Oakridge Choir tours Ottawa and Britain this summer

The Oakridge, London Concert Choir is on tour to Ottawa in June, led by director of music, Janet Fischer, and with concert organist, Ian Sadler. They will perform at Christ Church Cathedral and St. Andrew’s on June 10 and 11.

The choir will also be touring Britain from August 10-24, singing one Sunday in Coventry Cathedral, with a week of services as Choir-in-Residence at York Minster Cathedral, and concerts in Lincoln Cathedral and St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

The 78 members of the choir pay their own way to participate in this ministry. The choir previously toured Britain in 2003, singing in eight cathedrals. They regularly sing across southern Ontario and have produced three CDs.

To hear the choir, click any of the links below; these are selected tracks from “Lift High The Cross”, The Oakridge Presbyterian Church, live in concert June 12, 2005.

Amazing Grace (MP3 file, 5MB)

Song For Canada (MP3 file, 4.3MB)

Hallelujah (MP3 file, 4.5MB)

To purchase any Oakridge Choir CDs, visit the WMS Bookroom at www.presbyterian.ca/bookroom.