2026-27 Season

 

DEC 4 • Reverence & Revelry:
A Christmas Concert

Christmas, two ways.

Stay tuned for more info!

Ticket Details

Admission is by donation / pay-what-you-can, as part of our mandate to make musical performances accessible to everyone. You can pre-purchase your ticket online (here) or at the door (using credit, debit, or cash).

Concert Details

  • Friday, December 4, 2026

  • 7 p.m.

  • First Baptist Church
    140 Laurier Avenue West

  • Doors open at 6:40 p.m., and the concert will last approximately 75 minutes.

 

FEB 20 • MosaiK Choral Festival

The MosaiK Choral Festival brings together choirs of all ages from across the city to sing in workshops and performance, led by guest conductor, and clinician Tracy Wong. Workshops and rehearsals will culminate in an evening concert in which participants perform their own eclectic programmes and then combine for a massed choral finale!

Aella will be performing:

  • Kaleidoscope Heart (by Sara Bareilles, arr. Allison Girvan)

  • La Li Ley (by Tracy Wong)

Concert Details

  • Saturday, February 20, 2027

  • 7:30 p.m.

  • École secondaire publique De La Salle
    501 Old St Patrick Street

  • Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert will last approximately two hours.

 

APR 25 • TrebleFest Upper Voices Choir Festival

TrebleFest celebrates the beauty and vibrant sounds of upper voices choirs. This event features guest choirs—Aella Choir, Cantiamo Choirs of Ottawa, OCC Chamber Choir, Canterbury Trebles—and the host choir Hypatia’s Voice, alongside individual sopranos and altos from across the region. The final event of the festival is a free concert that offers an inspiring showcase of repertoire for upper voices performed by the festival choir as well as each of the guest choirs.

Aella will be performing:

  • La belle se promène (arr. Meghan Quinlan)

  • Ahead By a Century (by The Tragically Hip, arr. David Keyes)

  • Itken pois (by Anna-Mari Kähärä)

Concert Details

  • Sunday, April 25, 2027

  • 5 p.m.

  • St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
    217 First Avenue

  • Doors open at 4:30 p.m., and the concert will last approximately two hours.

 

JUN 12 & 18 • FINAL Season CONCERTS

There will be two chances to hear our final show of the season — one in Manotick and one in Ottawa. Stay tuned for more info!

 

JUL 2-7 • HarbourVOICES! International Festival of Collective Singing Traditions

Aella is going to St. John’s, Newfoundland in 2027, from July 2 - 7! HarbourVOICES! is an international festival of collective singing traditions that brings together choirs, vocal ensembles, and individual singers for concerts, workshops, shared singing experiences, and cultural exchange.

Aella has been accepted into the Harbour Stages Pathway concert series and will be performing two stage slots there. Stay tuned for more info!