-1964; Gen Y-1965-1979; Millennials-1980-1994; Gen Z-1995-2012; Alpha 2013-2025.

For information about choir membership contact us at bytownvoices@gmail.com

For concert music list from 1999 to present  CLICK HERE

  2024-2025 Season 

Celebrating 25 years of making music! 

Two sessions per year:
Fall  and Winter-Spring  
Adults  $125 / session |  Children  $60 / session

If you are interested in joining Bytown Voices, have a look at the homepage,
then  send an email to   bytownvoices@gmail.com

And here we are! 

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