Bytown Voices offers joyful concert

The Bytown Voices choir welcomes you to attend their concert entitled “Comfort and Joy!”, featuring seasonal traditionals with a touch of smooth jazz.

Please join us at 3 p.m. Sunday December 10 at Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St. You’ll hear some familiar favourites, with carols and highlights from The Sound of Music, A Charlie Brown Christmas and Bob Chilcott’s A Little Jazz Mass. All the music will be under the direction of Joan Fearnley, with Carla Klassen as accompanist.

The Bytown Voices is a “no-audition necessary” choir of mixed voices, soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Children aged nine and up are eligible for membership, too, making the BV’s a true community choir.

Joining the choir

If you are considering joining a choir, our new term begins in January. Registration opens on December 15 at our website. We especially encourage parents with children, and any interested tenor and bass voices, to join our ranks — we need your participation!

Previous choir experience is not necessary, and members benefit from many online learning supports in a nurturing environment. The Bytown Voices choir practice is on Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. at St. Basil’s Church on Maitland Ave., just north of the Queensway.

Joan Fearnley has led the Bytown Voices for over eight years. She brings her many years of experience in guiding choirs, including both the children’s and women’s choirs of the Notre Dame Basilica in Lowertown.

Tickets for the “Comfort and Joy!” concert are $20, children 12 and under are free. Parking is available on the street and at the Ottawa City Hall lot off Laurier Ave.

For more information regarding tickets or membership please visit our website.

This article was written by Mary Forster. Mary has sung with the Bytown Voices for three years. She strongly encourages anyone who loves music to try them out. It’s a fine choir with a supportive ethic.