1 (Sunday)

The Ottawa Choral Society performs Johannes Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem

Jean-Michel Malouf -- conductor with the Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and professor of conducting at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal leads the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra for this grand season finale of classic Russian masterworks, including a performance of Prokofiev's 1st Piano Concerto by renowned local pianist David Jalbert. To open this concert, the OSO has commissioned a new brass and percussion fanfare as an homage to Prokofiev. A world premiere not to be missed!

4 (Wednesday)

Bringing the best of the classic jazz organ trio format and beyond, the Nebula Organ Trio offers a mix of slow jams, burners, and original numbers. Alex Moxon, guitar; Don Cummings, Hammond organ; Michel Delage, drums

7 (Saturday)

The final concert of the Ottawa Bach Choir's season features music the choir will take on its 5th European tour this summer, A Bach Pilgrimage, including works by German baroque masters, Bach, Schütz, Telemann, Pachelbel, and others, as well as Contemporary gems by Mealor, Murphy, Pärt, and more. Canadian organist Jonathan Oldengarm joins the choir for this spectacular concert!

As part of the Concerts Ponticello series, the saxophone quartet, Aria, performs works by Singelee, Denis Bédard and Claude Pascal

The Cornwall Concert Series presents Django, Félix and Friends, a concert featuring works of Django Reinhardt, Félix Leclerc and American swing composers. This double tribute recalls the meeting between the Gypsy guitarist and the Québec singer-songwriter in a Saint-Germain des-Prés hotel in 1951, in Paris

8 (Sunday)

The Cantata Singers of Ottawa present Chansons françaises, a concert exploring the extraordinary repertoire of 20th century French songs for choir, a capella and accompanied by piano. The program features beautiful French poetry on themes of love, loss and hope, set to music by leading composers including Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc and Ravel. The concert also includes the world premiere of "Ouvre tes ailes" by Canadian composer Marie-Claire Saindon

The Young String Performers Foundation presents a Mother's Day concert and musical tribute to all Mothers. Guest artists include Maria-Sophia Pera, Violinist and YSPF Alumni; Judith Ginsburg, Pianist; Floralove Katz, Host, Soprano

10 (Tuesday)

Thirteen Strings offers Idyll an evening that spans centuries of music from Bach to Wolf to Janacek

11 (Wednesday)

As part of the DOMS series, Jenifir Thies-Thompson, David Thies-Thompson, and Caroline Leonardelli play French music for flute, violin, viola, and harp by Debussy, Saint-Saëns, and Ibert

14 (Saturday)

Canada's finest youth choir is made up of the country's best emerging choral singers aged 19-26, hand-picked from each province and territory. Immerse yourself in the beauty of choral music as acclaimed maestro Jean-Sébastien Vallée and apprentice conductor Thomas Burton lead the National Youth Choir of Canada in Make Me A World, a program addressing important social issues

13 - 14 (Friday - Saturday)

Coro Vivo Ottawa features a commissioned work by the wonderful composer Andrew Balfour. Andrew is of Cree descent and is an innovative composer/conductor/singer/sound designer with a large body of choral, acoustic and orchestral works. The piece will be complemented with other pieces designed to evoke images of all the earth's elements. Come and be transported through music.

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15 (Sunday)

The Cornwall Concert Series presents Beethoven on Record III. Pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and Montreal Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Andrew Wan are Juno nominated and Prix Opus award winners. The programme will include works by Beethoven and Schumann

17 (Tuesday)

As part of the Chamberfest series, internationally acclaimed Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, alongside Christoph Berner on fortepiano, presents a concert featuring songs by Mozart and Schubert

18 (Wednesday)

Combining the tradition of flamenco with Latin American music, Katarzyna Musial and Hanser Santos Gomez bring music to life with elements of flamenco dance

18 - 19 (Wednesday - Thursday)

At the NAC, guest conductor John Storgårds leads the orchestra in three outstanding works. Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen’s Midnight Sun Variations conjures up the colours of the northern sky in summer. Quebec pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor. And finally the concert closes with Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6

21 (Saturday)

The Ensemble Prisme presents a concert on the Baroque

25 (Wednesday)

For the closing concert of the DOMS spring season, Soprano Julia Jordan and pianist Jean Desmarais explore the many faces of love through song, from Britten's patriotic love to Ravel's new love and more

28 (Saturday)

The Ottawa Classical Choir has changed its name to the New World Philharmonic Choir. Under its new name, the 150 member-strong group will be performing Brahms German Requiem in the version for two pianos and timpani. Maestro Michel Brousseau directs

29 (Sunday)

The Statistics Canada Choir presents Hope for Ukraine. With a selection from the repertoire of The Beatles, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Gilles Vigneault, Félix Leclerc and other famous composers, this spring concert will entertain you with songs full of hope and love. The net proceeds from ticket sales of this benefit concert will go to support the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal of the Canadian Red Cross

The Caelis Academy Ensemble presents The Poetry of Peace, as expressed in the music of Britten, Bernstein, and others, with works spanning the 20th and 21st centuries