Repertoire ranges from Renaissance to Contemporary - Concerts in Spring and at Christmas. The Stairwell Carollers are a charitable a ca****la Ottawa choir. Net proceeds from their CDs help local charities. http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/Purchases.html
Director, Pierre Massie, has composed many original pieces for the choir, as well as creating lively and contemporary arrangements of traditiona
l carols. One of his original carols, “Mourning Dove”, caught the ear of our Dominion Carillonneur, Dr. Andrea McCrady, via YouTube. She performed “Mourning Dove” on the Peace Tower Carillon at 12:00 noon, and again at 3:00 pm, Monday Dec 17th. http://stairwellcarollers.blogspot.ca/2012/12/pierre-massie-composition-mourning-dove.html
The Stairwell Carollers are an a ca****la Ottawa choir, formed in 1977 by their director Pierre Massie, a music graduate of the University of Ottawa. A registered Canadian charity, the chorale assists in raising funds for local charities through concerts and CD sales. The Stairwell Carollers have earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ottawa choirs by local choral critics. Their repertoire encompasses sacred and secular songs from the Medieval and Renaissance to Contemporary periods. Original compositions and arrangements by their director and founder, Pierre Massie are included in both live performances and on recordings. Christmas CDs:
1997 -- The release of their first CD, "Qui creavit celum", celebrated the Stairwell Carollers' 20th anniversary.
2000 -- "I Saw a Swete Semly Syght"
2003 -- "Mourning Dove"
2009 -- "Laudemus cm armonia"
2015 -- " O magnum mysterium"
2017 -- " Adeste fideles LIVE" - CD SOLD OUT, MP3 DOWNLOAD ONLY
Madrigal CD :
Their first madrigal CD, Audite nova, was released in October of 2006
Sacred Music CD :
2012 marked the release of their first CD of Sacred songs from the Renaissance, Cantate Domino. All CDs and MP3 downloads can be purchased online and at The Stairwell Carollers live concerts all over the Ottawa, Canada region.
