Meet John Steele, tenor
Background
John Steele is a classically trained lyric tenor with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Saskatchewan. His repertoire includes works from French, Italian, German and Polish opera, English and German oratorio, German and Russian art songs and contemporary Christian and popular music.
He has performed leading roles with the Saskatoon Opera Association (Donizetti’s The Night Bell), Saskatoon Gateway Players (Strouse’s Charlie and Algernon) and Prairie Opera (Strauss’ Die Fledermaus and Barab’s Only a Miracle). John was a featured soloist with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra in The Best of Broadway, with Prairie Consort in Bach’s Magnificat in D and in Kingston with Divine Voices choir.
In Ottawa, John has twice performed Schumann’s Dichterliebe with more contemporary songs in St. Luke’s recital series and recently performed in concerts at Notre Dame Basilica, St. Hyacinth Church, the Embassy of Poland, Trinity Anglican Church and in the North Grenville Concert Choir’s 2022 and 2024 Messiah productions with Ottawa's Divertimento Orchestra, under Maestro Gordon Slater. Hear him sing "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables at the Ottawa Firefighters Memorial, below.
Upcoming performances
7PM, Friday, Dec 5th - Christmas in the Village
Christmas in the Village: A celebration of Christmas from all sides with solo and ensemble music seasonal and spiritual. (More details to follow.)
St. John's Anglican Church, 67 Fowler Ave., Richmond ON
7PM, Saturday, Dec 13th - A Christmas Concert
An evening of solo, ensemble, instrumental, choir and singalong popular and classical music produced by Tea Mamaladze.
St. Aidan's Anglican: Saturday, Dec 13th
7PM, Sunday, Dec 14th - Paul & Friends Traditional Christmas
Paul Arnold with four soloists and strings perform classics of the season from Handel's Messiah and more, fundraising for Kars-Osgoode United Church.
Kars United Church, 6566 Rideau Valley Dr S. in Kars
7PM, Saturday, Dec 20th - Two great choral works
Roland Graham and Ottawa Choral Workshops present two great choral works for the season with orchestra and soloists:
- Magnificat in D by J.S. Bach - Gloria by Vivaldi.
Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave., Ottawa.
Recent performances
September 5th, 2025
At the Firefighters Memorial in front of Ottawa City Hall
Honoring Firefighters
line of duty deaths,
a legacy of courage,
putting their lives on the line
to save ours.
Singing "Bring Him Home"
from Les Miserables2/3
December 18th, 2024
Doors Open for Music at Westminster United Church presents a noon-hour concert. 15 Aylmer Avenue at Bank Street. More details on the Doors Open for Music at Southminster webpage at https://doms613.com/
December 15th & 16th, 2024
An evening Christmas concert of solo, ensemble, choir and singalong popular and classical music produced by Tea Mamaladze.
St. Aidan's Anglican: Saturday, Dec 14th
MacKay United Church: Sunday, Dec 15th
Sunday, December 8th, 2024
A Christmas celebration of music, family and faith.
Sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ottawa.
St Aidan's Anglican Church,
934 Hamlet Road, Ottawa.
Friday & Saturday, December 6th & 7th, 2024
Presented by Divertimento Orchestra under Gordon Slater and the North Grenville Concert Choir under Phillip Konopka at St. James Anglican Church, Kemptville, Ontario. With soprano Ania Hejnar, contralto Beverly McArthur and bass Mark Wilkinson.
23 Nov 2024
Some of the most beautiful music for voice from the Old World: sacred and secular songs, arias, duets and ensembles from the Baroque through Post-Romantic eras.
28th of May, 2024
A wonderful and packed celebration of Polish achievements and Polish and European music for the whole family in the Embassy's beautiful performance hall.
09 March, 2024
A wonderfully attended concert, despite a rainy afternoon. Thank You, Fabien Tousignant, for making offering us this performance opportunity. Thanks to the Polish Embassy for their sponsorship.
30 Dec, 2023
30 Dec, 2023
A great celebration December 30th evening at Holy Canadian Martyrs Church, 100 Main Street, Ottawa, sponsored by the Embassy of Poland, guitarist Anna Pietrzak from Vancouver.