Upcoming Concert
Sunday, May 3, 2026
2:00 pm
St John the Evangelist Church,
154 Somerset St W, Ottawa
Featuring the World Premiere of St. John's Suite by Christine Donkin
&
Special Guests Intermediate Strings of the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy
Tickets at the door or online:
Previous Concerts
Sunday, March 29, 2026 2:00 pm. Friday, April 3, 2026 7:00 pm
Presented by the Choir of St John the Evangelist
Nicholas Busch, director
St John the Evangelist Church,
154 Somerset St W, Ottawa
featuring Requiem by Gabriel Fauré
Sunday, March 1, 2026
2:00 pm
St John the Evangelist Church,
154 Somerset St W, Ottawa
Vivaldi, Sinfonia for Strings in b minor
Avison, Concert No 1, Op. 6
Mendelssohn, String Symphony No. 4 in c minor
Wilson, Suite for String Orchestra
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00 pm
St John the Evangelist Church,
154 Somerset St W, Ottawa
with special guests:
Lisgar Collegiate Institute String Ensemble
Senior Strings of the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy
Mozart, Adagio & Fugue in C
Mendelssohn, String Symphony No 3 in e minor
Sibelius, Impromptu for Strings Op 5
Bantock, Scenes from the Scottish Highlands
Bishop, Symphony for Strings No 1
Sunday, May 4, 2025
2:00 pm
St John the Evangelist Church
159 Somerset St W. Ottawa, ON
Beliczay Serenadę in D-
Kalinnikov Serenade for Strings
Parry An English Suite
Keen Irish Legend
Details:
Sunday, March 2, 2025– 2:00 pm
St. John's Church – 154 Somerset St. at Elgin
Admission $20/adult, $10/child or student, $18/seniors
Program:
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia No. 3
Kersten: Elegy for Strings and Harp
Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 2 in D major
Seiber, Arr. Docker: Mordvin Lullaby
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor
Kersten: Shadows of the Soul
Reed: Siciliana Notturno
Details:
Sunday, November 17, 2024– 2:00 pm
St. John's Church – 154 Somerset St. at Elgin
Admission $20/adult, $10/child or student
Program:
VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in D minor "La Follia"
FUCHS: Serenade No. 3 in E minor
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
Details:
Sunday, May 5, 2024– 2:00 pm
St. John's Church – 154 Somerset St. at Elgin
Admission is by donation (suggested $20/adult)
Program:
FOOTE: Suite in E major
MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
WARLOCK: Capriol Suite
REINECKE: Tone poems Nos. 1 & 5
BRITTEN: Simple Symphony with Lisgar Collegiate String Orchestra
Details:
Sunday, March 3, 2024– 2:00 pm
St. John's Church – 154 Somerset St. at Elgin
Admission is by donation (suggested $20/adult)
Program:
MOZART: Divertimento K. 137,
MENDELSSOHN: Sinfonia No. 6
FINZI: Romance, Op. 11
TARTINI: Sinfonia in D Major
HARRIS BAIOCCHI: “Mirrors” from Kaleidoscope
NIELSON Little Suite for Strings, Op. 1,