PAST SEASONS
May 2026
Nepean Choir presented two major works for our large-scale collaboration, Better is Peace, on Friday May 22nd at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. The concert was a joint collaboration Nepean Choir, Castenchel Choir, Nepean High School Choir, and The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. We will once again be joined by guest soloists bass Matthew Li and mezzo-soprano Gabriela Comeau-Gort. 
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s The Listeners is the first work on our program. Premiered in 2019, the work is inspired by an artifact of greeting: Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Record’ created to send out to the far reaches of space with the NASA Voyager probes of the 1970s and includes texts that range from Tennyson to Lucille Clifton.
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins was commissioned by the Royal Armouries to mark the transition from one millennium to another. It reflects on the passing of ‘the most war-torn and destructive century in human history’ and looks forward in hope to a more peaceful future. The work is built around the traditional Catholic Mass and includes settings of the Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Benedictus. And what makes the work distinctive are the lyrics drawn from many parts of the world and from diverse religions and cultures such as the Psalms, Rudyard Kipling, Japanese poet Toge Sankichi, and the Mahabharata.
2024 – 2025 Season 
This season marked the 50th anniversary of Nepean Choir
Sea to Sea to Sea – Songs for Canada, on Saturday May 10 at Woodroffe United Church, featured music of Canadians from every province and territory of all backgrounds from sea to sea to sea, with a diversity of styles, genres and languages. [Link to Concert programme and Song lyrics ]
Music from the Heart
Music from the Heart – Songs from Across Canada – A concert on Sunday April 13 in support of Centre 507 — an adult drop-in centre, collaborating with partners to provide healthy meals, welcoming community and access to resources. (www.centre507.org)
A Festive Legacy
A Festive Legacy – Celebrating 50 Years of Song!
The concert featured favourite pieces from past seasons, suggested by choir members, as well as a few new-to-us pieces. Featured guest: Jennifer Loveless, organist. Friday, December 13, 2024 7:30 pm at Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave, Ottawa
Rest and a New Day
50th Anniversary joint concert with Castenchel Choir, Nepean HS Choir, Ottawa Symphony ensemble, plus guest soloists Bronwyn Kelly (sop.), Gabriela Comeau Gort (mezz.) Morgan Hassel (ten.), Matthew Li (bass), Jennifer Loveless (organ), performing the new version of Mozart’s Requiem and Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass.
Friday December 1, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa
Joyful and Triumphant
Carols, Choirs and Brass, with guest conductor Mark Sirett. Featuring Nepean HS Choirs, Maple Leaf Brass, and organist Shawn Potter.
Friday December 1, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Woodroffe United Church, Ottawa
Songs of the Land
A celebration of Canada’s First Nations Composers, with special guests Aurora Finkle and David Finkle, and featuring a new composition by Beverley McKiver.
Sunday May 7, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Woodroffe United Church, Ottawa
Participated in the Capital Region Music Fest 2023 (crmf.on.ca) on March 25, 2023
Joint performance with:
Nepean High School Choir, Ottawa
Magee Secondary School Choir and Orchestra, Vancouver BC
March 21, 2023 @ 7:30 pm at Nepean High School,
Friday Dec. 2, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Woodroffe United Church
Tickets available from choir members, at the door, and via EventBrite:
In May 2022, Nepean Choir was pleased to return to performing for a (limited) live audience with
Now is the Time for Love: The Music of Love, Loss, and Life
Live attendance at this concert was restricted due to limited capacity, so we also prepared a video version following the concert. You may still view it at the following link: Nepean Choir Spring Concert 2022
Virtual Christmas Concert
Nepean Choir presented our 2021 Christmas concert – Comfort and Joy – on Sunday, December 12th 2021. You can view the video of the concert at the following page: Livestream of Comfort and Joy – Virtual Christmas concert 2021
A peek at preparing for a concert…
Nepean Choir 2017-2018
Denise Hawkins, Director
Sara-Lynn Hutchison, Accompanist
Sing Noël!
Canatas and Carols for Christmas featuring works by Bach, Tellemann, Archer & Murphy plus Seasonal Carols & Audience Sing-Along with Shawn Potter, guest organist and Guest instrumentalists
Fri. Dec. 1st, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Woodroffe United Church,
207 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa K2A 3V1
Spring Awakening
Sacred and Secular Music to Lift the Spirit featuring Dvorak’s Mass in D and a world premiere of ‘Sing to Me’, a new work by Kelly-Marie Murphy with guests Shawn Potter, organist, and four vocal soloists – Jeanine Williams, Jennifer King, Philip Klaassen, and Hyung Song.
Fri. May 4th, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Woodroffe United Church,
207 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa K2A 3V1