"Ceremony of Carols"
On Saturday, December 7, 2024 7:30 p.m., Ewashko singers will present a Christmas Concert with the Ottawa Children's Choir including Britten's Ceremony of Carols featuring Lucile Hildesheim on harp.
Location: St. Joseph's Parish, Wilbrod & Cumberland
Hero of the Past
Ewashko singers' Fall 2024 season opened with a collaboration with Ottawa Pops Orchestra performing Hero of the Past, a symphonic journey through the beloved music of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. This re-orchestrated and expanded arrangement, originally composed by Koji Kondo and arranged by Alexandre Choinière, brings the game's iconic soundtrack to life with the full power of a symphony orchestra and chorus, featuring Latin translations by Olivier Simon.
2023-2024 Season in Review
October 5-7, 2023: Ewashko Singers appeared with Pops conductor Jack Everly, the NAC Orchestra, and soloists in The Best of Broadway.
December 7-9, 2023: We again joined forces with the NAC Orchestra, conductor Adam Johnson, and soloists in a production of the movie Home Alone in concert.
March 16, 2024: Ewashko singers presented a concert featuring Bach cantatas BWV 77 and BWV 147, and an exciting new work by Edward Enman, Tell me Again How to Mix Light.
May 8-9, 2024: Maurice Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé featured Ewashko Singers with the University of Ottawa's Calixa-Lavallée Ensemble, the NAC Orchestra and conductor Alexander Shelley.
June 1, 2024: Ewashko Singers joined forces with New Opera Lyra to present an afternoon of beloved opera choruses, solos by outstanding rising young artists and some audience sing-along.
About Us
Maestro Laurence Ewashko
Maestro Laurence Ewashko
Maestro Laurence Ewashko
Former conductor of the Vienna Boys’ Choir and Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Laurence Ewashko celebrates his 33rd season of choral activity in the National Capital Region. As a choral clinician, vocal coach and adjudicator, he makes a significant contribution to the quality and appreciation of vocal music in Canada and abroad.
A Full Profes
Former conductor of the Vienna Boys’ Choir and Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Laurence Ewashko celebrates his 33rd season of choral activity in the National Capital Region. As a choral clinician, vocal coach and adjudicator, he makes a significant contribution to the quality and appreciation of vocal music in Canada and abroad.
A Full Professor of Choral Studies at the University of Ottawa, he conducts the School of Music’s two choirs. Laurence is a recipient of the prestigious Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting and numerous awards from the Canada Council of the Arts.
Ewashko Singers
Maestro Laurence Ewashko
Maestro Laurence Ewashko
Formed in 1992 for a live broadcast marking 50 years of Radio Canada International, Ewashko Singers has developed into one of the most flexible vocal ensembles in the National Capital Region.
From Beethoven, Mahler and Verdi to Richard Rodgers and Howard Shore, they skilfully perform music across a wide range of genres and languages. Ewa
Formed in 1992 for a live broadcast marking 50 years of Radio Canada International, Ewashko Singers has developed into one of the most flexible vocal ensembles in the National Capital Region.
From Beethoven, Mahler and Verdi to Richard Rodgers and Howard Shore, they skilfully perform music across a wide range of genres and languages. Ewashko Singers regularly highlights Canadian composers and showcases young Canadian talent.
Ewashko Singers is a proud member of Choirs Ontario.
Joanna Estelle's Transmutation awarded Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards
Joanna Estelle's Transmutation awarded Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards
Joanna Estelle's Transmutation awarded Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards
Joanna Estelle's album Transmutation features Ewashko Singers performing Songs from the Heavens, with Artistic Director, Laurence Ewashko, and soloists Grayson Nesbitt, Oleksii Fishchuk and Irina Medvedeva, as well as recordings by Trio Casals, and cellist Ovidiu Marinescu with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Joanna Estelle was awarded the
Joanna Estelle's album Transmutation features Ewashko Singers performing Songs from the Heavens, with Artistic Director, Laurence Ewashko, and soloists Grayson Nesbitt, Oleksii Fishchuk and Irina Medvedeva, as well as recordings by Trio Casals, and cellist Ovidiu Marinescu with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Joanna Estelle was awarded the Gold Medal for Best of Show for her album Transmutation in the Global Music Awards categories contemporary classical and composer in December 2023.
One of the pieces in Songs from the Heavens (Svyatyj Bozhe) was also awarded a Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the classical category in September 2023.
The following review, also published in Fanfare magazine, is highly complimentary of the choral work: https://www.amazon.ca/review/R1JS7XFMC4K3UZ/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv
We are grateful to the Shevchenko Foundation for their generous financial support of this project.
NACO 'NEW WORLDS' CD AWARDED A JUNO for 2019!
Joanna Estelle's Transmutation awarded Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards
Joanna Estelle's Transmutation awarded Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards
The National Arts Center Orchestra and Alexander Shelley were selected for Best Classical Album of the Year JUNO for New Worlds (contains Dvorak symphony no 9 -From the New World) and Sokolovic Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes).
Ana Sokolovic was selected for Best Classical Composition of the Year JUNO for Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes, co
The National Arts Center Orchestra and Alexander Shelley were selected for Best Classical Album of the Year JUNO for New Worlds (contains Dvorak symphony no 9 -From the New World) and Sokolovic Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes).
Ana Sokolovic was selected for Best Classical Composition of the Year JUNO for Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes, commisioned and recorded by NACO.
Ewashko Singers and other Ottawa choirs feature in the Sokolovic recording.
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