Category: Music

In 1967, the Oratory organized a Canadian first: the International Organ Festival. The 1967 International Organ Festival can be seen as the seed of the Concerts Spirituels. This series of organ concerts, which ran from 1971 to 2001, featured both Quebecois organists and internationally renowned artists. Today, the great tradition of the organ still exists at the Oratory, embodied by Vincent Boucher.

By the time you read this blog, the bells of the carillon and the consoles (keyboards and pedals) will have reached their destination, the Paccard foundry, in France.

The Crypt Church will be one hundred years old in December 2017. Read about its Casavant Organ in the french blog article here : Un orgue centennaire.