Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa | Music, Leadership, Outreach

The Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa develops integrity, empathy and self-confidence in its choristers through choral excellence, leadership training and educational and community outreach. Our motto is: Music, Leadership, Outreach. Music We study and perform the finest repertoire, with a particular emphasis on the works of...
Educational Outreach Our three part educational outreach program allows us to extend our mentoring philosophy outside of our own Cantiamo community. Part one of our outreach is our teacher workshop. Teachers sign up for the day and learn about healthy singing, vocal technique, conducting technique and choral repertoire. Part...
Leadership through mentoring is a core part of the Cantiamo experience. Our Artistic Director and Accompanist serve as mentors to the girls but the girls also mentor each other each week in rehearsal. Unlike many choirs, our rehearsals are collaborative and collegial and the thoughts and comments of the director, accompanist...
Jackie Hawley graduated from University of Toronto with an honors degree in Music Education and from University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Education. She has conducted and toured internationally with adult, youth and children’s choirs and has been a clinician for choirs and schools throughout Ontario for more than...

Music, Leadership, Outreach.

Recent Work

At Cantiamo we produce our own CDs and participate on select CDs with other artists.

Cantiamo is excited to be guests on the upcoming...

Our first album features the Cantiamo Girls...

About Cantiamo

The Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa develops integrity, empathy and self-confidence in its choristers through choral excellence, leadership training and educational and community outreach.

Our motto is: Music, Leadership, Outreach.

Music

We study and perform the finest repertoire, with a particular emphasis on the works of Canadian composers. Cantiamo has premiered over twenty Canadian choral compositions. We participate in choral events at home and away from home. We record our music and concerts in order to reach a wider audience in the community, provide another educational experience to the choristers and contribute to our operating budget.

Leadership

Our Artistic Director is a highly qualified music educator who develops the vocal capabilities and musical literacy of our choir members. Our Accompanist, also a highly qualified professional, supports the vision of the artistic director and the development of the choristers. Mentoring is part of our program and we provide choir members with the opportunity to mentor less experienced singers. When appropriate, we provide conducting and accompanying opportunities to our advanced choristers.

Outreach

We perform educational outreach through our three part community outreach and music education program which consists of our teacher workshop, school visits and Music Monday where we are partners with the National Arts Centre. We support the Ottawa community by performing at local charitable events, churches, schools and retirement/nursing homes throughout our choral season.

Concerts

Aside from our own concerts, we perform to support community events and have consequently enjoyed performing at the Canada and the World Pavilion, Ottawa City Hall, the Ottawa Congress Centre, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the National Arts Centre and various hospitals, churches and retirement homes. Cantiamo also participated in Festival 500 in Newfoundland (2005, 2013) and the Kaleid Festival in Woodstock (2006, 2007) and Ottawa (2010).

General

We hold regular weekly rehearsals, additional workshops throughout our choral season and maintain high performance standards. We provide the opportunity for boys to participate in our training choir as an introduction to choral singing. We are a registered charity.