Unisong Choral Festival

04/20/2026

We are excited to welcome Timothy Shantz as our Guest Conductor for the 2027 Unisong Choral Festival in Ottawa!

Timothy is the Founder and Artistic Director of Calgary’s professional choir, Luminous Voices, Artistic Director of the Richard Eaton Singers and the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alberta’s Department of Music.

Join this once every 5-year celebration by joining your choir with a massed ensemble of hundreds at the heart of Canada Day Celebrations!

Luminous Voices University of Alberta Concert Choir Choral Canada - Canada Choral BC Choral Federation (BCCF) Choir Alberta Saskatchewan Choral Federation Manitoba Choral Association Choirs Ontario New Brunswick Choral Federation - La Fédération des chorales du N.-B. Nova Scotia Choral Federation

07/02/2024

Thank you to Her Honour, Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, for joining us for this year’s Unisong!!! It was a pleasure to have you as our guest!

07/01/2024

Prepping back stage for our O Canada performance on the CBC and Radio Canada nationally broadcasted noon show!

Ottawa Children's ChoirNUOVOCEEdmonton Youth ChoirCanadian HeritageOttawa Tourism

11/14/2023

Did you catch Unisong's Artistic Director, Robert Filion and the Ottawa Children's Choir and their riveting performance as part of the official Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial? You can watch their performance here: https://www.youtube.com/live/we0WMCfit6M?si=Ow5DugpvxisWzpaP

Remembrance Day ceremony from the National War Memorial in Ottawa.

09/15/2023

2024 will be a triumphant return for Unisong, with our first ever Guest Composer. The amazing Sherryl Sewepagaham will be joining our participating choirs to work with them on select pieces of her indigenous music. Choral Canada - Canada Choral Saskatchewan Choral Federation BC Choral Federation (BCCF) Choir Alberta Manitoba Choral Association Choirs Ontario Alliance chorale du Québec Nova Scotia Choral Federation New Brunswick Choral Federation - La Fédération des chorales du N.-B.

09/12/2023

Congratulations to Unisong's Artistic Director, Robert Filion, for being named the new Artistic Director of the Ottawa Children's Choir! We can't wait to see what he brings to one of Ottawa's leading choral organizations!

09/11/2023

We are so excited for what will be our first full Unisong Choral Festival in 2024! We currently have choirs confirmed from Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario, and are seeking our last couple of choirs to complete our massed ensemble!

Choristers get the chance to perform a unique Canadian repertoire under the guidance of our esteemed Guest Conductor, while also getting performance opportunities to sing their own repertoire. The festival has also provided past choirs with unique bonus performances including performing in the televised Canada Day Day concert, and alongside the National Arts Centre Orchestra!

We've been building tremendous momentum and excitement as we head into our first full post-COVID Unisong in 2024, with Kathleen Allan leading the way as our Guest Conductor.

As an additional bonus for 2024, and for the first time ever, we will also be joined by a Resident Composer. The exceptional Sherryl Sewepagaham will join us to work with on select pieces. This will truly be a celebratory year, and we are on track to have one of our best festivals ever.

11/08/2022

We are excited as we prepare for our first full Unisong Choral Festival following the pandemic with Kathleen Allan as our amazing Guest Conductor. Unisong is a massed ensemble experience, uniting choirs from across Canada as one chorus, in Ottawa on Canada Day.

We are also featuring for the first time ever, a Guest Composer with Sherryl Sewepagaham joining us to work directly with our choirs on some of her compositions.

We still have room for a couple more choirs, and are looking for choristers of all ages to join us for this amazing return!

For more information, or to schedule a chat with our Festival Director, please contact us at [email protected]
Robert Filion Choral Canada - Canada Choral BC Choral Federation (BCCF) Alberta Choral Conductors and Leaders Saskatchewan Choral Federation Manitoba Choral Association Choral singers of GTA, Ontario New Brunswick Choral Federation - La Fédération des chorales du N.-B. Nova Scotia Choral Federation

07/02/2022

06/29/2022

We're excited to be rehearsing together again for our Canada Day performances, being led by our very own Robert Filion! We have three great choirs that have come together for our first post-covid Unisong event. Join us on Friday for three great (and free) performances:

11:30am ET Star-Studded Televised Performance (Lebreton Flats and on CBC)

3:00pm ET Closing performance with the National Arts Centre Orchestra | l'Orchestre du Centre national des Arts (National Arts Centre -Southam Hall)

4:00pm Unisong Massed Ensemble Chorus (National Arts Centre - Canal Foyer)

06/27/2022

Some news coverage about Canada Day Festivities in Ottawa, including the Unisong Performance at the National Arts Centre!

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/what-you-need-to-know-about-canada-day-events-in-ottawa-1.5963422

Don't forget to check out the televised daytime performance on CBC as well!