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• OTTAWA • Choeur philharmonique du Nouveau Monde

Dear friends, choristers, musicians and music lovers,

These past few years the whole world has had to adjust to the effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic. Our choir is no exception.

We were planning to present Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in the spring of 2019, but we had to put those plans on hold. We continued our rehearsals online while waiting for new healthcare regulations. The SPNM choirs were able to study two great works during the confinement, namely the Requiem by Brahms and the Waltzes by Strauss. We were able to perform the Strauss waltzes in December 2021 and in the spring 2022, we presented the magnificent Requiem by Johannes Brahms accompanied by 2 pianos and timpani. We are also working, as always, on other concert opportunities.

 

This December, we will present Vivaldi’s Gloria, accompanied by a full orchestra and in the spring 2023, the wonderful Mass in C minor by Mozart. We invite you to follow our social media platforms and this website for dates and times.

https://spnm.ca/en/concerts/

The SPNM will be recruiting new members this year and will welcome back many of our former members. Please visit our recruitment page for more information.

https://spnm.ca/en/ottawa/auditions-ott/

Our choirs are committed to providing quality music to our audience. We can’t wait to pick up where we left off and look forward to being part of your music community once again.

Kind regards,

 

Eunice Racicot,

President 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EUNICE RACICOT

President

MARY FRANCES BELL

Secretary

MATTHEW BOL

Treasurer

MICHEL BROUSSEAU

Artistic Director

SUZANNE MARTIN

Director

ISABELLE MORIN

Director

KEN TRUDEL

Vice-president

RODNEY WILLIAMSON

Director

JEAN DESMARAIS
Rehearsal pianist

 

Gifted with extraordinary versatility, Ottawa-based pianist Jean Desmarais studied with Monique Collet-Samyn (Hull), Anisia Campos, Rafi Armenian (Montreal), Monique Deschaussées (Paris), Johanna Stieler (Berlin) and Dalton Baldwin (United States).

 

Mr. Desmarais has won several international Awards and premiered over 200 new creations, many from Canadian composers. Active on stages all over the world he has been invited to play in France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Mexico, USA and Canada. He was soloist with, among others, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Brasov (Romania), Szczecin (Poland) and Chihuahua (Mexico), as well as with I Musici de Montreal, Les Violons du Roy (Quebec ), and the Chamber Orchestra of Hull.

 

Mr. Desmarais has played in recital at the Banff Centre with the legendary Pinchas Zukerman, and has collaborated with artists such as Ben Heppner, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Amanda Forsyth, Joel Quarrington. He has been invited to coach at the Canadian Opera Company for several opera productions, and in 2007, was the only Canadian pianist invited to play in recital at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Glen Gould’s famous recital there.

 

As one of the most respected teachers in Canada, Mr. Desmarais’ students have gone on to win national awards and study in major music schools such as the Sorbonne (Paris), Conservatory of Amsterdam, and the Cleveland Music Institute.

 

Mr. Desmarais was awarded the Commemorative Medal for the 125th anniversary of Canadian Confederation for his outstanding contribution to the arts in Canada and abroad. He has recently taken on the post of Music Director and Principal Conductor of Strings of St. John’s in Ottawa.

REHEARSALS 

 

THURSDAY NIGHTS
from   7 H 00   À   10 H 00

 

at Martin Luther church, formally Mount Calvary Lutheran church, 933, Smyth rd,
from early September to mid-June.

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