Ottawa Choir – The Stairwell Carollers
More than 45 years of charitable song in Canada’s Capitol
Photos by Holly Massie & Drew Gragg – All rights reserved
The Stairwell Carollers, an a cappella Ottawa choir, sing sacred and secular music from all eras, as well as settings of traditional and contemporary Christmas carols.
Photos, Holly Massie (unless otherwise noted) – all rights reserved
Placing FIRST in the OMFA 2010 and 2013 Provincials and SECOND in the 2010 FCMF Nationals, they are ranked amongst the best of Ottawa choirs and have provided $146,319 in scholarships and donations to local charities.
Director, Pierre Massie, has composed many original pieces for the choir, as well as creating lively and contemporary arrangements of traditional carols.
One of his original carols, “Mourning Dove”, caught the ear of Canada’s Dominion Carillonneur, Dr. Andrea McCrady, via YouTube. She performed “Mourning Dove” on the Peace Tower Carillon at 12:00 noon, and again at 3:00 pm, Monday Dec 17th. (http://stairwellcarollers.blogspot.ca/2012/12/pierre-massie-composition-mourning-dove.html) and again in her summer program for 2014. She continues to perform his music to this day.
O vos omnes by Tomas Luis de Victoria – YouTube live concert video
Having been on Youtube for over 12 years now, the Stairwell Carollers has fought a few battles over copyright. Not the silliest being ones for our Director, Pierre's own original compositions! Our Youtube choral music video is always from our concerts and any...
Fall Auditions – Tenors, Sopranos and Basses Step Forward!!
The Carollers are reaching out to tenors, sopranos and basses looking for a safe, fully vaccinated choral ensemble to sing with.
O Jesu Christe , Jacquet de Mantua – sung live by Ottawa’s Stairwell Carollers – YouTube
Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers, perform “ O Jesu Christe” by Jacquet de Mantua.
O Jesu Christe is on our “Cantate Domino” recording. Net proceeds from our music sales benefit local charities. Buy our songs from our website in both CD and MP3 formats.
El Grillo – The Stairwell Carollers on Youtube – Auditions still on!
Fresh from our first concert since Xmas 2019, here is “ El Grillo” by Josquin des Prez sung by The Stairwell Carollers. This version of El Grillo is on our “Audite nova” recording. Net proceeds from our music benefits local charities and are available to buy from our...
Search for Voices featured in Manor Park Chronicle
Many many thanks to Wes Smiderle for the beautiful article in the May/June edition of the Manor Park Chronicle. He got us the entire page!
I’m sure this will be a lot of help in our search for male voices to top up the choir for the coming Christmas season.
A Great Come-Back Concert – Thanks from “Nirvana”
Thank you all for such a wonderful concert last night! The audience was
so appreciative of the performance. And most of all, thanks to Pete, for so many things — having the vision to create the choir in the first place and having so much artistic integrity that it gives us such a unique, well-balanced sound.