 Organist and Choir Director ~ Parveneh Eshghi (or as we know her, Parv) An active musician in the Ottawa region, Parvaneh Eshghi has performed as a soloist for the Ottawa Music Club at the Château Laurier, has been heard on CBC Stereo Ottawa and has recorded for the Jeunes Artistes program on CBOX-fm, Radio-Canada. She has been invited numerous times to perform, as a soloist and chamber musician, for the Ottawa in Concert series at the National Gallery of Canada. Miss Eshghi has also won a scholarship from the Contemporary Showcase Festival for the best performance of Canadian music and has been asked to perform at the Festival’s Gala Concerts in Ottawa and Toronto.
Upon the completion of her Bachelor of Music in Performance degree, as well as years of intense training with world-class French pianist Jean-Paul Sevilla, Miss Eshghi was awarded first prize in the ORMTA provincial Young Artist Competition. She toured across Ontario and gave several successful solo recitals. A year later, she was awarded the Cynthia Millman- Floyd Scholarship for her outstanding promise as a performer. Parvaneh completed her Masters of Music in Performance degree at the University of Ottawa where she studied under Andrew Tunis. She has since studied with renowned Canadian pianists, Louis-Philippe Pelletier and Richard Raymond and has participated in several master classes of distinguished pianists such as Leon Fleisher, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Eric Heidsieck, Louis Lortie, Marc Durand and Jean Saulnier. Miss Eshghi continues to remain active with many solo and chamber performances throughout the city, including performances at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, the University of Ottawa, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, St. Brigid’s Church as well as many other churches in the region. |
 Senior Chancel Choir Rehearsals are held on Thursdays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the Chancel. Once a month, a social get-together (Tea Night) follows practice.
Junior Choir
Several accomplished musicians flautists, pianists, drummers and organists add an extra dimension regularly to the Voluntaries offered at our Sunday Worship service. We are always interested in new recruits. Calling all RingersThe MUC Hand Chimes were donated to MacKay by Paul (former organist and choir director) and June MacMillan in memory of their son Jamie. Under the direction of Emily Beedell, an intergenerational Hand Chimes group meets to practice most Sunday mornings at 9:45 am in the Friendship Room. The goal is to enjoy music and perform for the congregation. There is no minimum age; the only qualification is that participants should be able to concentrate for 30 minutes and be able to read either words or music. Please come and bring your friends! Hand chimes are musical instruments similar to handbells. They are rung using the hands, and many handbell techniques can be applied to hand chimes. When combined, the two create a new and different timbre. They are tuned during manufacture and do not require external tuning. Hand chimes are inexpensive, lightweight and resilient instruments.
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