Ottawa Bach Choir Information

The JUNO award winning Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC), founded in 2002 by Dr. Lisette Canton, offers audiences a wide range of choral music of the finest quality, performing music from all historical periods while keeping Bach’s choral œuvre as the focus of its repertoire. Through a combination of both a scholarly and emotional approach to choral music, the ensemble expands all aspects of the artistic spectrum. Joining some of Canada’s most accomplished artists and top choristers from the National Capital region and beyond, the professional choir has received national and international recognition. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary this season, the Ottawa Bach Choir performs a large subscription concert series in Ottawa and travels extensively in Canada and abroad. In 2022, the choir has been invited to return to Bachfest Leipzig as one of a select number of ensembles worldwide (and the only Canadian ensemble) to present Bach’s entire chorale cantata cycle. The choir has embarked on four successful European tours (2014, 2009, 2007 and 2005), including an invitation as the first Canadian choir to perform in the prestigious Bachfest Leipzig, in 2014. The choir has also performed in China, at Carnegie Hall in New York City, in Mexico and across Canada. The OBC has been broadcast nationwide on CBC Radio One and Radio Two, as well as on Radio-Canada, and has recorded seven compact discs to critical acclaim, including JUNO award-winning album, Handel, Bach & Schütz (Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral), released in 2019 on the ATMA Classique label. For more information, please visit the choir’s website.