Requiem tickets available at four locations in Ottawa

Tickets are available at the following locations:

• Alcorn Music Studios/GigSpace - 953 Gladstone, Ottawa ON www.alcornmusicstudios.com

• The Leading Note - 370 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON www.leadingnote.com

• Herb & Spice - 1310 Wellington Street W, Ottawa ON www.herbandspicewellington.com

• Compact Music - 785 1/2 Bank Street, Ottawa ON www.compactmusic.ca

Thank-you so much to our community ticket vendors! Please note that these ticket sales are cash only.

Tickets are also available from choir members, and online at www.eliseletourneau.com. Ticket sales are non-refundable.

CBC's Adrian Harewood will host Requiem for Fourteen Roses concert

Adrian Harewood is anchor of CBC’s local weekday television newscast, CBC News Ottawa at 5 and CBC News Ottawa at 11 p.m. 

Adrian grew up in Ottawa’s west end, and attended elementary and high school at Ottawa’s Ashbury College.  He studied Political Theory and History at McGill University, where he was also station manager of the campus radio station CKUT.

Before coming to television, Adrian was the host of the number-one rated All in a Day on CBC Radio One in Ottawa. He has been a guest host on national CBC programming including: As it Happens, Sounds Like Canada and The Current. 

Adrian has a keen interest in community involvement. He spends hundreds of hours every year at events in Ottawa and the surrounding area.

Requiem concert tickets are now available online

Concert tickets to "Requiem for Fourteen Roses" on Saturday December 6, 2014, in Ottawa ON, are now available online.

• Online ticket sales have a $2 convenience fee added to cover handling and processing fees.

• You will receive an email confirmation that your order has been received and processed.

• Your ticket/s will be waiting for you in an envelope with your name on it in the "WILL CALL" box.

• As a courtesy, there will be a separate line for people picking up their pre-paid tickets.

• You do not need to sign up for a PayPal account to use the online ticket service.

• Ticket sales are non-refundable.

• For added peace-of-mind, please print your receipt and present it when you check in.

Click HERE to purchase tickets online.

Fundraising and Bronze Pass winner...

Hello Friends!

Been working hard on the scores. Can't believe rehearsals begin in 10 days. It's almost here!

Thanks so much to all of you for your generosity and support of this project. The IndieGogo crowd funding campaign raised $7820.

I'm still getting emails and requests to donate from people - thanks so much! If you missed the crowd funding campaign, but you'd still like to contribute towards Requiem for Fourteen Roses, you can make a cheque payable to Elise Letourneau, put "Requiem" in the memo, and mail it or drop it off to my attention at Alcorn Music Studios, 953 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa ON, K1Y 3E5. I'd need to receive it by October 31 to be sure you are included in the concert programme as a supporter.

And congratulations to Nathan Corr, whose name was drawn for the 2 Bronze passes for the 2015 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival!

CKCU interview with David Yazbeck

Had a lovely chat this morning on CKCU 93.1FM on Thursday Morning Special Blend with David Yazbeck. We talked mostly about the concert and the IndieGogo fundraiser.

If you'd like to listen in, you'll find it HERE.

If you don't have time to listen to the entire program, the Requiem part starts at about 72:45.

Thanks so much David!

CBC interview on Ottawa Morning

Early yesterday morning (Tuesday August 12) I was interviewed on CBC Radio 1 91.5 FM on "Ottawa Morning" about Requiem for Fourteen Roses.

If you missed it and would like to hear it, you can find it at http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/episodes/ - and you'll need to scroll down in the player to Requiem for 14 Roses.

And in case you've ever thought musicians aren't up that early, you're generally right. Unless they are still up from the night before. Or, as in my case, it's a great time to write, because the inner critics are still asleep, and composing is pure joy without premature editing.

But that doesn't mean I'm entirely at home outside my home at the crack of dawn. It was too early for coffee!!!

NEWS: You could win Jazz Festival passes!!!

A big shout-out and THANKS to Catherine O'Grady and the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival! They have made passes available to next summer's edition of the jazz festival available as a way to encourage donations to the Requiem for Fourteen Roses crowd funding campaign.

So, everyone who donates to our IndieGogo fundraising campaign will automatically have their name entered into a draw for a chance to win two Bronze passes to the 2015 Ottawa International Jazz Festival.

Please click HERE if you'd like to be part of Requiem for Fourteen Roses in a very real way. All donations of any size will be eligible for the draw, but also be sure to check out the rewards available at the various donation levels. Thank-you for your support!

And be sure to visit the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival website to learn more about their activities leading up to next summer's festival.