We love to sing and to share our music with you. We hope that you enjoy our site and that you enjoy learning more about us.  Current Information It’s our 40th Year of Singing! Coro Vivo Ottawa rehearses at Orleans United Church in Orleans on Tuesday night from 7pm – 9:30pm. Last Season we were pleased to present two very interesting concerts. Our first concert was a Jazzy Christmas that included a a variety of music and had an ensemble of musicians to really get us into the jazzy mood. The concert was very well received at Orleans United Church for two nights. The Spring Concert was held at two locations, a first for CVO. A grouping of Sacred Music that included a wonderful work called Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen. We were accompanied both by organ and piano.     Our Christmas concert will be in a Cantata format with three disctinct music references, Advent, Birth of Christ and the Celebration. Our Spring concert will be a collection of works including one larger work with musicians and soloist. We will be speaking to the earth and the challenges of humanity. We look forward to seeing you whether that is within our ranks (we are accepting new members) or in our wonderful and engaged audience. Cheers! More About Us Coro Vivo Ottawa (CVO) is a community choir with a membership of approximately 40 members drawn from across the National Capital Region. Formerly Blackburn Chorus, CVO was founded 40 years ago and has evolved from a small group of amateur singers to becoming a well-respected concert choir in the area. CVO…

Spring 2025 This concert was a heartfelt tribute to our planet and to the many voices – both ancient and contemporary – that call upon us to listen more carefully to the Earth and to one another We are so grateful for our amazing audience and benefactors without whom this would not have been possible. Christmas 2024 Thank you so much for your warm response to our wonderful Christmas Concert. It was an evening of Christmas stories told in song with gentle tones as well as rousing melodies. We can’t wait to see you again in 2025! 2023-2024 Concerts Our beautiful concert featuring a work by American composer Morten Lauridsen, Canadian maestro Stephen Chatman, and the timeless beauty of Palestrina’s creations was a pleasure to present. This concert promised to captivate and inspire and did not disappoint. “Where words fail, music speaks”. Coro Vivo Ottawa was pleased to present “A Jazzy Christmas” featuring A Little Jazz Mass by Bob Chilcott alongside other seasonal favourites with piano and a jazz ensemble accompaniment. We hosted our guests from the Chinese Canadian Children’s Choir of Canada who performed with us and some pieces of their own. Our first concert celebrating our 40th year of singing! We were so glad to see you there!  2022-2023 Concerts Led by artistic director Antonio Llaca and accompanist Louise Léveillé, the choir  rehearsed for months to deliver a truly spectacular performance. The audience was moved by the power and beauty of the human voice and was taken on a musical journey through the best of Broadway. “It was a fabulous concert – terrific singing, a lovely combination of…

Since fall 1993, Coro Vivo has held an annual weekend workshop at the beautiful premises of CAMMAC (Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens amateurs du Canada) in the Laurentian Mountains. On these occasions, the choir hires a guest music director to lead the workshop, including talented directors such as Robert Ingari, Laurence Ewashko, Isabel Bernaus, Robert Filion, Iwan Edwards, Barbara Clark, Mark Sirrett, Lisette Canton and Michael Zaugg. While we take the training and teaching very seriously, and we sing and sing and sing some more, we also enjoy a bit of fun and frolic.  The polar bear swim was one of the main events, although the participants were not too plentiful. Our “show” on Saturday night is just for us as we entertain each other with limericks, songs, stories and games. There may even be a prank or two.  The themes from the weekend range from “twins” to Halloween. Even our guest conductors get in on the fun. The doors are decorated and the food is good. By the end of the weekend we are happy, tired and have learned a lot about our music and ourselves. ps, …… make sure to ask a chorister about the “Piggy Award”, ……