OTTAWA, Canada - The internationally renowned Bahamas National Youth Choir will be performing in Ottawa:Sunday July, 12 at 10:30am - during the worship service in the Parkdale United Church, located at 429 Parkdale Ave. Sunday July 12 at 3:30pm - Full Monday, July 13 at 7:25pm - Concert (approx. 35 minutes)in the Main Foyer Stage of the National Arts Centre prior to the Battle of the Bands Concert. Tuesday, July 14 at 12:00 noon - Concert (approx. 30 minutes)in the Rotunda of Parliament 

The Bahamas National Youth Choir was founded in 1983 and since then hundreds of young people have passed through the program. Today, they contribute to the advancement of the Bahamas as doctors, lawyers, business persons, bankers, teachers, police, defense forces, engineers, pharmacists, hoteliers, accountants and civil servants. The Choir has sung in twenty languages, produced nine CDs, traveled to seventeen countries on four continents, appearing at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Moscow Conservatory, the London Barbican, the Beijing Symphony Hall, the Royal Swazi Theatre in Swaziland and has performed for Queen Elizabeth and Dr. Nelson Mandela. Last year, they competed in Vienna at the World Choir Championship against over 20,000 singers from 93 countries and were rewarded with two silver medals!

"They have sincerity and quality of performance that poses a joy-filled magic that reached out to capture the listener!" (Alan Argue, Toronto Sun) This choir is one of choral majesty and beauty, their harmony, diction and intonation are superb." (J.W. Robinson Argue's Review of their Kennedy Center performance)

"They exemplify all that is good, vibrant and brilliant in music in the

Bahamas - or anywhere for that matter." (Andrew Curry, The Tribune)