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]

Gala Concert with two former CIOC First prizewinners
October 21 2022 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Ascension of Our Lord Church (375 Kitchener Ave Westmount Québec H3Z 2G1 CA)

Aaron Tan (CIOC 2021) and Christian Lane (CIOC 2011) play works by… [more]

About the Festival des couleurs de l’orgue français 
The Festival des couleurs de l’orgue français (FCOF) started its life as an independent festival created by its artistic director Yves-G. Préfontaine. In 2013, the CIOC began… [more]

In collaboration with the Société d’orgues de Maisonneuve, a discovery activity and series of concerts will take place during… [more]

Our Artistic Director, Jean-Willy Kunz, in collaboration with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will be preforming as a part of the… [more]

Come join us this weekend for three days of organ splendor!

Bach-Mobile concerts in Montreal and Warwick

Bach to the Circus!
September 9th, 2022
Performances at 4PM, 5PM & 6PM
Christ Church Cathedral, 635 Saint-Catherine St W, Montreal

Featuring organ performances by… [more]