The 2011-12 Season

The Canadian Centennial Choir, under the direction of Music Director Marg Stubington, is proud to announce its 44th concert season. Ms. Stubington brings her years of conducting experience and joy in music-making to the Centennial Choir podium.

A Baroque Christmas is the theme of our first concert of the 2011-12 season. Featured will be Bach's Magnificat with soloists, organ, and a small instrumental chamber group. Included will be two excerpts from Bach's Mass in B minor and other seasonal works in the Baroque style. These glorious and challenging works will provide a wonderful accompaniment to the Christmas season for both choir and audience alike.

Our March concert, Music from North America, presents two contrasting styles: Dvorak's Mass in D Major and a selection of African-American spirituals. The Mass in D Major combines Czech folk elements with American musical style and was written while Dvorak was the artistic director of the New York National Music Conservatory. African-American spirituals combine the music and religion from Africa with music and religion of European origin to generate a musical form indigenous to the religious experience of Africans and their descendants in the United States.

In May, the choir turns to Madrigals and Motets. This concert will consist of a potpourri of songs providing an opportunity for the choir to showcase its skill at moving from one mood and one genre to another as it tells the stories of life and love from a variety of countries across the ages. This is always an audience favourite.

A Baroque Christmas

Tuesday, December 13^th, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
St.Matthew's Anglican Church (Glebe)
217 First Ave, Ottawa

Dvořák: Mass in D and African-American spirituals

Sunday, March 4^th, 2012, 3 p.m.
Centretown United Church
507 Bank Street, Ottawa

Madrigals and Motets

Saturday, May 12^th, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Centretown United Church
507 Bank Street, Ottawa