Enjoy this performance of “Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist” by CIOC 2021 Third Prize winner (ex aequo) Tyler Boehmer, shown here playing at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montreal. Along with fifteen other talented young organists… [more]
Please enjoy this performance of Louis-Claude Daquin’s “Noël Étranger” by 2021 CIOC jury member and professor of organ at McGill, Isabelle Demers, shown here playing on the historic organ in McGill’s Redpath Hall. This video is a part of… [more]
The entire CIOC team would like to thank all the friends of the CIOC for their support this year. None of our programming would be possible without your kind and generous support… [more]
Do you recognize this organ console? Yes, it’s the console from our very own Bach-mobile! The European “Trio RCM,” composed of Yves Rechsteiner on the organ, Henri-Charles Caget on percussions, and Frédéric Maurin on the electric guitar were invited by the Série Culturelle de Warwick to perform in Warwick, QC on December 4th.
The concert was performed at… [more]
We would like to thank all of the generous donors who chose to support us during Giving Tuesday. As we enter the month of December and the holiday season, we hope that you will consider supporting the CIOC as we continue to offer exciting and innovative projects that bring pipe-organ music to audiences across Canada and around the world.
On the heels of the 2022 edition of our Grand Organ Festival, we are thrilled to move onto the final stages of our exciting new project… [more]
This year for Giving Tuesday we hope that you will consider supporting the CIOC as we continue to offer exciting and innovative projects that bring pipe-organ music to audiences across Canada and around the world.
On the heels of the 2022 edition of our Grand Organ Festival, we are thrilled to move onto the final stages of our exciting new project ‘Whispers: Music that Connects Us’, featuring works for organ and voice composed and inspired by the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! In the summer of 2022, we traveled to 6 provinces to film more than 20 Canadian artists for this project, and we can’t wait to bring it to you in February 2023. Your support will ensure that our production team has the resources they need… [more]
It is with great sadness that we report that Wayne K. Riddell passed away on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. A highly esteemed conductor, organist and teacher, Wayne Riddell mentored and inspired generations of young musicians. He was a giant in the Canadian choral music scene and… [more]
We had a wonderful time putting on an ‘after hours at Saint-Jean-Baptiste’ event on October 20, titled Nighttime Revelations. This unique event featured the works of… [more]
We would like to thank the following people… [more]
Don’t miss the final performance of the 2022 Grand Organ Festival on… [more]