RCCO Ottawa Centre
CRCO Section d'Ottawa

PO Box 2270 Station D
Ottawa ON K1P 5W4
PRO ORGANO OTTAWA

COVID-19 virus and the RCCO - Ottawa Centre

Please check each event listing to see the COVID protocols in place for that event. We will follow the advice of Ottawa's Medical Officer and follow the procedures required by the various venues. We will try to have any protocols posted a week in advance.

2022-2023 Season
The Finest Organists on the Finest Organs
Amours et délices de l'orgue


The RCCO is a Registered Canadian Charity.


A series presented by the Royal Canadian College of Organists - Ottawa Centre
Une Présentation du Collège Royal Canadien des Organistes.

We are planning live, in person concerts this season. We are not selling season tickets because of the uncertainty of the pandemic. Single tickets will be available at the door.

Individual Tickets at the door / Billets individuels à la porte : $25 Regular/régulier, $20 Seniors/âge d'or, $15 Students/étudiant

Please join us for 4 superb organ recitals on 4 different organs. We have a video camera and projection screen set up so that the audience can see the performers when the console is hidden. You can watch our recitalists play at all our concerts!

Pro Organo relies heavily on donations to pay for the artists and venues. Please consider donating to this wonderful organ series.

Pro Organo gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our donors.

Please download and post the flyer for this season's series.



GALA FUND-RAISING CONCERT FOR PRO ORGANO

RÉCITAL GALA DE LEVÉE DE FONDS POUR PRO ORGANO

With support from Carleton University
avec l'appui de l'Université Carleton


Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
(O'Connor / Lisgar)


Sunday, October 2 3:00 pm
le dimanche 2 octobre à 15h


Featuring / avec
Matthew Larkin and / et Shawn Potter

Program and biographies.
Please print and display this poster.

For the Love of Organ Music!

Do you love organ music? You don't have to be a regular church-goer to love the grand music of the "King of Instruments!" Do you rejoice in the sound of the organ, which can change - in a moment! - from the quietest possible pianissimo to the loudest fortissimo of any acoustic instrument? Are you moved by hearing the great organ music of the world, composed over hundreds of years and still being written today?


Do you want the Royal Canadian College of Organists, Ottawa Centre, to be able to continue to bring concert organists of national and international acclaim to Ottawa? The Pro Organo Recital Series has for over thirty years presented four different concert organists on four different organs each season to Ottawa audiences.


For many years, the City of Ottawa supported this activity by an Arts Grant, but this grant has been discontinued, and the Pro Organo Recital Series now needs substantial financial help in order to survive. Will you help us?

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There are many ways in which you can help:

  • Support and attend our Pro Organo Concert Series next season and attend the remaining concerts this season
  • Attend this Benefit Concert on October 2, 2022.
  • Become a donor (donor levels are listed below)

Donation Levels:

   Benefactor:  $5,000 and over
   Patron:      $2,500 - $4,999
   Sponsor:     $1,000 - $2,499
   Donor:         $500 -   $999
   Supporter:     $100 -   $499
   Contributor:    $50 -    $99

DONATE NOW

Please consider making a donation to the Pro Organo Series by using the Donate button at the top of this page.

Please consider making a donation to the RCCO of appreciated stock; you will receive a tax receipt for the full value of your stock on the day of donation. Download the stock donation form here.

THANK YOU! - for loving and supporting Organ Music!


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Aaron Tan (Toronto/Rochester, NY)

Aaron Tan

Monday November 14, 2022 7:30 pm
le lundi 14 novembre 2022 à 19h30

Église Sainte-Anne (Paroisse St. Clément)
528 Old St Patrick

Aaron Tan is the winner of the CIOC in 2021

Dupré, Karg-Elert, Demessieux, Duparc, Laurin, Franck, Vierne

View complete programme listing here.

Tickets will be available at the door.



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Sarah Svendsen (Toronto)

Sarah Svendsen

Friday April 21, 2023 7:30 pm
le vendredi 21 avril 2023 à 19h30

Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame
(Sussex/ St. Patrick)

Neil Weisensel, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, Elsa Barraine

Sarah Svendsen won the Godfrey Hewitt Scholarship in 2013.

Tickets will be available at the door.
Program Notes.

Poster of concert.

Co-sponsored by:
Godfrey Hewitt Memorial Fund


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Marc D'Anjou (Québec)

Marc D'Anjou

Monday May 15, 2023 7:30 pm
le lundi 15 mai 2023 à 19h30

Saint-François d'Assise
(20 Fairmont / Wellington West)

Clérambault, Buxtehude, Bach, Bédard, peut-être Vierne, Widor

Tickets will be available at the door.




LOOKING AHEAD


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John Paul Farahat (Toronto)

John Paul Farahat


Friday October 13, 2023 7:30 pm
le vendredi 13 octobre 2023 à 19h30

Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame
(Sussex/ St. Patrick)

Tickets will be available at the door.