Josh joins Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello, as part of the Pro Organo recital series of the Ottawa Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Together they will perform music for cello and organ by Pärt, Vasks, and Batiste, along with a complete arrangement of Raphael’s 2020 album, Worlds Within, for solo cello. Tickets are available at www.rcco-ottawa.ca/pro_organo.html

Josh joins alumni organists from Wilfrid Laurier University to celebrate the rededication of the organ in Keffer Chapel. Though it has always been housed in Keffer Memorial Chapel at Martin Luther University College (formerly Waterloo Lutheran Seminary), the 1975 Casavant Frères organ was owned by the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University. Martin Luther University College purchased this organ from the Faculty of Music in the past year and will rededicate it in honour of Bishop Michael Pryse as he retires as bishop of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Josh will play a part of a service of rededication, featuring congregational song, instrumental organ music, and reflections and memories on the significance of this organ in this place.

Josh performs on Canada’s largest pipe organ as part of Metropolitan United Church’s Thursdays at Noon Series. Music by Bach, Litaize, Vierne and Rheinberger. Admission is free but donations are welcomed towards Metropolitan’s music program. The sanctuary will be shaking!

This annual event of the Ottawa Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists celebrates the music of J.S. Bach. Pianists, violinists, organists (Josh is one of those!) and instruments of every kind participate in this wonderful marathon of music. Come when you can! (Leave when you must.)

Josh joins the Canadian Centennial Choir under the direction of Marg Stubington for performances of requiems by Gabriel Fauré and Don Forrest.

Josh joins Ilana Mulcahy, cantorial student at Temple Israel Reform Synagogue in Ottawa, as keyboardist for the Friday Shabbat service.

The choirs of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church and Woodroffe United Church present Vivaldi’s Gloria along with seasonal choral selections and favourite Christmas carols. Josh will be there in the orchestra and as accompanist for the St. John’s choir in this second of two concerts.

Join Josh and a team of students, faculty, and staff from Saint Paul University for a service of lessons and carols for the Advent and Christmas seasons. Experience the story of the coming of Jesus from a new angle and sing some familiar (and some not-so-familiar) carols.

The choirs of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church and Woodroffe United Church present Vivaldi’s Gloria along with seasonal choral selections and favourite Christmas carols. Josh will be there in the orchestra and as accompanist for the St. John’s choir in this first of two concerts.

Join Josh for a time of song and reflection to begin the Advent season. Songs from contexts across the globe will be lifted up to pray for peace and call for justice. There will be many opportunities throughout the hour to learn and experience new songs and to reflect on the meaning of justice in our world today.

Josh joins Raphael Weinroth-Browne for a noon-hour recital as part of the “Music as Sanctuary” series at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa. This performance will feature plenty of music for organ and cello as well as solo music for both instruments. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

Josh leads in-person music for the Ottawa service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, after being postponed since 2020 due to COVID-19. In a service developed by Christians in the Middle East, this service draws on music from Canada, Eastern Christian traditions, and the global church.

THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.

Join Josh as accompanist for the Goulbourn Jubilee Singers’ spring concert, Fly Me to the Moon.

THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.

Join Josh as accompanist for the Goulbourn Jubilee Singers’ spring concert Fly Me to the Moon.

THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.

Join Josh as organist for a Good Friday performance of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, sung by the choir of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church. Tickets can be purchased here.

THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.

Join Kanata United Church as it celebrates this past year's Vital Worship Grant. Come explore a spirituality of the arts in the midst of worship with song, prayer, and art. There will be a time to contemplate and experience the art we created this year. Special music guests: Gerard Yun and the Goulbourn Jubilee Singers

THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.

Join Josh as organist for Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, performed by the choir of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church. Tickets can be purchased here.

Kanata United Church is holding an Arts Night for the season of Lent. After a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Josh has been contracted to direct a project exploring the liturgical seasons of Advent and Lent through the creative arts.

Join the church for a time to express your spirituality through the arts. Our special guest will be Lisa Weaver, Assistant Professor of Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary.

This event is free and open to all ages. And dinner is included! If you're interested, please send an email to josh@kuc.ca to sign up.

The Goulbourn Jubilee Singers present their Christmas concert featuring a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Josh returns as their accompanist and organist, along with harpist Lucile Hildesheim and flutist Ally Read.

The Goulbourn Jubilee Singers present their Christmas concert featuring a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Josh returns as their accompanist and organist, along with harpist Lucile Hildesheim and flutist Ally Read.

The Adult Choir of Kanata United Church along with their director and organist, Josh, join the choirs of St. John the Evangelist Anglican and Woodroffe United Churches for a performance of Rutter’s Magnificat, along with carols and other Christmas favourites. Tickets can be purchased here.

The Adult Choir of Kanata United Church along with their director and organist, Josh, join the choirs of St. John the Evangelist Anglican and Woodroffe United Churches for a performance of Rutter’s Magnificat, along with carols and other Christmas favourites. Tickets can be purchased here.

The Adult Choir of Kanata United Church and the Goulbourn Jubilee Singers present a service of music and readings for Remembrance Day. Directed by Linda Crawford, this programme also features Josh on organ and piano, and Carl Fraser on trumpet. Admission is by donation towards Operation Service Dog of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Kanata United Church is holding an Arts Night for the season of Advent. After a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Josh has been contracted to direct a project exploring the liturgical seasons of Advent and Lent through the creative arts.

Join the church for a time to express your spirituality through the arts, including painting, sculpture, photography, and poetry. Our special guest will be Bill Kervin, Associate Professor of Public Worship at Emmanuel College.

This event is free and open to all ages. And dinner is included! If you're interested, please send an email to josh@kuc.ca to sign up.

On October 5-6, 2019, The Singing Network will host Sing Together! – a two-day workshop/festival focusing on the use of congregational song to build community within the context of a worship service. The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn basic congregational singing skills and techniques, challenge participants to think more deeply about the importance of and potential for congregational song in building community within the church, and connect participants to resources and organizations designed to develop congregation song within faith communities. Workshop leaders: Josh Zentner-Barrett and T. Wes Moore, from the Center for Congregational Song.

The New Edinburgh Community Choirs, under Josh’s leadership, present their spring concert, featuring songs from around the world celebrating diversity and community.