Anne Lindsay @ Dominion-Chalmers Centre
- Folk Canada
- Sep 22
- 2 min read
Gathering Under the Dome: A Musical Evening at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
Monday, Sept 29, 2025 - 7:00pm
Dominion Chalmers Centre - Ottawa, ON
Free Admission
Anne Lindsay performs Soloworks 2, with short introductory presentations on architecture, art and acoustics by Carleton professors Peter Coffman, Brian Foss and James Wright.
Toronto’s beautiful, historic St. Anne’s Church burned down in June 2024. But thanks to a Toronto musician and an Ottawa building, its story continues.
St. Anne’s was the queen of Toronto architecture, renowned for its elegant Byzantine style, majestic dome, decoration by some of Canada’s most important artists (including members of the Group of Seven), and superb acoustics.
When the COVID-19 lockdown was at its darkest, violinist/composer Anne Lindsay sought solace in St. Anne’s. Since she couldn’t perform with others, she isolated herself beneath its dome and recorded a suite of pieces that became an album called Soloworks 2. By the time the album was ready to release, St. Anne’s was gone.
The music of Soloworks 2 was, literally, made for St. Anne’s. But no audience ever heard it performed there, and none ever will. That’s where the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (CDCC) comes in.
Built in 1914, the CDCC is in many ways an Ottawa doppelgänger of St. Anne’s. – a transcendent space beneath a Byzantine dome, renowned for its beauty and outstanding acoustics.
On September 29th, Anne Lindsay will perform music from Soloworks 2 in Ottawa at the CDCC. This will place the music where it belongs, in a beautiful and resonant heritage building. It will be the performance that no one got to hear at St. Anne’s.
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